Bundesstrasse 257
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The German federal road 257 (abbreviation: B 257 ) leads from the connection to the A 565 near the Meckenheim motorway junction in a south-westerly direction through the Eifel to the Luxembourg border in Echternacherbrück .
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Shortly after the Meckenheim motorway junction, the A 565 changes to the federal road 257 after the Gelsdorf junction (formerly AS Grafschaft ) . After a few kilometers over the foothills of the Ahreifel, it winds its way down into the Ahr valley. In the area of the Altenahr bypass , the B 267 branches off to Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler . Soon after the junction, the B 257 is led through three tunnels before it crosses the Ahr and the Lower Ahr Valley Railway shortly before Ahrbrück . It runs parallel to these two as far as Dümpelfeld , although the railway was completely shut down and dismantled from Ahrbrück. From Dümpelfeld the B 257 follows a side valley of the Ahr to Adenau .
Behind the Adenau district of Breidscheid , the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring crosses the B 257, so that it runs within the Green Hell until the second overpass behind Quiddelbach . Shortly afterwards, the B 258 crosses west of the Nürburgring Grand Prix track . Now it goes downhill again, through the local community Müllenbach to Kelberg , where the B 257 meets the B 410 .
In Ulmen , the B 259 branches off to the southeast to the junction of the A 48 and on towards Cochem . The B 257 has been replaced by the federal motorway from here to the Daun junction of the A 1. It will be continued in Daun. Now it goes on in a south-westerly direction, whereby the Vulkaneifel merges into the softer landscape of the Bitburger Gutland .
At Bitburg , the B 257 runs for a few kilometers together with the B 51 in the direction of Trier and then branches off again to the south-west.
In Wolsfeld , which is known nationwide for its hill climb, residents have been demanding a bypass for years because of the heavy traffic. This was in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan in the priority needs picked up and within the 2 billion euro program to improve transport infrastructure implemented in the years 2005-2008. The bypass road was opened for traffic on December 13, 2008 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Transport Minister Hendrik Hering and the Parliamentary State Secretary Karl Diller from the Federal Ministry of Finance.
Past Irrel , the B 257 now leads to Echternacherbrück , where it meets the B 418 . This runs from here to Wasserbilligerbrück along the banks of the Sauer , which here forms the border between Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg .
Across the Sauer is Echternach , which is widely known for its jumping procession.
Europastrasse
Between Bitburg ( B 51 ) and Echternacherbrück (border), the E 29 runs along the B 257. On the Luxembourg side, the E 29 continues over the N 11 in the direction of Luxembourg City .
History / other
The B 257 originally led from Bonn via Meckenheim in the direction of the Ahr valley ; however, the stretch to the Meckenheim interchange was replaced by the A 565 . On this section, the B 257 was graded to L 261, L 163 (both in North Rhine-Westphalia) and L 81 (in Rhineland-Palatinate) and relocated within Bonn. A continuation of the A 565 to Altenahr was planned, but the plan was discarded. For Altenahr, however, a bypass was built that runs along the slope above the town. Three tunnels were built. The last tunnel, the Lingenberg tunnel, was only realized later in a second construction phase.
In the Hönningen area, a bypass was built on the route of the former Lower Ahr Valley Railway.
During the occupation of Luxembourg and France in World War II , the forerunner of the B 257, Reichsstraße 257, continued through Echternach , Luxembourg (city) and Esch-sur-Alzette (all in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ) to the French Aumetz.
Lingenberg tunnel
From 2006 to 2008 the approximately 212 m long Lingenberg tunnel was built as part of the Altenahr bypass . The tunnel was stopped on October 12, 2006 by the Parliamentary State Secretary Achim Großmann . The construction section was around 405 m long and included the 212 m long tunnel tube. The project, estimated at around 7.5 million euros , should be completed by the end of February 2008. The tunnel was opened on March 31, 2008.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2 billion euros - Program for the improvement of the transport infrastructure in the years 2005-2008 ( Memento of December 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive )