West Cross Frankfurt
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| Country: | Germany |
| State : | Hesse |
| Coordinates: | 50 ° 6 '56 " N , 8 ° 35' 52" E |
| Height: | 90 m above sea level NN |
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| Design type: | Windmill with indirect ramps |
| Bridges: | 3 (motorway) / 5 (other) |
The Westkreuz Frankfurt is a motorway junction in Frankfurt am Main . This is where the federal highway 5 ( Hattenbacher Dreieck - Frankfurt am Main - Basel ) and the federal highway 648 ( Wiesbadener Straße ) cross.
geography
The West Cross extends over the boundaries of four Frankfurt districts: Rödelheim in the north, Bockenheim in the east, Griesheim in the south and Sossenheim in the west. The cross is located about 6 km west of downtown Frankfurt. Immediately to the east of the cross, the Westerbach flows into the Nidda , which runs exactly under the cross and is crossed by eight bridges. Two of them carry the directional lanes of the A 5 and the A 648, the others the four turning ramps.
The areas east of the cross on both sides of the A 648 are used as allotment gardens. To the west along the north bank of the Nidda lies the Sossenheimer Unterfeld , which belongs to the western arm of the Frankfurt green belt . South of the Westkreuz and the Nidda between the A 5 and the Niedwald lies the small settlement Am Neufeld in the Griesheim area .
Westkreuz Frankfurt is number 19 on the A 5 and number 3 on the A 648.
Development condition and design
The A 5 has six lanes in the north and eight lanes in a southerly direction to the Darmstädter Kreuz as one of the few German motorway sections. There are four lanes on the A 648. The crossings from the A 5 to the A 648 in an easterly direction (Frankfurt-Mitte) are two-lane, all others are single-lane.
The cross has in the south-west quadrant of an operating junction , the entry ramp as a function of a Behelfsanschlussstelle can be released. This is used primarily at Messe Frankfurt events to direct traffic from the large parking lots on Rebstock to the motorway in a southbound direction.
The Westkreuz Frankfurt is one of the few motorway junctions in Germany built as a windmill . In this case the cross has additional indirect ramps.
Road crossings of the same principle
- Breitscheid motorway junction
- Herne motorway junction
- Motorway junction Bonn / Siegburg
- Mönchengladbach motorway junction
Traffic volume
Westkreuz Frankfurt is one of the busiest road junctions in Hesse with around 197,000 vehicles per day.
| From | To | Average daily traffic volume |
Share of heavy goods traffic |
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| 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | ||
| Nordwestkreuz Frankfurt (A 5) | West Cross Frankfurt | 119,300 | 113,400 | 120,000 | 10.4% | 9.8% | 9.8% |
| West Cross Frankfurt | AS Frankfurt-Westhafen (A 5) | 131,500 | 138,600 | 160,800 | 8.2% | 9.8% | 8.5% |
| AS Frankfurt-Rödelheim (A 648) | West Cross Frankfurt | no data | 57,200 | 65,200 | no data | 3.0% | 2.6% |
| West Cross Frankfurt | AS Frankfurt-Rebstock (A 648) | 62,300 | 62,500 | 48,800 | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
Web links
Webcam at Westkreuz Frankfurt (hr-online.de)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Westkreuz Frankfurt. (No longer available online.) Autobahn intersections & Autobahn triangles in Germany, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 25, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2005. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2005, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2010. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2010, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Manual road traffic census 2015. (PDF) Results on federal motorways. BASt Statistics, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2017 .
