Federal highway 47

Bundesautobahn 47 in Germany
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Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Status:	partially executed as &

Bundesautobahn 47 (abbreviation: BAB 47 ) - short form: Autobahn 47 (abbreviation: A 47 ) - was the name of a planned regional expressway connection introduced with effect from January 1, 1975, from Bielefeld ( A 35 ) via Gütersloh , Rheda-Wiedenbrück ( A 2 ), Lippstadt should run to the Erwitte / Anröchte junction( A 44 ). In the second half of the 1970s, the continuation of the A 47 to Herford with a connection to the B 239 was also planned. Part of the planned A 47 route was implemented as part of the expansion of federal highways 55 and 61 . The A 47 is not identical to the " Werretalautobahn ".

Planning history and construction

The plan drawn up at the beginning of the 1970s for the expansion of the federal highways between 1971 and 1985 envisaged the construction of the federal roads 55 and 61 in the Herford - Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Rheda-Wiedenbrück - Lippstadt - Anröchte area. The B 61 at Wittel was to branch off from the Bremen - Gießen route initially planned under the internal name "Autobahn 100" and later as the A 5 . To the north of Herford, the junction of the B 239 to Kirchlengern , which was also to be developed similar to a motorway, was planned. The Herford bypass was planned on the same route for the B 61 and B 239. South of Herford, the four-lane B 239 was to be run in the direction of Detmold and Horn-Bad Meinberg , and the B 61 to Bielefeld. In Bielefeld, a junction was planned with the B 66 , which was to be built in a manner similar to a motorway and which was later designated as the A 35. At Brackwede a cross with the four-lane B 68n was planned, today's A 33 . In the course of the Gütersloh bypass to be created to the northwest, the motorway-like B 513 was to branch off to Münster, which was later designated as an extension of the A 43 . At Wiedenbrück the cross with the A 2 was laid out. To the south of Wiedenbrück, the B 55 should seamlessly take up the route of the B 61 and lead over the already completed OU from Lippstadt to the route at Anröchte, then known as Autobahn 16 and now known as A 44 . With the new numbering of the federal motorways introduced from January 1, 1975, however, only the section Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Rheda-Wiedenbrück - Lippstadt - Anröchte was designated as A 47. For the parts of the B 61 to the north of Bielefeld, it was still intended to be a federal motorway, but initially not as part of the A 47. It was not until the second half of the 1970s that the Bielefeld - Herford section was also designated as the A 47 in planning.

South of the AS Erwitte / Anröchte was for the first time with the law amending the law on the expansion of federal highways in the years 1971 to 1985 (Federal Law Gazette 1976, Part I, p. 2093) a continuous two-lane new building as B 55n from Anröchte via Warstein, Meschede, Lennestadt to the Kreuztal area (direct connection to Hüttentalstraße ). However, it should not be designed as an A 47.

The A 47 was thus almost continuously laid out as a stretch parallel to the existing or yet to be built federal motorways. Between Bielefeld, Gütersloh and Rheda-Wiedenbrück, the route ran as a parallel autobahn to the A 2. For the section between Rheda-Wiedenbrück and Erwitte / Anröchte there were the planned parallel autobahns 5, 33 and 445 in the network plan, whereby these were at a significantly greater distance than the A 2 in the Gütersloh - Bielefeld area. The planning of a motorway through the middle of a large city corresponded to the transport policy of the 1960s and was reflected in the general transport plan of the city of Bielefeld from 1971. These plans were favored by the route of the A 2 Hanover - Ruhr area away from the city , as it was done in the 1930s.

The A 47 was finally realized in the city of Bielefeld as far as Brackwede as the B 61 ( Ostwestfalendamm ) between 1977 and 2012 and despite considerable protests. In the late 1970s and early 1980s in particular, the construction of the B 61 provoked resistance. The demolition of houses in a tense housing situation, the additional noise and exhaust emissions, the fragmentation of grown urban spaces and the continuation of a one-sided transport policy were criticized. Ultimately, the implementation of the project was also seen as the reason for the entry of the “ colorful list ” into the Bielefeld city parliament.

Discard the plans

The Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 1980 reflected the changed transport policy in the Federal Republic of Germany. This was now under the influence of ongoing citizen protests against the construction of new autobahns and financial constraints. The Federal Government's 1980 Road Construction Report states that the projects must be “adapted to the changed conditions, in particular to the current and future financial framework”. Priorities are now to take greater account of environmental and energy policy goals, intensify the dialogue with citizens, avoid parallel planning, give priority to investments to maintain the substance and modernize the existing network, including increasing security, rather than building new ones. The second law amending the law on the expansion of federal highways from 1971 to 1985 of August 25, 1980 (Federal Law Gazette 1980, Part I, p. 1614) led to the deletion of the A 47 from the requirement plan for the federal highways. Only the following projects were included:

Short name	section	expansion	was standing
B 55	OU Erwitte	two-lane	Level I)
B 61	OU Rheda-Wiedenbrück, southern construction section	four-lane	under construction
B 61 / B 64	OU Rheda-Wiedenbrück, northern construction section	two-lane	Level I.
B 61	OU Gütersloh	two-lane	Stage II
B 61	OU Ummeln	two-lane	Level I)
B 61	Brackwede - Bielefeld	four-lane	under construction
B 61	Bielefeld - Herford	two-lane	Level I.

While the A 47 was no longer included in the requirement plan, there was still planning for a B 55n as a two-lane new building Anröchte - Warstein - Meschede - Lennestadt - Kreuztal area.

The 1985 federal traffic route plan no longer provided for the A 47. The third law amending the law on the expansion of federal highways of April 21, 1986 (Federal Law Gazette 1986, Part I, p. 557) only contained the following projects:

Short name	section	expansion	was standing
B 55	OU Erwitte	two-lane	urgent need
B 61 / B 64	OU Rheda-Wiedenbrück, northern construction section	two-lane	ongoing project
B 61	OU Ummeln	two-lane	urgent need
B 61	Brackwede - Bielefeld	four-lane	ongoing project
B 55	OU Lippstadt, southern construction phase	four-lane	further need

The B 55n between Anröchte and the Kreuztal area was also deleted from the list of projects. Instead, only individual bypasses were planned in the future (Warstein, Bremke, west of Lennestadt).

Completed sections

The following were completed on the planned route of the A 47:

section	year	km	comment
Lippstadt bypass (OU)	Mid 1960s	10.7 km
Erwitte ( B1 ) - AS Erwitte / Anröchte	1975	2.5 km
Bielefeld - Brackwede	1977	approx. 3.3 km
Ostwestfalendamm in Bielefeld	1986	3.5 km; B 68 - Brackwede
Feeder A33 - Brackwede	2012	1.3 km
Section Rheda-Wiedenbrück	1979	4.2 km
1st construction phase OU Wiedenbrück	1980	3.8 km
2nd construction phase OU Wiedenbrück	1988	5.2 km	of which 2.8 km on the originally planned A 47 route; AK Rheda-Wiedenbrück - B 64

Current plans

The 2003 Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan contains the following projects that are on the originally planned route of the A 47:

Short name	section	expansion	km	was standing	Completed
A 33 / B 61	New construction of the Bielefeld / Brackwede feeder road;	four-lane	1.3 km	urgent need	completed
A 33 / B 61	New construction of feeder Bielefeld / Ummeln;	two-lane	3.9 km	urgent need	not completed
B 55	Expansion of OU Lippstadt	four-lane	10.7 km	further need	not completed
B 55	New building OU west of Erwitte	two-lane	7.4 km	urgent need	not completed

Individual evidence

1. ^ Structure and numbering of the federal highways. Planned overall network. As of June 15, 1974. Federal Minister of Transport, Road Construction Department, accessed on April 11, 2013 (map excerpt). 
2. ↑ Network of federal motorways and federal highways. As of January 1, 1976. Federal Minister of Transport, Road Construction Department, accessed on April 11, 2013 (map excerpt). 
3. ^ Information from the Federal Government. Road construction report 1975. Bundestag printed paper 7/5677, p. 29. (5.4 MB) German Bundestag, 7th electoral period, August 6, 1976, accessed on April 7, 2013 (PDF file). 
4. ↑ Plenary Protocol 10/104, p. 9500. Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia, 10th electoral period, March 15, 1989, accessed on April 25, 2013 (PDF file). 
5. ^ City of Bielefeld (Ed.): General traffic plan of the city of Bielefeld, update 1976/77, plans. Traffic investigation Bielefeld. Plan 41 (road construction program 1975–1985, entire city) and Plan 47 (traffic road network 1985, planning case 5), Bielefeld o. J.
6. ↑ Construction work on federal trunk roads in 1972. Expansion of federal trunk roads from 1971 to 1985. Annex to the road construction report 1972. Federal Minister of Transport, Road Construction Department, accessed on March 31, 2013 (map excerpt). 
7. ^ Ueli Haefeli: The financial scope of urban transport policy. An actor-oriented analysis using the example of Bielefeld 1950 - 1994. Wuppertal Papers No. 85, p. 9. (PDF; 573 kB) Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, September 1998, accessed on April 11, 2013 (Internet publication ). 
8. ↑ WebWecker editorial team, It smelled of demolition. ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Traffic clearance A 33, AK Bielefeld (A 2) - AS Bielefeld / Brackwede, press release No. 288/2012. Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, December 5, 2012, archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 (press release). 
10. ^ Dieter Gerth: The history of Bielefeld on the Internet. Chronicle AD 1949-1999.Retrieved April 12, 2013 (Internet article). 
11. ^ Information from the Federal Government. Road construction report 1980. Bundestag printed paper 9/812, p. 4. (5.5 MB) German Bundestag, 9th electoral period, September 15, 1981, accessed on April 13, 2013 (PDF file). 

Web links

• Detailed route description of the federal highway 47