Bundesstrasse 55

This article describes Bundesstrasse 55 in Germany. For the street of the same name in Austria see Kirchschlager Straße .

Bundesstrasse 55 in Germany
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Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Jülich ( 50 ° 58 ′  N , 6 ° 22 ′  E )
End of street:	Rheda-Wiedenbrück ( 51 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 19 ′  E )
Overall length:	213 km
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Development condition:	two-lane
Bundesstrasse 55 as Aachener Strasse in Cologne
Course of the road State of North Rhine-Westphalia District of Düren (8th)  Jülich East Mersch L 241 Welldorf L 213  L 264 Rödingen L 12 Rhein-Erft district Oberembt L 278 Niederembt L 277 Elsdorf Elsdorf-East Grouven replaced by replaced by      Independent city of Cologne Beginning of  Cologne (103)  Cologne-Lövenich L 361  Cologne-Junkersdorf Cologne-Müngersdorf L 34 Cologne-Braunsfeld Cologne-Lindenthal Inner Kanalstrasse L 100  Left Rhine route Cologne-Neustadt-Süd    Rhine ( Severinsbrücke 691 m) Cologne-Deutz Right stretch of the Rhine Cologne-Kalk L 284  Freight station Cologne-Kalk Nord Cologne-Höhenberg Cologne-Merheim L 286n Cologne-Brück L 73 End of Cologne Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (18)  Refrath   replaced by   Beginning of the motor road (26)  Reichshof / Bergneustadt   The punch End of the highway Gummersbach OT Derschlag L 136  L 337 Bergneustadt Bergneustadt OT Pernze L 173 District of Olpe Drolshagen OT Wegeringhausen L 173 Drolshagen L 351 (18)  Olpe    Biggesee (Ronnewinkel Viaduct) Olpe bypass  Olpe OT Oberveischede L 880 Lennestadt L 715  Lenne Lennestadt L 715  L 737 Hochsauerlandkreis Eslohe L 519 L 541   Wenne Eslohe OT traveled Eslohe OT Herhagen L 914 Hennetalsperre Meschede L 740 Dysentery (70)  Meschede L 856 Soest district Warstein L 735 Warstein OT Belecke Warstein OT Belecke inner-city bypass 2004}} Möhne 3 × Münster – Warstein railway line Anröchte L 734  L 808 bypass  Beginning of the motor road (58)  Erwitte / Anröchte   End of the highway Erwitte Erwitte Lippstadt bypass  L 536  L 636 lip Lippstadt bypass L 822 Lippstadt OT Lipperbruch Lippstadt OT Bad Waldliesborn bypass Glenne Gütersloh district Langenberg OT Benteler L 586 Langenberg bypass  L 836 Wiedenbrück bypass  Transition in  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The federal road 55 (abbreviation: B 55 ) leads from Jülich via Cologne , Bergneustadt , Olpe , Lennestadt , Meschede and Lippstadt to Rheda-Wiedenbrück .

history

Severinsbrücke in 1960

B 55 with A 44 and junction Erwitte / Anröchte

Reichsstraße 55 , introduced in 1934, linked three sections that were built in the 1820s.

• The Koblenz-Mindener Landstrasse was built in several stages between 1816 and 1828 and was intended to connect the Prussian garrison towns of Koblenz and Minden by the shortest route possible. The northern part of Koblenz-Mindener Landstrasse was later numbered as Reichsstrasse 61 , while the southern section from Olpe via Freudenberg to Kirchen was not elevated to Reichsstrasse.
• The Cologne-Olper Chaussee , built between 1823 and 1834 , led from Cologne along the Agger River into the Oberbergisches Land . After its completion, a stagecoach has operated between Cologne and Olpe since 1835 .
• The Cologne-Jülicher Strasse was the main connecting road between Cologne and Aachen until the Cologne-Dürener Strasse was expanded . A large part of this route, for example Aachener Strasse in Cologne, has its roots in the Via Belgica , a Roman trunk road from Cologne via Jülich , Maastricht to Boulogne-sur-Mer .

In 2015, the new bridge of the B 55 over the state road 124 was started in Deutz am Deutzer Ring . The new building was released on December 21, 2016.

Replacements

• The section between Jülich , Elsdorf and Bergheim fell victim to the Hambach open-cast lignite mine and was replaced by a new route in the 1980s. As a result, the B 55 no longer begins in Jülich (junction Römerstraße / Große Rurstraße / Neusser Straße), but at the junction Jülich-Ost (8) of the A 44 . The sections that still exist are now listed as L 136 (Jülich - Stetternich), K 42 (Elsdorf - Bergheim) and L 361 (Bergheim - Cologne). The section between Overath and Derschlag was also downgraded to L 136. The earlier course can partly be recognized within the localities from the street names (Kölner Landstrasse, Aachener Strasse, Kölner Strasse, Cologne-Aachener Strasse).
• The section between Refrath and Derschlag was replaced by the A 4 .
• The original route through Cologne over the Deutz Bridge was replaced by this after the Severinsbrücke was rebuilt.
• For through traffic, there is an alternative route in Cologne called Bundesstraße 55a via Innere Kanalstraße and Zoobrücke to the federal motorway junction Cologne-East .
• The section between Cologne and Elsdorf was replaced by the A 1 , A 4 and A 61 .

See also

• List of federal highways in Germany
• List of motorway-like roads

Web links

Commons : Bundesstrasse 55  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Detailed route description of the Erwitte - Meschede section, which was previously planned as federal motorway 47
• Detailed route description of the section Jülich - Bergheim, which was previously planned as Federal Motorway 54

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cologne city area and Lippstadt bypass with four lanes; Anröchte - Erwitte four-lane motorway-like
2. ↑ https://www.ksta.de/koeln/innenstadt/verkehr-in-koeln-deutzer-ring-ist-wieder-befahrbar-25355576
3. ^ Cologne district (ed.): Official Journal . Cologne November 26, 2007.