Kerpen motorway junction
| Kerpen motorway junction | |
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| Country: | Germany |
| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Coordinates: | 50 ° 53 '39 " N , 6 ° 41' 43" E |
| Height: | 66 m above sea level NN |
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| Design type: | Shamrock |
| Bridges: | 1 (motorway) / 4 (other) |
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| From Cologne | |
The Kerpen cross (abbreviation: AK Kerpen ; short form: Kerpen cross ) is a motorway junction in North Rhine-Westphalia , which is located near Cologne . The A 4 ( Aachen - Eisenach - Görlitz ) ( E 40 ) and the A 61 ( Mönchengladbach - Koblenz - Hockenheim ) intersect here .
geography
The cross lies in the area of the city of Kerpen . It is located about 20 kilometers west of Cologne and about 45 kilometers east of Aachen. The cross is located in a branch of the Kottenforst-Ville Nature Park . Loersfeld Castle is not far from the cross .
The motorway junction is number 8 on the A 4 and number 20 on the A 61.
State of development
The cross has the shape of an adapted shamrock. The A4 has been expanded to six lanes in this area. There are four lanes on the A 61. All ramps are single lane.
It forms a double junction with the AS Kerpen on the A 4 .
Traffic volume
The cross was used by around 146,000 vehicles every day in 2015.
| From | To | Average daily traffic volume |
Share of heavy goods traffic |
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| 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | ||
| AS Kerpen (A 4) | AK Kerpen | 68,900 | 82,700 | 87,700 | 17.6% | 16.2% | 15.0% |
| AK Kerpen | AS Frechen-Nord (A 4) | 76,700 | 87,600 | 95,600 | 13.5% | 13.3% | 12.6% |
| AS Bergheim-Süd (A 61) | AK Kerpen | 49,400 | 53,900 | 61,200 | 17.9% | 14.6% | 14.8% |
| AK Kerpen | AS Türnich (A 61) | 49,600 | 43,200 | 47,400 | 18.0% | 21.3% | 21.0% |
Individual evidence
- ^ AK Kerpen. (No longer available online.) Motorway intersections & motorway triangles in Germany, 2011, archived from the original on December 24, 2013 ; Retrieved November 18, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on February 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. (No longer available online.) BASt Statistics, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 7, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on February 7, 2018 .
