Trappentreutunnel

Trappentreutunnel
Northern tunnel portal
use	Road tunnel
traffic connection	Middle ring
place	Munich
length	550 m
vehicles per day	135000
Number of tubes	2
cross-section	55 m²
Largest coverage	2 m
construction
Client	State capital Munich
start of building	1980
completion	1984
business
toll	toll-free
release	West tube: April 27, 1984 East tube: October 16, 1983
location
Coordinates
North portal	48 ° 8 ′ 16 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 4 ″  E
South portal	48 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Trappentreutunnel is a tunnel in the west of Munich and part of the Trappentreustraße and the Mittlerer Ring .

location

The Trappentreutunnel crosses under Trappentreustraße and is located about three kilometers west of Munich city center in the Schwanthalerhöhe district, Westend district. It runs in a north-south direction. Up to 135,000 vehicles drive through the tunnel every day. It has two main lanes per tube and one secondary lane for driving up and down the ramps after the tunnel.

course

Coming from the direction of Donnersbergerbrücke and the Neuhausen-Nymphenburg district, the Trappentreutunnel begins at the level of Westendstrasse. The entrances and exits to Landsberger Strasse are located directly at the tunnel portal . After crossing under Trappentreustraße, the Trappentreutunnel ends immediately south of Heimeranplatz . The Trappentreutunnel turns into Garmischer Strasse towards Sendling-Westpark .

history

With the construction of the Middle Ring in the late 1960s and early 1970s, this ring, which was partly built with eight lanes, cut through the district. To remedy this, the city examined several options. Among other things, there was the option to lead the Mittlerer Ring over bridges over Landsberger Straße and Munich Südring to Garmischer Straße. The bridge piers on the south side of the Donnersbergerbrücke still bear witness to this. However, the city decided to build a tunnel under Trappentreustraße.

Construction began on February 1, 1980. On October 16, 1983, the Trappentreutunnel was opened to traffic in the north direction, the tunnel in the south direction followed on April 27, 1984.

After around 30 years of use, extensive renovation work was carried out on the structure and safety technology in 2014/2015.

Technology in the tunnel and speed limit

At the beginning of July 2016, a traffic control system with LED displays was put into operation in the Trappentreut Tunnel. These are attached in the north to the Donnersbergerbrücke and in the south to the adjacent Garmischer Straße. With the traffic control system, the speed limit is adjusted to the current traffic load. With normal traffic, the maximum speed is 60 km / h.

The tunnel also received new safety technology.

Namesake

→ Main article : Johann Baptist Trappentreu

The tunnel is named after the road above it; these in turn after Johann Baptist Trappentreu. Trappentreu was known for his generous donations of the poor. In addition to those in need in Munich, he also donated to Africa and Palestine.

literature

• City of Munich (Ed.): Mittlerer Ring . Urban and open space planning study. Munich May 2000.

Web links

Commons : Trappentreutunnel  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Munich Road Traffic Authority : ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Small Chronicle of Traffic in Munich - 1980 ) (accessed on November 20, 2009)
2. ↑ Munich Road Traffic Authority : ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Small Chronicle of Traffic in Munich - 1983 ) (accessed on November 20, 2009)
3. ↑ Munich Road Traffic Authority : ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Small Chronicle of Traffic in Munich - 1984 ) (accessed on November 20, 2009)
4. ↑ Abendzeitung München: New major construction site: Trappentreutunnel (accessed on July 16, 2013)