Bundesstrasse 56

This article describes the Bundesstrasse 56 in Germany. For the street of the same name in Austria see Geschrittenstein Strasse .

Bundesstrasse 56 in Germany
map
Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Selfkant ( 51 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 53 ′  E )
End of street:	Gummersbach ( 51 ° 0 ′  N , 7 ° 33 ′  E )
Overall length:	approx. 150 km
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Development condition:	two stripes three stripes four stripes
Bundesstrasse 56 in Bonn (Kennedy Bridge)
Course of the road State of North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Continue  towards Sittard and Selfkant border crossing Motorway Tüddern / Havert L 228 Selfkant -Ost L 410 (earlier ) Langbroich / Vinteln K 13 Saeffeler Bach bridge Saeffeler Bach Self-edging sheet K 3 Waldenrath L 277 (4)  Heinsberg End of the highway Straeten K 4 Gangelt L 47 Geilenkirchen bypass  worm Immendorf K 24 bypass  City region Aachen Puffendorf bypass  District of Düren (6)  Aldenhoven replaced by (7)  Jülich- West Jülich bypass  Rur (6)  Düren Motorway Düren-Ost bypass (under construction) Düren Düren-Ost bypass Soller bypass  (under construction) Frangenheim bypass  (under construction) District of Euskirchen Zülpich   under   Euskirchen   Erft Rhein-Sieg district Swisttal OT vinegar (27)  Swisttal - Miel   Independent city of Bonn Beginning of  Bonn Duisdorf (6)  Endeich center Rhine ( Kennedy Bridge 394 m) Bump End of Bonn (41)  Bonn-Beuel-Ost Rhein-Sieg district Saint Augustine (3)  Sankt Augustin (ex AS Siegburg) replaced by (2)  Siegburg (ex AS Sankt Augustin) Beginning of the motor road Siegburg bypass  (31)  Lohmar   End of the highway Neunkirchen-Seelscheid Much Oberbergischer Kreis Drabenderhöhe (24)  Bielstein   replaced by   (25)  Gummersbach   Agger Gummersbach  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The federal highway 56 (abbreviation: B 56 ) is a German federal highway and leads from the Dutch border at Selfkant-Tüddern via Jülich (crosses the A 44 there ), Düren (crosses the A 4 there ), Euskirchen (crosses the A 1 there ) and Swisttal - Miel (crosses the A 61 there ) to Bonn . There it crosses the Rhine ( Kennedy Bridge ) and then continues via Sankt Augustin and Siegburg (crosses the A 3 there ) to Wiehl to the A 4 .

history

Bridge structure near Euskirchen

The origin of today's B 56 lies in the introduction of so-called " long-distance traffic routes " (FVS) by the Weimar Republic on January 17, 1932. This was the first time that consecutive numbering was introduced in Germany. In 1934 the street was renamed Reichsstraße 56 . Originally it led from Aachen via Düren to Bonn and from there on to Siegburg . The section between Düren and Euskirchen was expanded into a Chaussee in 1935 , the subsequent section between Euskirchen and Bonn was expanded into a paved road between 1933 and 1938 as a section of the road connection from Bonn to Schleiden (see also B 266 ).

General information about the course

In the 1970s it was planned to replace the main road with a motorway connection to the southern bypass of the greater Cologne area and a direct connection from the greater Bonn area to the Netherlands ( A 56 ). But corresponding plans were never implemented. Instead, it stayed with the mainly two-lane federal road.

The route for the A 56 has already been built between the B 265 near Zülpich and the Euskirchen double junction (Euskirchen motorway junction) of the A 1 , which was converted in the 1990s , on which the B 56n now runs parallel to the B 56. In the area of Vettweiß and Zülpich you can still see bridge structures in the field markings or underpasses under existing roads. The routes are still not farmed and can also be traced on satellite images based on the course of the municipality boundaries.

To the north and west of Siegburg , the B 56 is now routed via a motorway-like bypass (B 56n). In Alfter , an underpass was built at the intersection with the Bonn – Euskirchen railway line (Voreifelbahn) , as long backlogs regularly occurred there. This expansion underlines the future of the B 56 on this route.

The B 56 is one of the most important traffic connections between Bonn and the Eifel. Due to the commuters, especially between Bonn and Euskirchen, she experiences a very high traffic load, since the public transport in the Eifel is insufficiently developed.

Between Düren and Aldenhoven , the B 56 was relocated to the east as part of the Inden open-cast lignite mine . It now runs from Düren via the Düren junction of the A 4 to the Jülich-West junction of the A 44. This junction has already made considerable advance payments for the expansion of the A 44 and A 56 motorway junction. The section from Jülich West ( 50 ° 54 ′ 50.7 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 26.1 ″  E , the motorway junction planned at the time can be clearly seen here) parallel to the A 44 to the Aldenhoven junction has been downgraded to a state road. Originally this was a section of the B1 .

All through-roads between Aldenhoven and Geilenkirchen have now been replaced by bypasses. The bypass road for Geilenkirchen shares the B 56 with the B 221 . West of Geilenkirchen, the B 56 is getting a new route that connects to the A 46 and leads to the Dutch border at Sittard . Construction was symbolically started on May 3, 2007 by the Parliamentary State Secretary Achim Großmann and the North Rhine-Westphalian Transport Minister Oliver Wittke . The approximately 18-kilometer route is expected to cost around 68 million euros. A first section from the Dutch border to state road 410 (6 km) (former Dutch thoroughfare ) was opened to traffic at the end of 2008, a further section to Vinteln (4.2 km) was opened on July 22, 2011. The third and last section was released in May 2017. The route has an alternating 2 + 1 traffic route. It continues the N 297, which was newly built in the Netherlands. The old route via Süsterseel , Gangelt and Gillrath will be downgraded and run as L 47.

Bundesstrasse 56n

Bundesstrasse 56n in Germany
Basic data
Operator:	Federal Republic of Germany
Start of the street:	Border crossing Selfkant ( 51 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 53 ′  E )
End of street:	Euskirchen ( 50 ° 41 ′  N , 6 ° 45 ′  E )
Overall length:	26 km
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Development condition:	three-lined
Course of the road State of North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Continue  towards Sittard and Selfkant border crossing Motorway Selfkant -West L 228 Selfkant-Ost L 410 (earlier ) Langbroich / Vinteln K 13 Saeffeler Bach bridge Saeffeler Bach Self-edging sheet K 3 Waldenrath L 227 Heinsberg End of the highway (4)  Start of the motorway Interrupted by District of Euskirchen (110b)  Euskirchen    Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The federal highway 56n (B 56n) set up to complement the B 56 runs through North Rhine-Westphalia in two sections:

• from the Dutch-German border at Sittard following the Dutch N 297 in the direction of A 2 and merging into the A 46 at the Heinsberg junction . (18 kilometers)
• of Zuelpich to the junction Euskirchen at the A 1 over a distance of approximately seven kilometers.

Planning and new building projects

Düren-Ost bypass

The Düren-Ost bypass provides for the B 56 to go around Düren, as it is not possible to widen the road from four to six lanes within Düren. For this purpose, a new intersection will be created between the overpass of the Heerweg and the junction B 56 / Eisenbahnstraße, which will lead traffic (coming from the A 4) in two lanes to the old B 56, three lanes on the B 56n towards Euskirchen and contain a left-turn lane, which leads down to the Heerweg. At the same intersection, two lanes in the opposite direction towards A4, two lanes towards the former B 56 and a right-turn lane towards Heerweg are planned.

From this intersection, the planned route in the direction of Euskirchen looks like this: The B 56n will cross the Düren – Linnich (including the Arnoldsweilerweg), Aachen – Cologne and Düren – Cologne railway lines. A junction will follow with a connection to Brückenstraße, whereupon Merzenicher Straße will be crossed without crossing. There is a junction with the B 264 (Kölner Landstrasse). Up to here the route is four-lane; the further course is planned in two lanes. Here the Düren – Euskirchen railway line is crossed with the help of a bridge. This is followed by a crossing with the L 271 (Binsfelderstraße) and the underpass of a farm road. The B 56n then joins the B 56 south of the company "Neapco" (formerly Visteon / Ford Werke), with a confluence with the current B 56 in the direction of Düren-Zentrum.

The planning approval has already been completed, and the bypass has also been included in the Federal Government's acceleration program for transport projects. The costs were originally estimated at around 24 million euros, but total costs of 39 million euros are expected as of January 2019. Construction began on December 10, 2013.

After the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony in 2013, the actual construction work began in early 2017. Originally, however, the citizens had already been promised in 2013 that what they believed to be an urgently needed bypass would be completed. The east bypass should be completed in 2021 (as of August 2019).

The construction project will be implemented in two larger construction phases. On July 26, 2018, the first (southern) section up to the Kölner Landstrasse in Düren was opened to traffic.

Bypass Soller and Frangenheim

On November 25, 2015, the new construction of the bypass for the smaller villages of Soller and Frangenheim, southeast of Düren, officially began with a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony . The route, which is around 2.6 km long, was originally supposed to be completed by the end of June 2019. This is to relieve the previous through-traffic on the old federal highway 56 in Soller and Frangenheim.

The completion of the bypass was delayed due to necessary archaeological work. On August 30, 2019, 2.7 km were released to the Soller - Vettweiß district road. The clearance up to federal highway 56 should take place in the next few months.

The bypass is to be connected to Kreisstrasse 28 and Landesstrasse 33 via roundabouts. In addition, agricultural roads and two smaller rivers are to be crossed by a total of five bridges. As a result of the measure, the B 56n will also run in a straight line east around the town of Froitzheim in the direction of Düren, so that the previous turning situation due to the offset course of the old B 56 northwest of Froitzheim will no longer apply from 2019.

Euenheim bypass

The Euenheim bypass south of Euskirchen with a planned direct connection of the B 56 to the L 178 with an intersection of the B 266 has not yet been further developed beyond a change in the urban development plan from 1984 and an associated non-binding declaration of intent .

Bypass Euskirchen and Kuchenheim

Despite planning for the bypass of the B 56 north of Euskirchen to the town of Kuchenheim bordering Euskirchen , which had already been completed in 2013 , the new route was downgraded to the category of additional demand in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 in 2016 . A start of construction before 2030 is therefore unlikely.

Miel bypass

The bypass of the B 56 for the town of Swisttal- Miel east of Euskirchen has been classified as an urgent need in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030. A specific date for the realization of the construction project is not yet in sight.

See also

• List of federal highways in Germany
• List of motorway-like roads
• Bundesautobahn 562 (built section of the planned A 56)

Web links

Commons : Bundesstrasse 56  - Collection of images

• Detailed route description of the section Jülich - Euskirchen, which was previously planned as federal motorway 56
• B 56n overview maps of the State Office for Road Construction NRW
  • Northern part
  • Southern part
• Map with B 56n (PDF; 2.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Another ten kilometers have been replaced by federal motorways.
2. ↑ St. Augustin-Menden - Siegburg-Stallberg and Wiehl - Gummersbach with four lanes similar to a motorway; in the urban area of ​​Düren and Bonn partly with four lanes
3. ↑ Karl-Heinz Hamacher: It's a little faster now. In: Aachener Nachrichten. July 22, 2011, accessed October 31, 2011 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} B56n now complete: Eastern section opened to traffic. Landesbetrieb Straßenbau Nordrhein-Westfalen, May 3, 2017, archived from the original on May 3, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Master Investment Plan 2011–2015 (IRP). (PDF; 5 MB) BMVI, March 15, 2012, accessed on January 21, 2016 . 
6. ↑ B56n: Berlin gives the green light for the expansion. In: Aachener Zeitung. December 12, 2012, accessed June 8, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Groundbreaking ceremony for Düren bypass B56n. In: Aachener Zeitung. December 10, 2013, accessed June 8, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Jörg Abels: Construction of the northern section is going according to plan. Aachener Zeitung, January 23, 2019, accessed on August 17, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Burkhard Giesen: Construction work for the east bypass B 56n begins. November 25, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Jörg Abels: Citizens' initiative calls for faster construction of the B 56n. In: Aachener Zeitung. January 27, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017 . 
11. ↑ B56: Clearance of the southern bypass Düren | Streets.NRW. Retrieved July 27, 2018 . 
12. ↑ B56n: New construction of the bypass of Vettweiß-Soller and -Frangenheim , press release of October 26, 2018 on strassen.nrw.de
13. ↑ B56n: Ceremonial opening of the first section of the Soller-Frangenheim bypass to traffic. Straßen NRW, August 30, 2019, accessed on August 30, 2019 . 
14. ↑ B56 bypass Soller almost finished. Radio Rur, August 23, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2019 . 
15. ↑ B 56: New construction of the Soller – Frangenheim bypass. Straßen.NRW, November 25, 2015, accessed June 8, 2017 (press release). 
16. ↑ Development plan no. 3 “Euenheim bypass”. (PDF; 205 kB) City of Euskirchen, May 3, 1984, accessed on June 8, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Michael Schwarz and Tom Steinicke: Federal traffic route plan fight for the bypasses in the district of Euskirchen continues. In: Kölnische Rundschau. April 15, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2017 . 
18. ^ Dominik Pieper: Traffic in Bonn and the region - traffic route plan: Bad maps for new buildings. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn). March 16, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2017 . 
19. ↑ Bypass for Miel - start of construction for bypass unclear. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn). July 24, 2014, accessed June 8, 2017 .