Motorway intersection Fürth / Erlangen

Motorway intersection Fürth / Erlangen
location
Country:	Germany
State :	Bavaria
Coordinates:	49 ° 33 '35 " N , 10 ° 59' 31" E Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '35 " N , 10 ° 59' 31" E
Height:	286 m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type:	Shamrock
Bridges:	1 (motorway) / 5 (other)
Construction year:	1980s
Last modification:	since 2016 until probably 2021

The motorway junction Fürth / Erlangen (abbreviation: AK Fürth / Erlangen ; short form: Kreuz Fürth / Erlangen ) is a motorway junction in Bavaria , which is located in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg . This is where the A 73 ( Suhl - Nuremberg ) and the Autobahn 3 ( Oberhausen - Frankfurt am Main - Passau ) intersect .

geography

The cross is in the area of the city of Erlangen , near the districts of Eltersdorf and Bruck . The surrounding cities and communities are Nuremberg , Fürth and Herzogenaurach . It is located about 80 km southeast of Würzburg and about 10 km north of Nuremberg city center.

The Fürth / Erlangen motorway junction is number 83 on Autobahn 3 and number 34 on A73.

history

The motorway junction was built in the 1980s as part of the construction of the Frankenschnellweg (A 73) from Bamberg to Nuremberg. The Autobahn 3 has existed in this area since the 1960s.

State of development

The cross has the shape of a classic clover leaf. The Autobahn 3 has four lanes in the area of the cross and to the west. To the east it has six lanes, the A 73 has four lanes. All connection ramps are single-lane.

modification

The motorway junction has been rebuilt since 2016. In order to be able to cope with the future volume of traffic and to reduce noise pollution, the A 3 will be widened from four to six lanes in a cross and will be given a noise-reducing, open-pored asphalt. The connecting ramps between the two autobahns will be renewed and partially widened, and the cross will have a new semi-direct ramp for traffic from Bamberg (A 73) to Nuremberg (A 3). The A 73 will be structurally adapted to the widened A 3 and the new ramp. In addition, a total of 5.7 kilometers of noise protection wall will be built around the cross. The entire project is expected to be completed by 2021.

Aerial view of the Fürth-Erlangen motorway junction during the renovation in 2019

Traffic volume

Around 160,000 vehicles pass the cross every day.

From	To	Average daily traffic volume			Share of heavy goods traffic
From	To	2005	2010	2015	2005	2010	2015
AS Erlangen-Frauenaurach (A 3)	AK Fürth / Erlangen	76,300	78,700	82,300	16.0%	16.1%	17.5%
AK Fürth / Erlangen	AS Erlangen-Tennenlohe (A 3)	80,800	88,100	93,100	17.0%	16.7%	16.9%
AS Erlangen-Bruck (A 73)	AK Fürth / Erlangen	no data	75,400	77,300	no data	08.3%	08.7%
AK Fürth / Erlangen	AS Erlangen-Eltersdorf (A 73)	60,100	62,500	66,200	07.5%	07.3%	07.5%

Individual evidence

↑ Motorway Directorate North Bavaria: Info sheet A3 six-lane expansion at the Fürth / Erlangen motorway junction. Retrieved January 28, 2017 .
↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2007, accessed on August 21, 2018 .
↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2011, accessed on August 21, 2018 .
↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2018 .

[1] Motorway Directorate North Bavaria: Info sheet A3 six-lane expansion at the Fürth / Erlangen motorway junction. Retrieved January 28, 2017 .

[2] Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2007, accessed on August 21, 2018 .

[3] Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2011, accessed on August 21, 2018 .

[4] Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2018 .