Bundesautobahn 61

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Coordinates: 50°18′53″N 7°29′40″E / 50.31472°N 7.49444°E / 50.31472; 7.49444

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A61
Bundesautobahn 61
Route information
Length331 km (206 mi)
Major junctions
FromHockenheim[termini 1]
ToHeinenend, Nettetal
Location
StatesNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg
Highway system
  • Roads in Germany

Bundesautobahn 61 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 61, short form Autobahn 61, abbreviated as BAB 61 or A 61) is an autobahn in Germany that connects the border to the Netherlands near Venlo in the northwest to the interchange with A 6 near Hockenheim. In 1965, this required a redesign of the Hockenheimring.

The autobahn runs parallel to the A 3 on the opposite side of the Rhine. Between Mönchengladbach and Bergheim in the north and Worms, Ludwigshafen and Speyer in the south, it cuts through the landscapes of Eifel and Hunsrück, avoiding areas of dense population while still in proximity to Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz and Bingen.

The A 61, built in the 1970s, is the most western connection from the Netherlands and Belgium to southern Germany so many trucks and tourists from these countries frequent the A 61.

Between Kreuz Mönchengladbach and Wanlo, the speed limit is 120 km/h.

The section between the junctions Wanlo and Jackerath was upgraded to three lanes in 2005. The speed limit there is 130 km/h, paid for by RWE Power that in return received permission to close a section of A 44 for their Garzweiler surface mining operation. By 2017, the A 44 will be restored and the Wanlo-Jackerath-section of the A 61 will be closed instead.

Between Dreieck Erfttal and Kreuz Bliesheim the A 1 and A 61 run concurrently. The motorway has three lanes each way and a variable speed limit here.

Since 4 April 2012, the A 61 continues into the Netherlands as A74. This short motorway connects the A 61 at the border with the Dutch A 73. Previously, all traffic had to go through the city of Venlo.[1]

Part of the A61 motorway near the village of Gelsdorf had been designed for use as a runway to service travel to the nearby Government bunker facility and in an emergency a section would have been dedicated for use as an airport with spacious aircraft parking spaces at both ends disguised as roadside car parks.

Exit list[]

The old start of the A61 in Venlo, border area Netherlands/Germany (Keulse Plein)
Autobahn 61 by the base of the Hunsrück Mountains near the town of Bingen
Rheinbruecke Speyer A61.jpg
A6-A61.jpg
Netherlands A 74
BAB-Grenze.svg (1a) Border crossing Heidenend
AB-AS-blau.svg (1b) Nettetal-West
AB-AS-blau.svg (2) Kaldenkirchen
AB-AS-blau.svg (3) Kaldenkirchen-Süd
AB-AS-blau.svg (4) Breyell
AB-AS-blau.svg (5) Nettetal
AB-AS-blau.svg (6) Süchteln
AB-AS-blau.svg (7) Viersen
AB-AS-blau.svg (8)
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (9) Mönchengladbach 4-way interchange A 52
AB-AS-blau.svg (10) Mönchengladbach-Nordpark
AB-AS-blau.svg (11) Mönchengladbach-Holt
AB-AS-blau.svg (12) Mönchengladbach-Rheydt
AB-AS-blau.svg (13) Mönchengladbach-Wickrath
AB-AS-blau.svg (14) Mönchengladbach-
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (15) MG- 4-way interchange A 46
AB-AS-blau.svg (incl.) Wanlo (new exit)
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (16) Jackerath 4-way interchange A 44
AB-Tank.svg AB-Rast.svg Services Bedburger Land
AB-AS-blau.svg (17) Bedburg
AB-AS-blau.svg (18) Bergheim
AB-AS-blau.svg (19) Bergheim-Süd
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (20) Kerpen[coord 1] 4-way interchange A 4 E 40
AB-AS-blau.svg (21)
AB-AS-blau.svg (22) Gymnich - Nörvenich
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (23) Erfttal 3-way interchange A 1 E 31
AB-AS-blau.svg (108) Erftstadt
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (24) Bliesheim 4-way interchange A 1 E 29 A 553
AB-AS-blau.svg (25) Weilerswist
AB-AS-blau.svg (26) Swisttal-Heimerzheim
AB-AS-blau.svg (27) Miel
AB-Tank.svg AB-Rast.svg Services Peppenhoven
AB-AS-blau.svg (28) Rheinbach
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (29) Meckenheim 4-way interchange A 565
Zeichen 314.svg Goldene Meile parking area Pfeil unten.svg
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (30) Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 3-way interchange A 573
AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Bengen ca. 1000 m
AB-Brücke.svg Ahrtalbrücke 1521 m
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (31) Sinzig 3-way interchange A 571
AB-Brücke.svg Vinxtbachtalbrücke 670 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (32) Niederzissen
AB-Brücke.svg Brohltalbrücke 603 m
AB-Tank.svg AB-Rast.svg Services Brohltal
AB-AS-blau.svg (33) Wehr
AB-AS-blau.svg (34) Mendig
AB-AS-blau.svg (35) Kruft
AB-Brücke.svg Nettebrücke 700 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (36) Plaidt
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (37) Koblenz 4-way interchange A 48 E 44
AB-AS-blau.svg (38) Koblenz-Metternich
AB-Rast.svg Raststätte Winningen
AB-Brücke.svg Moselle Viaduct[coord 2] Winningen 935 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (39) Koblenz/Dieblich
AB-Tank.svg AB-Rast.svg Services Mosel
AB-AS-blau.svg (40) Koblenz/Waldesch
AB-AS-blau.svg (41) Boppard
AB-AS-blau.svg (42) Emmelshausen
AB-AS-blau.svg (43) Pfalzfeld
AB-AS-blau.svg (44) Laudert
AB-Brücke.svg Guldenbachbrücke 200 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (45) Rheinböllen
AB-Brücke.svg Pfädchensgrabentalbrücke 665 m
AB-Brücke.svg Tiefenbachtalbrücke 365 m
AB-Tank.svg AB-Rast.svg Services Hunsrück
AB-AS-blau.svg (46) Stromberg (Hunsrück)
AB-AS-blau.svg (47) Waldlaubersheim
AB-AS-blau.svg (48) Dorsheim
AB-Brücke.svg Nahetalbrücke 523 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (49) Bingen
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (50) Nahetal 3-way interchange A 60 E 42
AB-AS-blau.svg (51) Bad Kreuznach
AB-AS-blau.svg (52) Gau-Bickelheim
AB-AS-blau.svg (53) Bornheim
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (54) Alzey[coord 3] 4-way interchange A 63
AB-AS-blau.svg (55) Alzey
AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Alzey 539 m
AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke 390 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (56) Gundersheim
AB-AS-blau.svg (57) Worms/Mörstadt
AB-Tank.svg AB-Rast.svg Services Wonnegau
AB-Brücke.svg Talbrücke Pfeddersheim 1.471 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (58) Worms
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (59) Frankenthal 4-way interchange A 6 E 50
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (60) Ludwigshafen 4-way interchange A 650
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (61) Mutterstadt 4-way interchange A 65
AB-Tank.svg AB-Rast.svg Services Dannstadt
AB-AS-blau.svg (62) Schifferstadt
AB-AS-blau.svg (63) Speyer
AB-Brücke.svg Rheinbrücke 478 m
AB-AS-blau.svg (64) Hockenheim
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg (65) Hockenheim[coord 4] 3-way interchange A 6 E 50
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References[]

  1. ^ Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu: Nieuwe snelweg tussen Venlo en Duitsland geopend (Dutch)

External links[]

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