Kreuz Chemnitz

Kreuz Chemnitz
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Location
Chemnitz, Germany
Coordinates	50°51′5″N 12°50′29″E / 50.85139°N 12.84139°E / 50.85139; 12.84139Coordinates: 50°51′5″N 12°50′29″E / 50.85139°N 12.84139°E / 50.85139; 12.84139
Roads at junction	A 4 A 72
Construction
Type	7-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange with direct east link
Lanes	2x3/2x2
Opened	1939 (1939) (last reconstructed 2006)

The Kreuz Chemnitz (German: Autobahnkreuz Chemnitz) is a partial cloverleaf interchange with a direct link east–south and vice versa in the German state of Saxony.

The roads crossing in the interchange are the A 4 and the A 72 .^[1]

Geography[]

The interchange lies within the city limits of Chemnitz.

History[]

The interchange was originally in 1939 built as a trumpet interchange. In 1952 and 1953 it was used as a racetrack. In 1962, in order to lengthen the A 72 towards Leipzig, they^[who?] built a new interchange west of the existing one. In 2001 it was opened to traffic. On November 14. 2006, the A 72 lanes towards Leipzig were opened to traffic, and Dreieck Chemnitz became Kreuz Chemnitz. The old names for the interchange were: Zwickauer Abzweig, Abzweig Plauen and Abzweig Karl-Marx-Stadt. After the reunification of Germany, it became part of the general German system as a dreieck.

Road layout[]

Near the interchange the A 4 has a 2x3 layout, and the A 72 has a 2x2 layout. The connections for Hof–Dresden and Dresden–Hof have a 2x2 configuration. All other connections have a single lane.

Traffic near the interchange[]

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