Walsrode motorway triangle

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Walsrode motorway triangle
A7 A27 E45 E234
map
Overview map of the Walsrode motorway triangle
location
Country: Germany
State : Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52 ° 47 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 18"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 47 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 18"  E
Height: 30  m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type: Complete triangle (Full-Y)
Bridges: 3 (motorway) / 4 (other)
The A 27 before the Walsrode triangle
The A 27 before the Walsrode triangle

The Autobahn triangle Walsrode (abbreviation: AD Walsrode ; short form: Dreieck Walsrode ) is a freeway triangle in Lower Saxony approx. 8 km south of Bad Fallingbostel . It connects the federal highway 27 ( Cuxhaven  - Walsrode ; Europastraße 234 ) with the federal highway 7 ( Flensburg  - Hannover  - Kassel  - Füssen ; Europastraße 45 ).

geography

The triangle lies in the urban area of Walsrode in the district of Heidekreis . The surrounding towns and communities are Hodenhagen , Eickeloh and Ahlden (Aller) . It is located about 65 km southeast of Bremen , about 85 km south of Hamburg and about 50 km north of Hanover , on the southwestern edge of the Lüneburg Heath .

The triangle is surrounded to the east by the Bergen NATO training area , one of the largest training areas in Europe .

The Walsrode motorway triangle has junction number 48 on the A 7 and number 29 on the A 27.

Design and state of development

Sign triangle Walsrode

The A 7 has six lanes in this area and the A 27 has four lanes. The connecting ramps to and from Hamburg are single-lane, while those from and to Hanover are two-lane, as they are particularly heavily used for traffic between Bremen and Hanover and also mark the end of the A27.

The triangle was laid out as a complete triangle in the full Y shape.

Traffic volume

The triangle is used by around 94,000 vehicles every day.

From To Average
daily traffic volume		 Share of heavy goods traffic
AS Bad Fallingbostel (A 7) AD Walsrode 62,300 16.4%
AD Walsrode AS Westenholz (A 7) 91,300 16.1%
AS Walsrode-Süd (A 27) AD Walsrode 34,500 16.3%

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AD Walsrode. Motorway junctions and triangles in Germany, 2011, accessed on February 9, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Six-lane expansion of the A 7 from the Soltau-Ost junction to the Walsrode triangle. Retrieved January 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Manual traffic census BAB 2015. (PDF) BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on August 29, 2017 .