Coschützer tunnel

Coschütz tunnel
Coschützer Tunnel - exit towards Prague
use	Road tunnel
traffic connection	A17
place	Coschütz , Dresden , Saxony
length	2332 meters
Number of tubes	2
construction
Client	Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing
start of building	October 27, 2000
completion	December 2004
planner	Walter Bau AG
business
toll	No
release	December 22, 2004
location
Coordinates
North portal	51 ° 1 ′ 17 ″  N , 13 ° 41 ′ 18 ″  E
South portal	51 ° 0 ′ 47 "  N , 13 ° 43 ′ 2"  E

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Coschützer tunnel along the highway 17 is part of a combination of two tunnels and a connecting bridge to cross the Weißeritztal, here the Plauen reason . The Coschützer Tunnel consists of two tubes and crosses under the Dresden district of Coschütz over a length of 2,332 meters. This is followed in the direction of BAB 4 by the two-part, four-lane Weißeritztal Bridge, around 218 meters long, and the Dölzschen tunnel, 1070 meters long.

Motorway junction Dresden-Südvorstadt seen from the south with the entrance to the Coschützer Tunnel, the Feldschlößchen brewery above the tunnel and behind it in the center of the picture the Weißeritztal Bridge and the Dölzschen Tunnel

The combination is the main part of the 8.85-kilometer section of the motorway between the Dresden-Gorbitz (2) and Dresden-Südvorstadt (3) junctions, which opened on December 22, 2004 . It also contains the 345 meter long Altfranken tunnel , the 67 meter long Kaitzbach bridge and the 142 meter long Zschauketal bridge .

The Coschützer Tunnel is equipped with the latest security technology. In the first test by the ADAC, the tunnel was rated “very good” in 2006 and thus meets the intended safety standards.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Werner Fritzsche: 700 Years of Old Franconia. 1311-2011 . Festschrift. Dresden 2011, p. 75 .
2. ↑ The construction phases. Construction phase 1.2: Junction Dresden-Gorbitz (B173) to junction Dresden-Südvorstadt (B170). In: Autobahn17.de. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .