Saarlouis motorway triangle

Saarlouis motorway triangle
location
Country:	Germany
State :	Saarland
Coordinates:	49 ° 20 '5 " N , 6 ° 43' 25" E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '5 " N , 6 ° 43' 25" E
Height:	166 m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type:	Right-hand trumpet
Bridges:	1 (motorway) / 1 (other)
	Sign at the Saarlouis motorway triangle from Luxembourg

The Saarlouis motorway triangle (abbreviation: AD Saarlouis ; short form: Saarlouis triangle ) is a motorway triangle in the Saarland near Dillingen (Saar) . Here the federal motorway 620 ( Saarlouis - Saarbrücken ) branches off from the federal motorway 8 (Saarland - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg ).

geography

The motorway triangle is located northwest of the eponymous city of Saarlouis , but it is in the area of the municipality of Wallerfangen . The surrounding towns and communities are Dillingen / Saar , Wallerfangen and Saarlouis.

At the Saarlouis motorway triangle, drivers coming from Luxembourg have to use a flyover to cross the motorway in order to stay on the A 8 ( TOTSO ). The two straight lanes become the A 620 and lead in the direction of Saarbrücken.

Immediately before the Saarlouis triangle (coming from the direction of Pirmasens ) you cross the Saar , to which the motorway runs parallel to Merzig .

State of development

Just like the A 620, the A 8 has four lanes in this area. All transitions are single-lane.

The crossing structure was built in the form of a right-hand trumpet.

Traffic volume

From	To	Average daily traffic volume			Share of heavy goods traffic
From	To	2005	2010	2015	2005	2010	2015
AS Dillingen-Mitte (A 8)	AD Saarlouis	47,400	47,900	43,900	13.6%	09.6%	09.6%
AD Saarlouis	AS Dillingen-Süd (A 8)	37,200	38,700	42,600	12.2%	12.6%	11.3%
AD Saarlouis	AS Wallerfangen (A 620)	52,500	56,100	56,700	10.7%	08.3%	06.2%

Individual evidence

^ AD Saarlouis. Motorway junctions and triangles in Germany, 2011, accessed on December 3, 2012 .
↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2010, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on August 22, 2017 .

[1] AD Saarlouis. Motorway junctions and triangles in Germany, 2011, accessed on December 3, 2012 .

[2] Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on October 16, 2019 .

[3] Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2010, accessed on October 16, 2019 .

[4] Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on August 22, 2017 .