Coventrystrasse
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| Coventrystrasse in Gorbitz | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Dresden |
| District | Gorbitz , Omsewitz , Gompitz , Old Franconia , Pennrich , Zöllmen |
| Created | 1979 |
| Newly designed | 2008 |
| Hist. Names | Hermann-Matern-Strasse |
| Connecting roads | Bramschtunnel , Wurgwitzer Landstrasse |
| Cross streets | Julius-Vahlteich-Strasse, Wilhelm-Franz-Strasse, Gottfried-Keller-Strasse, Gorbitzer Strasse, Harry-Dember-Strasse, Omsewitzer Ring, Reuningstrasse, Schlehenstrasse, Kesselsdorfer Strasse, Rudolf-Walther-Strasse, Gompitzer Höhe, Kohlsdorfer Landstrasse, BAB 17th |
| use | |
| User groups | Motor transport , local public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 7 km |
The Coventrystraße as part of the Western Bypass of Dresden an important arterial road of the city. It leads the federal highway 173 as a motor road from the city limits of Kesselsdorf to the Bramschtunnel in the western city center and has a junction with the federal highway 17 .
course
Coventrystraße is almost entirely developed with four lanes. It begins at the Bramschtunnel in the Löbtau district and then heads west to Kesselsdorf. It runs north of the new building area in the Gorbitz district and, with a long curve to the south between Omsewitz and Gompitz, creates the connection to Kesselsdorfer Straße without any elevation . Both streets then run parallel to each other as far as Pennrich , where Coventrystraße has a junction with the commercial area there.
In its further course the street crosses the federal motorway 17 at the junction "Dresden-Gorbitz" and splits a little later in Zöllmen . The westward, four-lane section runs through the Kesselsdorf industrial park towards Freiberg . The other part branches off to the south and connects the Freital district of Wurgwitz and the center of Kesselsdorf. This second part is the only one that does not have four, but only two lanes.
history
The first section was laid out in 1979 and was named "Hermann-Matern-Straße" after Hermann Matern , an SED official and honorary citizen of Dresden . The construction began in the course of the construction of the large new building area Gorbitz. In 1984 Hermann-Matern-Strasse led for about 1.5 kilometers from Gohliser Strasse to Gorbitzer Strasse. After the reunification , the street got its current name after the Dresden twin city Coventry in Great Britain.
The construction of the road continued. In 1994 the section between Omsewitzer Ring and Reuningstraße was completed, construction work was still going on between Omsewitzer and Gorbitzer Ring. The connection to Kesselsdorfer Strasse was four-lane to the tram depot in 1999, and from there two lanes were completed. The federal highway 173 was initially relocated between the intersection Kesselsdorfer / Coventrystraße to Kesselsdorfer / Julius-Vahlteich-Straße on Coventrystraße. When the first part of the western bypass was completed at the end of 2002 after the opening of the Bramschtunnel, the extension of Fröbelstrasse and the expansion of the Emerich-Ambros-Ufer , the B 173 between Gompitz and the city center was completely relocated to Coventrystrasse.
On October 8, 2001 the federal motorway 17 between the motorway triangle Dresden-West and the junction "Dresden-Gorbitz" was released. The B 173 in Zöllmen has already been rebuilt with four lanes further north for its construction. This created the prerequisites for the Kesselsdorf bypass in the west and the four-lane expansion in the east of the junction towards Dresden. Between the city limits near Kesselsdorf and the Pennrich industrial park, the B 173 street was still called "Kesselsdorfer Straße".
In April 2007, construction work began on the four-lane expansion of the B 173 between Gompitz and Zöllmen. The first lane Kesselsdorf-Dresden was released on September 22, 2008, the second lane was released in November 2008. The new street was also named Coventrystraße. In Zöllmen, the already expanded part of Kesselsdorfer Strasse was renamed Coventrystrasse. Coventrystraße replaces Kesselsdorfer between the Pennrich business park and the motorway, and both run parallel to each other between the business park and Gompitz. The expansion of this section of the route cost a total of around 57 million euros.
traffic
Between Omsewitzer Ring and the Pennrich industrial park, there is a tram route operated by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe alongside Coventrystraße . It was built together with the new Gorbitz development in GDR times up to the Gorbitz depot . Between this and the Pennrich track loop, the tram route was laid in the course of the expansion of Coventrystraße in 2007 and 2008. From Pennrich, the RVSOE bus route 333 ( Ammonstrasse - Niederschöna ) runs on Coventrystrasse.
Various places are considering extending the tram route along Coventrystrasse to the Kesselsdorf industrial park. There are currently no concrete plans for this.
Development
Noise barriers have been erected on both sides of Coventrystraße in Gorbitz in order to protect the prefabricated buildings that are relatively close to the street from traffic noise . Further to the west, the buildings south of the street become less dense, with many prefabricated buildings being torn down or reduced to smaller units. Coventrystrasse then crosses mainly industrial areas in Gompitz and Pennrich and occasionally passes residential areas.
Several bridges had to be built in order to guarantee the height-free connections such as to Kesselsdorfer Straße. A little east of the industrial area there is a footbridge to the tram stop “Rudolf-Walther-Straße”. During construction, Coventrystraße was placed lower than the surrounding area for noise protection reasons, which is why it is limited in large parts by high embankments and retaining walls.
Web links
- Streets and squares in Gorbitz on dresdner-stadtteile.de
- Expansion of the federal highway B 173 between Gorbitz and the Kesselsdorf bypass and extension of the tram route from Dresden-Gorbitz to Pennrich ( memento from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), PDF file; 1.9 MB
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Clearance on the B 173. In: dresden.de. State capital Dresden, September 19, 2008, accessed on February 14, 2017 (press release).
- ↑ Stephan Klingbeil: This is how Wilsdruff wants to strengthen local public transport . In: Sächsische Zeitung , April 12, 2012
- ↑ Dresden sees no need for trams . In: Sächsische Zeitung, April 14, 2012
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '0.7 " N , 13 ° 40' 18.6" E