Bahnhofstrasse (Lenzburg)
| Bahnhofstrasse | |
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| Bahnhofstrasse with a bridge over the Aabach | |
| Basic data | |
| city | Lenzburg |
| District | City center |
| Created | around 1874 |
| Newly designed | 1947, 2020/21 |
| Cross streets | Augustin-Keller-Str., Bypass Hauptstrasse 1 and Hauptstrasse 26 (Angelrain, Erlengut), Poststrasse |
| Places | Bus station, Seetalplatz, Hypiplatz |
| Numbering system | from east to west |
| Buildings | Railway station , Catholic Church of the Heart of Jesus, Reformed City Church Lenzburg |
| use | |
| User groups | Public transport , MIV , bicycles and pedestrians |
| Road design | two lane road |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 800 meters |
The Bahnhofstrasse in Lenzburg is the nearly 800 m long central thoroughfare between the Lenzburg train station and Old Town. Initially, it only served as a feeder to the train station, but with the development of the residential and commercial area to the west of the train station, it developed into an important east-west connecting road.
history
After the station was built around 1874, Bahnhofstrasse was initially built as a cambered gravel road. The topographic map of Switzerland (Dufour map ) has shown them since it was issued in 1876. At that time there were no buildings on the roadside. Trenches at the side tapped the rainwater and directed it into the Aabach , which was bridged in the eastern part with an iron framework construction. With the advent of automobile traffic, the road was made "dust-free" with a simple spray coating.
The simple structure of the street cross-section caused an unjustifiable maintenance effort. Therefore, in 1947 the decision was made to widen the building from the original 5 m to 7 m and walkways on both sides of 2.5 m each and complete renovation with a contemporary substructure and sewer system . The construction work was the responsibility of Walo Bertschinger .
For 2020/2021, with a construction time of approx. 10 months on 355 m between the Augustin-Keller-Strasse roundabout and the so-called core bypass, the renovation with dismantling to a 30 km / h zone and the reduction of the street width is planned. At the same load class is raised to T4 (Switzerland), the BK10 (Germany) according to the classification corresponds. In 2018 there were around 110 trucks per day and direction. Upgrading to T5 (equivalent to Bk32) would only be necessary for 1000 trucks, which is not included in the planned conversion.
Location and description
Bahnhofstrasse begins at the train station. It separates the track system of the Keilbahnhof designed track plan between the railway lines in the Clear Mountain Road , the Aargau Southern Railway and the route Zofingen-Wettingen north of the road on the one hand and the Seetalbahn on the south side on the other. It continues a little further to the west, crosses the track of the Seetalbahn and ends in an SBB car park at the level of the post office.
From the train station, Bahnhofstrasse faces east. It first crosses the bus station, which is to be redesigned together with the train station over the next eight years starting at the end of 2020. After the renovation, the Bahnhofstrasse will be crossed by the Seetalbahn before it even reaches the reception building, because the architecture will disappear as a wedge station. The bus station ends with Augustin-Keller-Strasse, which leads into Bahnhofstrasse with a small roundabout. From this point on, the terrain drops towards the Aabach with an average gradient of 30 ‰ and tends a little more south. Both sides of the street are partly built with public buildings such as the Raiffeisenbank (house number 41) or the Catholic parish (number 23). In the second half of the section towards the Aabach there is also a medical center (No. 24) and several private employment agencies.
The Aabach is crossed about 40 m before the core bypass, which has been relieving the old town of through traffic on main roads 1 and 26 since 2000 . The old bridge from the early days could no longer withstand the stresses in 1981 and partially collapsed. It was poorly repaired, but only replaced with the construction of the core bypass. The core bypass runs here on the old route of the extension of the Seetalbahn to Wildegg and crosses Bahnhofstrasse at a relatively acute angle. In order to facilitate the flow of traffic to the bypass, the Bahnhofstrasse was swiveled a little at this point. Pedestrians and cyclists have been given a generously designed underpass so that they can pass the core bypass without crossing.
Behind the Aabach the road goes slightly uphill again. After the crossing area, the Müli Märt shopping center operated by Migros (No. 5) has been located on the right-hand side of the street since the early 1980s, followed by Lenzhof (No. 3) and the Swisshaus (No. 4) and Hypothekarbank on the opposite side of the street Lenzburg (No. 2). The intersection with Poststrasse is called Hypiplatz . Alongside the train station, this destination is the most important inner-city bus stop in Lenzburg. In continuation of Bahnhofstrasse is Torgasse, which leads through the still preserved city gate and then continues as Rathausgasse.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Time travel map from Swisstopo
- ↑ a b Report and application: Redesign and renovation of Bahnhofstrasse. City Council of Lenzburg, May 20, 2020
Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '21 " N , 8 ° 10' 32" E ; CH1903: six hundred and fifty-five thousand six hundred thirty-three / 248961