Erfttal motorway triangle

Triangle Erfttal
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location
Country:	Germany
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates:	50 ° 48 '58 "  N , 6 ° 47' 10"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 48 '58 "  N , 6 ° 47' 10"  E
Height:	97  m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type:	crotch
Bridges:	1 (motorway) / 1 (other)

The Erfttal motorway triangle is a motorway triangle in North Rhine-Westphalia , which is located southwest of Cologne . Here the Autobahn 61 branches off from Autobahn 1 in the direction of Mönchengladbach .

geography

The triangle is located in the area of ​​the city of Erftstadt , not far from the eponymous river Erft . The surrounding towns are Kerpen , Brühl and Hürth . It is located on the southwestern edge of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region .

particularities

The Erfttal motorway triangle closes the part of the A1 from the Bliesheim motorway junction , which runs on a route together with the A 61. Just before the triangle is the Erftstadt motorway exit, which leads to the federal highway 265 and to the two districts of Liblar and Lechenich .

The A61 crosses the A1 directly behind the triangle and leads north-west to the Gymnich motorway exit . If you follow the A1 in the direction of Cologne, you first cross the Erft before you reach the Rhineland Nature Park in the Ville area .

Traffic volume

From	To	Average daily traffic volume			Share of heavy goods traffic
		2005	2010	2015	2005	2010	2015
AS Huerth (A 1)	AD Erfttal	52,300	48,900	51,800	14.7%	13.6%	11.4%
AD Erfttal	AS Erftstadt (A 1 / A 61)	87,100	89,800	74,000	18.3%	18.8%	14.7%
AS Gymnich (A 61)	AD Erfttal	43,600	41,300	43,600	20.4%	19.7%	21.5%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on February 7, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2010, accessed on February 7, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on February 7, 2018 .