Bundesstrasse 4 R
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Operator: | Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall length: | 18.295 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bundesstraße 4 R at the Nürnberg-Sandreuth stop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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The federal road 4 R (abbreviation: B 4 R ) runs as a ring road completely within the city of Nuremberg and is therefore colloquially referred to in the region as the Nuremberg ring road . It is about 18.3 kilometers long and has four lanes except for a three-lane section that is approximately 250 meters long.
Traffic significance
Alongside the Frankenschnellweg, the large ring road forms the backbone of road traffic in Nuremberg. It replaces the federal highways 2 , 8 and 14 that used to run through Nuremberg city center and also the federal road 4 , after which it is named (the "R" in B 4 R stands for "ring"). There are only municipal roads within the large ring road, and the inner section of the Frankenschnellweg is only dedicated there as a municipal district road. Outside the ring, the Frankenschnellweg connects as the Autobahn A 73 North (Erlangen-Coburg-Erfurt) and A 73 South (Feucht-A 9 / Munich). Otherwise the federal highways are 2 North (Bayreuth), 2 South (Schwabach, Augsburg), 4 North (Erlangen, Bamberg), 4 East (AS N-Fischbach to A 9 ), 8 West (Fürth, Würzburg), 8 Southeast (Neumarkt idOpf., Regensburg), 14 northeast (Lauf / Peg. Sulzbach-Rosenberg) and 14 southwest (Stein, Ansbach, Stuttgart), as well as the state roads to Röthenbach adP and Zirndorf / Rothenburg odT directly connected. Today, the place of the formerly passing through Nürnberg B 8 takes the extending outside the B 4 R Südwesttangente a.
The traffic is often sluggish because the road is not developed without intersections and the flow of traffic is hindered by the numerous light signal-controlled intersections. Also at the junctions to the Frankenschnellweg - Südring and Westring - only the through traffic of the city motorway is free to cross, while the traffic on the ring and the entrances and exits is controlled by light signals.
The ring road is also connected by local public transport. Six underground stations of the Nuremberg underground are located under the ring. These are in detail: U2 Schoppershof underground station , U1 Frankenstraße underground station , U2 Hohe Marter underground station , U3 Gustav-Adolf-Straße underground station , U1 Maximilianstraße underground station and the Nordwestring underground station, which opened in May 2017 U3.
history
The first plans for a ring road system go back to the Jansen plan drawn up by Professor Hermann Jansen in the 1920s. In this four tangential streets were planned in the north, east, south and west of the city, which together should form a ring. The first sections were the Nordring in 1927 , the Ostring (today Passauerstrasse or Marienbaderstrasse) in 1933 and the Südring between Frankenstrasse and Bayernstrasse until 1939 . After the war, construction work was resumed in 1956 and the ring was completed in several stages by 1993.
Buildings
In addition to five bridge structures, underpasses were built on Cheruskerstrasse and Nopitschstrasse as well as on the Nordring to cross the railway lines from Nuremberg.
Gustav Adolf Bridge
The Gustav-Adolf-Brücke is located in the Schweinau district and spans the Nuremberg – Crailsheim railway line . It was opened to traffic in 1965 and is 68 m long and 27 m wide. The southern carriageway is three lanes, the northern two lanes. It was named after King Gustav Adolf of Sweden .
Dr. Gustav Heinemann Bridge
The Dr. Gustav Heinemann Bridge is located in the Mögeldorf district and crosses Lake Wöhrder . It is 202 m long and 27.5 m wide and has two lanes in each direction. It was named after the former Federal President Gustav Heinemann .
Jansen Bridge
The Jansenbrücke is located in the Gostenhof district and spans the Nuremberg – Bamberg railway line and the Frankenschnellweg (A 73) , with which it is connected via the Nürnberg Westring junction. The bridge was opened to traffic in 1963 and is 84 m long and 40 m wide. It was named after the city planner Hermann Jansen.
Otto Brenner Bridge
The Otto Brenner Bridge is located in the Gibitzenhof district and crosses the Frankenschnellweg, with which it is connected via the Nürnberg Südring junction. The construction is 33 m long and 50 m wide. It was named after the former IG Metall chairman Otto Brenner .
Theodor Heuss Bridge
The Theodor-Heuss-Brücke is located in the Kleinweidenmühle district and spans the Pegnitzauen . It was opened in 1971 and is 185 m long and 28.5 m wide. Two lanes are available for each lane. After the age-related renovation began in 2004, the tram tracks running in the middle of the bridge were expanded and a continuous bus lane in the direction of Maximilianstrasse was set up. It was named after the former Federal President Theodor Heuss .
The Bridge Festival and the Africa Festival Nuremberg take place under the bridge .
Traffic load
The traffic load was measured at four locations in the city in 2007:
- 36,328 vehicles / 4pm on Frankenstrasse ('Südring')
- 28,058 vehicles / 4pm on Nopitschstraße ('Südwestring')
- 30,974 vehicles / 16h on the Dr.-Gustav-Heinemann-Brücke ('Ostring')
- 30,656 vehicles / 16h on the Theodor-Heuss-Brücke ('Westring')