Dernbach motorway triangle

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Dernbach triangle
A3 A48
location
Country: Germany
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '37 "  N , 7 ° 46' 3"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '37 "  N , 7 ° 46' 3"  E
Height: 319  m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type: triangle
Bridges: 2 (motorway)
Construction year: 1961

The Dernbach triangle is a motorway triangle in Rhineland-Palatinate , which is located near Montabaur . This is where Autobahn 48 from Trier ends and merges into Autobahn 3 .

Dernbach motorway triangle, aerial view (2016)

geography

The motorway triangle is located northwest of the eponymous municipality Dernbach (Westerwald) , on whose territory it is also located, and east of Ransbach-Baumbach . The closest larger cities are Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn in the southeast and Koblenz in the southwest.

State of development

Both motorways have six lanes, but the A 48 has no continuous hard shoulder. All ramps have two lanes and allow driving through at high speeds.

particularities

The ICE route Cologne-Frankfurt runs along the A3, which crosses the triangle through a railway tunnel. The motorway triangle lies exactly between the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt am Main .

Traffic volume

From To Average
daily traffic volume		 Share of
heavy goods traffic
2005 2010 2015 2005 2010 2015
AS Ransbach-Baumbach (A 3) AD Dernbach 76,100 78,100 83,000 13.5% 14.8% 14.6%
AD Dernbach AS Montabaur (A 3) 91,100 93,100 98,900 15.1% 16.2% 16.2%
AS Höhr-Grenzhausen (A 48) AD Dernbach 38,600 37,800 41,900 14.1% 14.6% 15.0%

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2010, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on August 27, 2017 .