Federal highway 53

Bundesautobahn 53 in Germany
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Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Status:	rededicated to (1976)

The federal highway 53 (abbreviation: BAB 53 ) - short form: Autobahn 53 (abbreviation: A 53 ) - was from January 1, 1975 to August 4, 1976 the name of a section of today's federal highway 44 , that of the state border D / B at Aachen - Lichtenbusch via Aachen, Jülich , Mönchengladbach , Krefeld to the no longer realized motorway triangle with the federal motorway 59 at Düsseldorf Airport .

Planning history and construction

The planning of a motorway connection Aachen - Liège began as early as the 1950s. In the early 1960s, for example, the map material shows the project of a federal motorway from Aachen-Lichtenbusch to an Aachen motorway junction with an extension as a four-lane federal road and connection to federal road 1 at Würselen-Broich . In addition, the extensive two-lane construction of the B 1 between Alsdorf and Vierektiven was planned with the bypasses of Alsdorf- Hoengen and Aldenhoven as well as the routes Jülich-West - Mersch , Titz - Jackerath - Otzenrath / Garzweiler - Jüchen - Grevenbroich - Vierzüge. In 1963 the section from the motorway junction (AK) Aachen to the junction (AS) Aachen-Brand was completed with a length of 7 kilometers. A year later, the section from AS Aachen-Brand to the German / Belgium border with a length of 4 kilometers was handed over. At the same time, the connection to the B 1 near Broich was created as a four-lane federal road 1a (4.8 km). In 1965/66 the line from the old B 1 north of Jackerath - Jüchen - Grevenbroich - Hemmerden was under construction as a four-lane federal road 1; 5.3 kilometers on the A 53 (north of Jackerath - Kreuz Holz). In 1968 the stretch between AK Neersen and the connection to the old federal highway 57 south of today's AS Krefeld-Forstwald with a length of 5.1 kilometers was opened to traffic as a four-lane federal road.

The requirements plan of the law on the expansion of federal highways in the years 1971 to 1985 of June 30, 1971 contained the following projects, which were later to form the route designated as "Federal Motorway 53":

Short name	section	expansion	was standing
B 1	Würselen-Broich - Jülich - north of Jackerath	four-lane new building	Level I.
B 57z	Wood - Mönchengladbach-Ost	four-lane new building	Level I.
B 57	south of Krefeld-Forstwald - Krefeld-Stahldorf	four-lane new building	Level I.
B 9	Krefeld-Forstwald - Meerbusch -Strümp - Düsseldorf-Stockum ( Bundesstrasse 8 )	four-lane new building	Level I.

No connection was planned between the connection to the B 8 near Stockum and the connection of the then “Autobahn 140” (later: A 44) to the B 1 (later: A 52 ) near Ratingen.

Even before the restructuring of the federal motorway network, which was introduced with effect from January 1, 1975, these projects were essentially given the status of federal motorway planning. The already completed section between Aachen-Lichtenbusch (state border) and the Aachen junction was given the internal designation "Autobahn 15". The route from Kreuz Aachen to Kreuz Holz was called "Autobahn 201". The route from Mönchengladbach-Ost (or Kreuz Holz) to Düsseldorf Airport has now been made into "Autobahn 140".

The restructuring of the network of federal motorways already brought the uniform designation of the line from the state border at Aachen-Lichtenbusch to Kassel (or Eisenach) as Federal Motorway 44, but the section Aachen - Düsseldorf was officially listed under the name "Federal Motorway 53" . This designation was found in the road construction reports of the federal government of 1974 and 1975 as well as in the network plan of the federal government at the beginning of 1976. It is noteworthy that in the road construction report of the federal government for 1975 both the designation “A 53” and “A 44” for this section was used.

In 1975 the line from Broich (or Hoengen) to Jackerath with a total length of 30.9 kilometers was opened to traffic.

With the law amending the law on the expansion of federal highways from 1971 to 1985 from August 5, 1976, the route finally became part of the A 44.

In 1976 the route Osterath - Lank-Latum came under traffic with 3.7 km.

In 1977, the section between the Neersen junction and today's Mönchengladbach-Ost junction and between Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen and Holz cross was completed with a total length of 4.9 kilometers.

In 1985, the section between Düsseldorf-Messe / Stadion and Düsseldorf-Stockum with a length of 2.1 km was released.

It was not until 1990 that the gap between Krefeld-Forstwald and Osterath was closed with a total length of 5.5 km.

In 1992, the Düsseldorf-Stockum section to AK Düsseldorf-Nord was handed over with a length of 5.3 kilometers.

With the Ilverich Rhine crossing and the completion of the Lank-Latum - Düsseldorf-Messe / Stadion stretch of 5.9 kilometers, the gap in the north of Düsseldorf was closed in 2002.

The gap between Mönchengladbach-Ost and Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen will not be closed for the time being. The route was no longer included in the 2003 Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan, but was still being planned as state road 12. But this was also given up in 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Shell Atlas, 29th edition, Mairs Geographischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1962/63, Bl. 31 and 41
2. ↑ The Great Shell Atlas, 11th edition, Mairs Geographischer Verlag Stuttgart, 1965/66, p. 41
3. ↑ Federal Law Gazette 1971, Part I, p. 873
4. ↑ 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). 
5. ↑ Der Große Shell Atlas, Mairs Geographischer Verlag Stuttgart, 1973/74, Bl. 31 and 41
6. ^ 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). 
7. ↑ Bundestag printed paper 7/3822, p. 42
8. ↑ Bundestag printed paper 7/5677, p. 44
9. ↑ 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). 
10. ↑ 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). 
11. ↑ Bundestag printed paper 7/5677, pp. 27, 28 and 46
12. ↑ Federal Law Gazette, 1976, Part I, p. 2093
13. ^ Dieter Weber: Off for L 19 - Initiative breathes a sigh of relief. Rheinische Post Online, July 12, 2010, accessed on May 3, 2014 (map excerpt).