Mönchhof triangle
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Country: | Germany |
State : | Hesse |
Coordinates: | 50 ° 1 '31 " N , 8 ° 29' 38" E |
Height: | 100 m above sea level NN |
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Design type: | Complete triangle (T shape) |
Bridges: | 3 (motorway) / 5 (other) |
The Mönchhof triangle is a motorway triangle in Hesse , which is located in the Rhine-Main area . Here the federal highway 67 (Rhine-Main area - Rhine-Neckar area ) branches off from the federal highway 3 ( Oberhausen - Frankfurt am Main - Passau ).
geography
The triangle is named after the Mönchhof district of Raunheim , in whose area it is also located. The surrounding cities are Kelsterbach , Frankfurt, Rüsselsheim , Mörfelden-Walldorf , Hattersheim and Flörsheim . It is located about 15 km southwest of Frankfurt and about 18 km southeast of Wiesbaden . It is also in the immediate vicinity of Frankfurt Airport .
The Mönchhof triangle is number 48 on the A 3 and number 1 on the A 67. It forms a double junction with the Raunheim AS on the A 3 .
Design
The triangle is one of the few in Germany that was built in a T-shape. Typical for this is the elaborate construction, such as the simultaneous underpass and overpass of the A 3. This is also reminiscent of half a Maltese cross.
State of development
The A 3 has been expanded to six lanes in this area. There are four lanes on the A 67. All ramps can be used in two lanes until they are merged and the actual start of the A 67 or the approach to the A 3.
Road crosses of the same principle
Traffic volume
With around 178,000 vehicles per day, the Mönchhof triangle is one of the busiest traffic hubs in Hessen.
From | To | Average daily traffic volume |
Share of heavy goods traffic |
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2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | ||
AS Raunheim (A 3) | Mönchhof triangle | 97,800 | 115,000 | 126,200 | 12.8% | 13.6% | 13.1% |
Mönchhof triangle | AS Kelsterbach (A 3) | 122,200 | 126,000 | 137,600 | 12.6% | 13.0% | 12.8% |
Mönchhof triangle | AS Rüsselsheim-Ost (A 67) | 68,300 | 83,200 | 92,000 | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ autobahnkreuze-online.de: Mönchhof-Dreieck ( Memento from April 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2007, accessed on August 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2011, accessed on August 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2017, accessed on August 19, 2018 .