Gap closure

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In general usage, a gap closure is understood to mean further traffic route construction in the existing network. The term can imply that the speaker considers it necessary to close the gap (see also traffic policy , traffic planning , network density ).

In a narrower sense, there are gaps, for example, in ring roads that are not completely closed or motorways that are not fully developed , which require a temporary change to secondary roads such as federal or country roads. A section that is not as upgraded as the rest of the route can also be referred to as a gap. In large construction projects that are divided into several sections, such gaps are conceptually determined. Natural obstacles create gaps in the transport network; they can often only be closed by complex bridges or tunnels. In some cases, gaps in the transport network can also be traced back to (earlier) boundary lines. If the course of the border changes or the border becomes easier to cross (for example in the course of European unification), new transport connections will have to be built. One example of this is the German Unity Transport Projects (see below).

In the railway sector, closing a gap is understood to mean the creation of a continuous track on a new line . The last section of track is often used by guests of honor as part of a ceremony .

In the course of German reunification , a number of gaps in the rail network between the two previously separated states were closed from 1990 onwards. On May 3, 1990, the transport ministers of the two German states agreed a program to close the gap .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Siegfried Knüpfer : Railway lines for German unity - an interim balance in 1996 . In: Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau , No. 7/8, July / August 1996, pp. 461–469.