Federal motorway 52

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	Bundesautobahn 52 in Germany
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	Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Niederkrüchten ; ( 51 ° 12 ′ N , 6 ° 4 ′ E )
End of street:	Marl ; ( 51 ° 42 ′ N , 7 ° 9 ′ E )
Overall length:	113.3 km
of which in operation:	97.3 km
of which in planning:	16 km
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia;
	The A52 runs over the Ruhrtalbrücke near Mülheim-Mintard and connects the cities of Düsseldorf and Essen
	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
	Under construction; In planning; Traffic control system ;

The federal autobahn 52 (abbreviation: BAB 52 ) - short form: Autobahn 52 (abbreviation: A 52 ) - is a federal autobahn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and leads in three sections from the Dutch border at Niederkrüchten - Elmpt to Marl , where it is used as a state road (L612) is continued after Haltern .

course

Green bridge near Elmpt

Shortly before the Mintarder Ruhrtalbrücke

End of the A 52 at the Marl-Nord junction

First section: Netherlands to Düsseldorf

The A 52 begins at the Dutch border west of Elmpt as a continuation of the N 280 coming from Roermond . To the east, you first cross a large forest area that belongs to the Maas-Schwalm-Nette nature park , then you reach the rural region of the left Lower Rhine . After passing the communities of Niederkrüchten and Schwalmtal , you reach the Mönchengladbach junction , where the A 61 ( Venlo - Hockenheim ) is connected. Mönchengladbach is bypassed to the north and the A 44 ( Aachen - Hessisch Lichtenau ) crosses at the adjacent Neersen junction . Behind it, south of Willich , is the only motorway service station on the A 52. The Kaarst junction connects to the A 57 ( Goch - Cologne ). The first section of the motorway ends after the Büderich junction; the road runs as the B 7 over the Theodor-Heuss-Brücke to the north of Düsseldorf .

Gap in the north-west of Düsseldorf

From Meerbusch-Büderich to Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich, the gap in the A 52 is closed by the B 7 and between Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich and Düsseldorf-Rath by the B 1 . The route was built as a city motorway, crosses the Rhine ( Theodor-Heuss-Brücke ), runs through the northern city of Düsseldorf and leads directly through the Mörsenbroich egg .

The B 7 also runs through the Heerdter Dreieck (also known as the “ Rheinkniebrücke junction ”) in Düsseldorf-Heerdt on the border with Oberkassel . At this point, the three-lane federal road forks, dividing the middle lane into two two-lane expressways. To the north, the two-lane B 7 leads to the Theodor-Heuss-Brücke . The southern expressway runs underground parallel to the Rhine towards the Rheinkniebrücke.

To bypass this gap in the city of Düsseldorf, motorists can use the Neersen -Kreuz Düsseldorf-Nord route via the A 44 or the Kaarst -Kreuz Meerbusch-Kreuz Düsseldorf-Nord route via the A 44 and A 57 .

Second section: Düsseldorf to Essen

At the level of the railway underpass north of the Mörsenbroicher Eis is the transition from the B 1 to the second section of the A 52. At the Düsseldorf-Nord junction , you cross the A 44 again, which forms the northern part of the Düsseldorf motorway ring. The junction is located directly at Düsseldorf Airport and has a very unusual structure in the form of two connecting ramps. In addition, two connection points are integrated into the cross. Ratingen is bypassed in a north -westerly direction before the A 524 to Krefeld and the A 3 ( Emmerich - Passau ) are connected in a combined junction in the northern part of Breitscheid .

In the southern Mülheim district of Mintard , the Ruhr valley is crossed on the 1830 m long Mintarder Ruhr valley bridge. The structure is the longest steel bridge in Germany. One reaches the Essen city area. Directly after the 340 m long Huttrop tunnel, the second section of the A 52 ends at the Essen-Ost triangle on the A 40 .

Gap in the north of Essen

Unlike in Düsseldorf, there is no well-developed gap closure between the Essen-Ost motorway triangle and the Essen-Nord junction (formerly Kreuz) on the A 42 . From there, the B 224 to Gladbeck is largely developed like a motorway, with several traffic lights at intersections where traffic jams regularly. The Essen / Gladbeck junction on the A 2 is also partially free of intersections.

Third section: Gladbeck to Marl

The third section of the A 52 begins roughly at the boundary of the cities of Gladbeck and Gelsenkirchen at a petrol station as a continuation of the four-lane B 224 coming from Essen . The motorway runs northwards immediately to the east of the BP refinery in Gelsenkirchen-Scholven and bends in a north-easterly direction at Dorsten to bypass Marl to the north. Immediately to the north is the Marl Chemical Park , another large industrial location. The motorway ends at the Marl-Nord junction with the A 43 ( Münster - Wuppertal ) and continues as the L 612 to Flaesheim .

history

The A52 near Essen (below in the picture). The Ruhr Valley Bridge can be seen at the back. Looking west.

As early as the 1950s, the new motorway-like construction of the federal highway 1 between Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich (city motorway) and Breitscheid on the A 3 as a northern feeder for the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia was tackled. The expansion was essentially completed in 1960.

Also in the 1950s, the construction of the Düsseldorf city motorway between Meerbusch-Büderich, Düsseldorf- Heerdt , - Niederkassel , - Derendorf and -Mörsenbroich with the Theodor-Heuss-Bridge on the federal highway 7 began . The individual sections were completed between 1957 and 1959.

As early as 1956, the plans for the continuation of the northern Düsseldorf feeder from Breitscheid to Essen, including a Ruhr valley high bridge at Mintard, were taken as the new federal highway 288 . Work began in 1963 and was completed in 1966 with the handover of the section between AS Breitscheid and AS Essen- Rüttenscheid .

In the 1960s, on the one hand, the four-lane expansion and new construction of Bundesstraße 224 between Gelsenkirchen, Gladbeck and Essen was pushed ahead. In 1967 a section between Gladbeck-Butendorf, AS Gelsenkirchen-Buer-West and a connection to the old B 224 north of AS Gelsenkirchen-Scholven was completed.

It was also during this period that the four-lane route from Mönchengladbach (approximately from AK Neersen) to Meerbusch-Büderich was included in the plans as part of the federal highway 7. In 1971 this connection was also opened to traffic.

The requirement plan of the law on the expansion of federal highways in the years 1971 to 1985 from June 30, 1971 did not yet contain a federal freeway on the route later called “federal freeway 52”. But the four-lane and sometimes six-lane motorway-like construction of federal roads was intended for this. The projects involved were:

Short name	section	expansion	was standing
B 230	Roermond - Niederkrüchten - Schwalmtal -Hostert	four-lane	Stage III
B 230	Schwalmtal-Hostert - Mönchengladbach junction (B 7 / B 59 )	four-lane	Stage II
B 7n	four-lane	ongoing project
B 288	Breitscheid cross and Essen-Rüttenscheid	six-lane	Stage III
B 288	Essen-Rüttenscheid - Essen-Ost junction (Ruhrschnellweg, B 1)	six-lane	Level I.
B 224	six-lane	Level I.
B 224	Kreuz Gladbeck - Gelsenkirchen-Scholven - Triangle Gelsenkirchen-Buer -Nord (B 227n / B 224n, later referred to as A 41)	four-lane	Level I.

The connection Dorsten -Ost - Marl-Nord had not yet been considered.

Even before the restructuring and new numbering of the federal motorway network, the Roermond - Mönchengladbach - Büderich route was given the internal name "Autobahn 209" in 1973, while the Düsseldorf-Rath - Essen-Rüttenscheid line was called "Autobahn 214".

With the restructuring of the federal motorway network, which was introduced with effect from January 1, 1975, the Roermond - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Essen - Gelsenkirchen-Buer-Nord route was given the designation "Federal Motorway 52".

The requirement plan of the law amending the law on the expansion of federal trunk roads from 1971 to 1985 from August 5, 1976 contained the route of the A 52 unchanged, but the urgency of the individual sections was changed:

section	expansion	was standing
Roermond - Niederkrüchten - Mönchengladbach-Hardt	four-lane	1st lane in urgency level Ia, 2nd lane as a possible additional requirement
Mönchengladbach-Hardt - Mönchengladbach junction ( A 61 )	four-lane,	Stage Ia
AK Kaarst and AS Büderich	six-lane expansion	Stage Ib
AK Breitscheid and AS Essen-Rüttenscheid	six-lane expansion	possible further need
AS Essen-Rüttenscheid - Kreuz Essen-Ost (Ruhrschnellweg, B 1 / A 430 )	six-lane	ongoing project
Kreuz Essen-Ost (B 1 / A 430) - Kreuz Essen-Nord	six-lane	Stage Ib
Kreuz Essen-Nord - Kreuz Gladbeck	four-lane / six-lane	Level Ib / possible further requirements
Cross Gladbeck - Gladbeck-Butendorf	2nd lane	Stage Ib

The route Dorsten-Ost to Marl-Nord was still not planned.

The second law amending the law on the expansion of federal highways from 1971 to 1985 from August 25, 1980 brought a slight change to the route of the A 52: With the discontinuation of the planning of the A 41 Dorsten - Gelsenkirchen - Sprockhövel, the completed one Section of the A 41 between Gelsenkirchen-Buer-Nord and Dorsten-Ost assigned to the A 52. The following projects were also included:

section	expansion	was standing
Roermond - Elmpt	2nd lane	Stage II
four-lane	Level I.
AS Kaarst-Nord and AS Büderich	six-lane expansion	Level I / partially ongoing project
Kreuz Essen-Ost (B 1 / A 430) - Kreuz Essen-Nord - Kreuz Gladbeck	six-lane	Level I.
Cross Gladbeck - Gelsenkirchen-Buer-Nord		expansion in stages in stage I.

The Dorsten-Ost - Marl-Nord route was still not planned as part of the A 52, although it was completed in 1980.

The third law amending the law on the expansion of trunk roads of April 21, 1986 did not contain the inclusion of the Dorsten-Ost - Marl-Nord route in the A 52 line. However, the law brought further changes for the A 52. The following were done:

section	expansion	was standing
Roermond - Elmpt	2nd lane	as a further need
four-lane	1st lane in urgent need, 2nd lane in further need
Kreuz Essen-Ost (B 1 / A 430) - Kreuz Essen-Nord - Kreuz Gladbeck	six-lane	urgent need
Cross Gladbeck - Gelsenkirchen-Buer-West		expansion in sections as an urgent requirement

In 1987, the route from Dorsten-Ost to Marl-Nord was designated as the A 52.

According to the fourth law amending the law on the expansion of trunk roads of November 15, 1993, the following were planned:

section	expansion	was standing
Roermond - Elmpt	2nd lane	further need
Elmpt - AS Hostert	2nd lane	urgent need
Kreuz Essen-Ost (B 1 / A 430) - Kreuz Essen-Nord	six-lane	further need
Essen-Nord junction - Gladbeck junction - AS Gelsenkirchen-Buer-West	six-lane	urgent need

The requirements plan of the Fifth Act to Modify the Highway Expansion Act of October 4, 2004 also included the following projects:

section	expansion	was standing
Roermond - Elmpt		urgent need
Kreuz Essen-Ost (B 1 / A 430) - Kreuz Essen-Nord	six-lane	firmly planned project
Cross Essen-Nord - Cross Gladbeck - Gladbeck-Butendorf	four-lane	urgent need

The governments of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany had committed themselves in a state treaty to further link their motorway networks, including the connection between the A 52 and the Dutch N 280 . The project was funded by the EU as it improves the trans-European networks . From the Dutch A 73 near Roermond to the German-Dutch border, the N 280 was expanded like a motorway. On May 18, 2009, the section between the Dutch border and Elmpt was released.

List of traffic clearances

1957–59: Construction of the Düsseldorf city motorway (Büderich - Heerdt - Niederkassel - Derendorf - Mörsenbroich)
1959–60: Expansion and new construction of the northern Düsseldorf feeder between AS Düsseldorf-Rath and AS Breitscheid (10.3 km, initially dedicated as B 1; upgraded to Autobahn in 1971)
1966: AS Breitscheid - AS Essen-Rüttenscheid (13 km, dedicated as B 288; upgraded to motorway in 1971)
1967: AS Gelsenkirchen-Buer-West - connection to B 224 north of AS Gelsenkirchen-Scholven (2.5 km, dedicated as B 224)
1968: AS Marl-Brassert - AS Marl-Hamm (3 km, initially dedicated as a state road)
1971: AK Neersen - AS Büderich (15.9 km, initially dedicated as B 7)
1971: AK Essen-Nord (2 km, dedicated as B 224)
1973: AS Marl-Frentrop - AS Marl-Brassert (3 km, initially dedicated as a state road)
1974: AK Mönchengladbach - AK Neersen (8.5 km, initially dedicated as B 7n)
1974: Connection to B 224 north of AS Gelsenkirchen-Scholven - AS Gelsenkirchen-Hassel (1.5 km, initially dedicated as a state road)
1979: AS Marl-Hamm - AK Marl-Nord (4 km, initially dedicated as a state road)
1980: AS Gelsenkirchen-Hassel - AS Marl-Frentrop (5 km, initially dedicated as a state road)
1981: AS Essen-Rüttenscheid - AD Essen-Ost (5 km)
1983: AS Hostert - AK Mönchengladbach (4.1 km)
1989: Waldniel bypass (1st lane, 4.7 km)
1999: west of Elmpt - east of Niederkrüchten (8.1 km)
1999: east of Niederkrüchten - east of AS Hostert (2nd lane, 5.1 km)
2009: Roermond (federal border D / NL) - Elmpt (5.4 km)

Planning and expansion

Expansion near Mönchengladbach

There are also plans to expand the A 52 between the Mönchengladbach junction and the Neersen junction from two to three lanes in each direction. Work has already started on this at the Neersen motorway junction (see also Federal Motorway 44 ). In the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030, this project is included as an urgent need to eliminate bottlenecks. A temporary hard shoulder release is planned until this project is realized.

Further construction in Essen and Gladbeck

End of the middle section of the A 40 at the Essen-Ost junction

The expansion of the missing sections between the A 40 (Essen-Ost junction) and A 42 (Essen-Nord junction ) and from there to the A 2 ( Gladbeck motorway junction ) has been planned for some time . In particular, there is resistance to the sections through the densely built-up areas of Essen and Gladbeck, which is mainly supported by local citizens' initiatives. The route of the A52 from Marl to the planned AK Gladbeck is particularly criticized, as it has not yet been possible to agree on a final construction method. On January 21, 2009, the city of Essen laid out the planning documents for the section between AK Essen-Nord and Bottrop as part of the planning approval procedure .

In 2009, the current plans included a completion date for the last section between Essen-Ost and Essen-Nord for the year 2023.

On February 17, 2011, the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported that the expansion of the A 52 into the Essen city area should no longer take place due to the lack of cost coverage by the federal government and poor urban development compatibility.

On March 25, 2012, a referendum in which around 23,000 people from Gladbeck took part showed that the people of Gladbeck did not want to subsidize the planned expansion of the B 224 into Gladbeck's urban area with two million euros. The result of the referendum was 55.9% and 44.1%. Originally, an above-ground gap was to be closed, but a solution in the form of a tunnel was finally planned on which a green avenue was to be placed. The State Office for Road Construction NRW is currently not ruling out the possibility of the section from Essen past Essen-Nord and Bottrop to the Gladbeck junction and thus the expansion of the Essen / Gladbeck junction to the Gladbeck motorway junction.

In August 2014 it became known that the Landesbetrieb Straßen.NRW had initiated a planning approval procedure for the Essen-Nord (A 42) - Kreuz Gladbeck (A 2) section, whereupon the citizens of Gladbeck announced resistance. At the beginning of 2017, the Landesbetrieb Straßen.NRW announced that the construction project between Essen-Nord and Gelsenkirchen-Buer would be realized in three construction phases. The plan approval procedure for the Essen-Nord section to the Bottrop / Gladbeck city limits is expected to be shot down in 2018 and then to be built there from 2019 to 2023. From 2020 to 2024, the section between the Bottrop / Gladbeck city limits and the A 2 with a motorway intersection is to be built. The section north of the A 2 up to the A 52 should then be completed by 2030 at the latest.

Since August 2014 the junction of the A52 into the A40 towards Bochum has been converted. The A52 will then flow into the A40 with two separate threading lanes - the second, new one approx. 100 m further west.

Rehabilitation of the Mintard Ruhr Valley Bridge

The Ruhr valley bridge between the Breitscheid cross and Essen-Kettwig was renovated from 2001 to 2005. During the construction work, which took place in the summer months, both directions of travel were only accessible in one lane, combined with a driving ban for vehicles with a total weight of over 16 tons. On the assumption that the steel transition elements would "last longer", they were excluded from the renovation. Since this assumption turned out to be incorrect and the transitions were corroded by the effects of de-icing salt and water, the Landesbetrieb Straßen.NRW had to plan another renovation for the period from July 1 to September 30, 2013. During this work, the A 52 between the Breitscheid junction and the Essen-Kettwig junction in the direction of Essen was completely closed. The lanes in the direction of Düsseldorf remained open, but were temporarily led over the (closed) opposite direction lanes.

In the course of a planned six-lane expansion of the A52 between the Breitscheid junction and the Essen-Rüttenscheid junction, the Ruhr valley bridge is to be completely rebuilt. After this six-lane expansion, the A52 between the Düsseldorf-Nord motorway junction and the Essen-Ost motorway triangle will be consistently six-lane.

particularities

Lane separation in Gelsenkirchen and Dorsten

There is a lane separation between the Gelsenkirchen-Hassel and Gelsenkirchen-Scholven junctions . This was built as a structural advance for a motorway triangle, since at the time of construction the continuation of the motorway designated as A 41 in a south-easterly direction through the Gelsenkirchen city area was planned. In the area of the city of Dorsten, when the motorway was built in the 1980s, a further lane separation was realized as a preliminary construction work, here the A 41 should be led in a northerly direction around Dorsten to the A 31 . After the east bypass Dorsten had been realized as L 608 in the 1990s, this road separation was dismantled and the Dorsten-Ost junction was built.

Junction points in Essen

In contrast to the straight line, the connection points Essen-Haarzopf and Essen-Rüttenscheid are nested; Coming from Bochum, for example, in the following order: Exit Rüttenscheid - Exit Haarzopf - Driveway Rüttenscheid. This is made possible by Norbertstrasse, which is parallel on both sides in this section and functions as the local lane of the motorway.

Air accident

On November 24, 2006, a Piper PA-34 small aircraft of the VHM school and charter flight coming from Berlin crashed on the A 52 at the Essen-Haarzopf junction due to a lack of fuel. Seven people were injured, and the event also caused damage to vehicles and infrastructure. As a result of the incident , traffic jammed in both directions for a length of up to 10 km.

Because of endangering air traffic, the pilot was sentenced to a prison term of 15 months on probation and a fine of € 20,000. He also lost his license to fly. Due to the determined gross negligence when taking over the rented aircraft, the material damage to the aircraft in the amount of around € 150,000 was not reimbursed by the aircraft's comprehensive insurance .

Web links

Commons : Bundesautobahn 52 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Detailed route description of the federal highway 52
Strassen.NRW to the A 52 for the renovation of the Mintard Ruhr valley bridge
Bundesautobahn 52. In: Structurae

Citizens' initiatives

Network of citizens' initiatives
Citizens' initiative against the Ruhralleetunnel
www.a52stoppen.de Essen citizens' initiative against the construction of the A 52 ( Memento from April 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Bottrop citizens' initiative against the construction of the A 52
Gladbeck citizens' initiative
Gladbeck citizens' initiative against the construction of the A 52 ( Memento from April 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
www.ab-durch-die-heege.de Gladbeck initiative to bypass the A 52 to the east ( Memento from October 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ After the planned expansion of the B 224 between Essen , Gladbeck & Gelsenkirchen-Buer -West to the A 52, the Essen-Nord AS is to be renamed again to the Essen-Nord junction

↑ The car bridge blew up. Rheinische Post / Citizenship Breitscheid e. V., May 26, 1959, accessed on May 31, 2014 (press article).

↑ Tamms / Auberlen / Beyer: The Düsseldorf Stadtautobahn bridges, roads and elevated roads leading to the access to the north bridge, Kirschbaum Verlag, Bad Godesberg 1960

↑ High bridge through the Ruhr valley? unknown / Citizenship Breitscheid e. V., 1956, accessed on May 31, 2014 (press article).

↑ Federal Law Gazette 1971, Part I, p. 873

↑ 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).

↑ Der Große Shell Atlas, Mairs Geographischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1973/74, p. 31

^ Structure and numbering of the federal highways. Planned overall network. Federal Minister of Transport, Road Construction Department, June 15, 1974, accessed on September 18, 2013 (map excerpt).

↑ Network of federal motorways and federal highways. Status January 1, 1976. Federal Minister of Transport, Road Construction Department, accessed on March 31, 2013 (map excerpt).

↑ Federal Law Gazette, 1976, Part I, p. 2093

↑ Federal Law Gazette 1980, Part I, p. 1614

^ Federal Law Gazette 1986, Part I, p. 537

↑ Federal Law Gazette 1993, Part I, p. 1877

↑ Federal Law Gazette 2004, Part I, p. 2574

↑ Now they are digging ( memento from June 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: Grenzland-Nachrichten on August 16, 2007, accessed on June 1, 2014.

↑ Six-lane expansion of the A 52 planned . In: Rheinische Post online on December 10, 2011, accessed on June 1, 2014

↑ The 572 million project . In: Der Westen online on April 8, 2009, accessed on May 6, 2013

↑ The major project A 52 is about to end . In: Der Westen online on February 17, 2011, accessed on February 18, 2011.

↑ Citizens' vote: Clear no to the A 52 (WAZ, March 26, 2012)

↑ New cross for A2 at Gladbeck is not yet off the table (WAZ, March 27, 2012)

↑ Gladbeck announces resistance ( Memento from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (WDR August 11, 2014)

↑ Plans for the A52 expansion are taking shape (WAZ, January 22, 2017)

↑ Expansion between the Essen-Nord motorway junction (B224) and the Gelsenkirchen-Buer / West junction (A52). State Office for Road Construction NRW , accessed on October 26, 2017 .

↑ A52: Ruhrtalbrücke remains single lane . In: RP Online on July 29, 2005, accessed May 30, 2013.

↑ A52 towards Essen for three months in the summer . In: Der Westen online on January 31, 2013, accessed May 30, 2013.

^ A52: New road crossings for the Mintarder Bridge ( Memento from June 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Straßen.NRW online January 31, 2013, accessed May 30, 2013.

^ Streets.NRW: A52 expansion between AK Breitscheid and AS Essen-Rüttenscheid

↑ dpa / heg: Pilot has to pay for crash landing on the highway. In: DIE WELT online. Axel Springer AG, January 14, 2010, accessed on October 13, 2013 .

[1] Urgent need

[2] After the planned expansion of the B 224 between Essen , Gladbeck & Gelsenkirchen-Buer -West to the A 52, the Essen-Nord AS is to be renamed again to the Essen-Nord junction

[3] The car bridge blew up. Rheinische Post / Citizenship Breitscheid e. V., May 26, 1959, accessed on May 31, 2014 (press article).

[4] Tamms / Auberlen / Beyer: The Düsseldorf Stadtautobahn bridges, roads and elevated roads leading to the access to the north bridge, Kirschbaum Verlag, Bad Godesberg 1960

[5] High bridge through the Ruhr valley? unknown / Citizenship Breitscheid e. V., 1956, accessed on May 31, 2014 (press article).

[6] Federal Law Gazette 1971, Part I, p. 873