The Wiesbadener Kreuz is a full
cloverleaf interchange near the
Hessian state capital of
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...
in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
where the
Autobahn
The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track' ...
en
A3 and
A66 meet. It lies within the northeastern edge of
Hochheim am Main
Hochheim am Main (; Old English: Hockamore) is a town in the Main-Taunus district of the German state of Hesse. It is located near the right bank of the river Main three miles above its confluence with the Rhine, as well as on the German Timber- ...
. The interchange was opened in 1939 and was one of the first interchanges in Germany.
Used by approximately 210,000 vehicles per day, it is one of the most frequented interchanges in Hesse and Germany.
The portion of the A3 between the Wiesbadener Kreuz and Kreuz Fürth/Erlangen is traditionally one of the most congested sections of Autobahn in Germany.
The road has over the years undergone many projects to improve traffic flow and repairing/replacing the surface, including replacing the bridges that take the A3 over the A66.
Redesign
In April 2011 planning was begun for a move away from the cloverleaf shape to something more suitable for higher traffic volumes, specially to remove two of the 270 degree turns. Instead, it was proposed to adopt a variant which was developed by the Hessian Road and Traffic Administration of two left-turning, semi-direct connecting arcs. The connecting ramps of the routes between Wiesbaden and Würzburg as well as between Cologne and Frankfurt are to be run in two lanes. The planned variant is the best solution in terms of road safety, environmental compatibility and economic efficiency. The published site plan for the project seems to require a new implementation of the Wandersmann monument. A specific time frame for the start of the construction work was not set and as of September 2021 no further work along these lines has been developed, and the interchange is not listed for any forthcoming projects according to Autobahn GmbH.
Traffic volume
The interchange is after the
Frankfurter Kreuz
The Frankfurter Kreuz (''Frankfurt Junction'') is an Autobahn interchange in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where the autobahns A3 and A5 meet. The interchange was originally to be built from 1931 to 1933, but due to World War II construction was ...
and the
Offenbacher Kreuz
The is a cloverleaf interchange in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region in the German state of Hesse.
The motorway interchange forms the connection between the relatively short north-south A661, and the northwest-southeast A3 that r ...
the most congested Autobahn interchanges in
Hessen
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Darms ...
with approx. 210.000 Vehicles per day.
References
External links
Webcam am Wiesbadener Kreuz (hr-online.de)
External links
Autobahns in Germany
Road interchanges in Germany
Roads in Hesse
Transport in Wiesbaden
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