Viernheim Cross

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Viernheim Cross
A6 A659 B38 E50
map
Overview map of the Viernheim Cross
location
Country: Germany
State : Hesse
Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '23 "  N , 8 ° 33' 36"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '23 "  N , 8 ° 33' 36"  E
Height: 94  m above sea level NN
Basic data
Design type: Shamrock
Bridges: 1 (motorway) / 1 (other)
Construction year: 1968
A 6, Viernheimer Kreuz, direction north
A 6, Viernheimer Kreuz, direction north

The Viernheimer Kreuz is a motorway junction that lies directly on the border between the state of Hesse and Baden-Württemberg . It is located in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region . Here the federal highway 6 ( Saarbrücken - Mannheim - Nuremberg , Europastraße 50 ) crosses the federal highway 659 ( Viernheim - Weinheim ), which becomes the federal highway 38 in the direction of Mannheim .

geography

The Viernheimer Kreuz is located on the northeastern edge of the city of Mannheim in the area of ​​the city of Viernheim (Hesse) and borders directly on Baden-Württemberg.

The Viernheimer Kreuz is the connection from Mannheim to the Rhine-Main area via the federal motorway 67 (via A 6 ) as well as (via the Weinheim motorway junction ) to the A 5 , which is about 5.5 km further east roughly parallel to the A 6 runs.

It is number 4 on the A 659 and number 26 on the A 6.

State of development

The A 6 has six lanes in this area, the A 659 (coming from Mannheim) has six lanes as far as the Viernheimer Kreuz, then four lanes. All transitions are single-lane.

The cross is laid out in the shape of a clover.

Traffic volume

The Viernheimer Kreuz is passed by around 150,000 vehicles every day.

From To Average
daily traffic volume
Share of
heavy goods traffic
2005 2010 2015 2005 2010 2015
AD Viernheim (A 6) AK Viernheim 69,900 71,500 86,300 12.5% 13.8% 13.2%
AK Viernheim AK Mannheim (A 6) 68,600 70,900 99,900 10.4% 12.1% 12.2%
AS Viernheim (A 659) AK Viernheim 62,800 55,200 61,500 17.4% 05.1% 05.3%
AK Viernheim End of motorway (B 38) 52,300 36,400 53,200 02.6% 04.0% 05.2%

Web links

Commons : Viernheimer Kreuz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  2. Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2010, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
  3. Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on August 22, 2017 .