Velbert-Nord motorway triangle

Velbert-Nord motorway triangle
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location
Country:	Germany
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates:	51 ° 21 '9 "  N , 7 ° 2' 26"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '9 "  N , 7 ° 2' 26"  E
Height:	188  m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type:	Complete triangle (T shape)
Bridges:	2 (motorway) / 3 (other)
Aerial photo 2016

The Velbert-Nord motorway triangle (abbreviation: AD Velbert-Nord ; short form: Velbert-Nord triangle ) is a motorway triangle in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region . It connects the federal highway 44 ( Aachen - Kassel ) with the federal highway 535 ( Velbert - Wuppertal ).

geography

The motorway triangle is in the urban area of Velbert in the Mettmann district . The closest districts are Velbert-Mitte and Langenhorst. It is located about 25 km northeast of Düsseldorf , about 15 km south of Essen and about 15 km north of Wuppertal .

The Velbert-Nord motorway triangle has junction number 37 on the A 44 and number 1 on the A 535.

Design and state of development

Both motorways have four lanes. The connecting ramp from the A 44-Ost to the A 535 is two-lane, the remaining connecting ramps are single-lane.

The motorway triangle was created as a complete triangle in a T-shape . On the A 44, the triangle forms a double junction with the Velbert-Nord AS .

Traffic volume

The triangle is used by around 39,000 vehicles every day. This makes it one of the least frequented motorway junctions in North Rhine-Westphalia.

From	To	Average daily traffic volume	Share of heavy goods traffic
AS Heiligenhaus-Hetterscheidt (A 44)	AD Velbert-Nord	18,400	4.7%
AD Velbert-Nord	AS Langenberg (A 44)	27,700	4.2%
AD Velbert-Nord	AS Velbert (A 535)	32,100	4.1%

Individual evidence

1. ^ AD Velbert-Nord. Motorway junctions and triangles in Germany, 2011, accessed on November 10, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Manual traffic census BAB 2015. (PDF) BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on September 14, 2017 .