Federal motorway 659

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	Bundesautobahn 659 in Germany
	Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Weinheim ; ( 49 ° 33 ′ N , 8 ° 38 ′ E )
End of street:	Mannheim-Käfertal ; ( 49 ° 31 ′ N , 8 ° 33 ′ E )
Overall length:	7 km
State :	Baden-Württemberg; Hesse;
Development condition:	2 × 2 lanes
	Looking towards Weinheim, exit Viernheim-Ost
	State of Baden-Württemberg
	State of Hesse
	State of Baden-Württemberg

The federal motorway 659 (abbreviation: BAB 659 ) - short form: Autobahn 659 (abbreviation: A 659 ) - leads from the Weinheim motorway junction to the Viernheimer junction . It was built in the 1960s as a feeder to the "Bergstraßenautobahn" ( A 5 ) opened in 1968 and replaces the original Viernheim bypass ( B 38 ) on this part .

The A 659 begins at the Weinheim motorway junction as an extension of the federal highway 38 coming through the Saukopftunnel from the Odenwald.Directly behind the Weinheim junction, you drive through a tight S-curve, which in the direction of Weinheim can only be driven at 80 km / h when it is wet. Directly behind it is a petrol station in the direction of Mannheim , behind it two exits for 2 km towards Viernheim , whereby the Viernheim exit has additional entrances and exits for a direct connection to the Rhein-Neckar-Zentrum . In the direction of Weinheim there is a gas station between Viernheimer Kreuz and the Viernheim junction. Since the renewal of the lane coming from Mannheim, the A 659 has no speed limit, except when it is wet at the S-curve between the Weinheimer Kreuz and the Aral petrol station. Here 120,100 and 80 km / h are prescribed.

An extension to Mannheim- Feudenheim with a connection to the B 38a (Rhein-Neckar-Schnellweg) was originally planned . In the meantime, in connection with urban development in Mannheim, from the end of the autobahn until around 2030, the B 38 will be dismantled as a city street.

Along with the A 656 and the B 47, the A 659 is one of the three ways to quickly switch between the A 6 or A 67 and A 5 motorways that run in parallel .

literature

Klaus Schefold, Alois Neher (Ed.): 50 years of motorways in Baden-Württemberg. A documentation. On behalf of the Autobahn Office Baden-Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg motorway office, Stuttgart 1986.

Web links

Commons : Bundesautobahn 659 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Detailed route description of the federal motorway 659

Individual evidence

↑ Mannheimer Morgen, September 19, 2018, p. 9 Verkehr: Members of the main committee vote with a large majority for the dismantling of the B 38
↑ Mannheimer Morgen of October 5, 2018, p. 12 B 38 - This is how the city entrance changes

[1] Mannheimer Morgen, September 19, 2018, p. 9 Verkehr: Members of the main committee vote with a large majority for the dismantling of the B 38

[2] Mannheimer Morgen of October 5, 2018, p. 12 B 38 - This is how the city entrance changes