Kamener Kreuz

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The Kamen intersection is an interchange in North Rhine- Westphalia, which is located in the Rhine -Ruhr. It combines the first highways of the country, the Federal Highway 1 ( Holy harbor - Cologne - Saarbrücken, North-South direction), and the Federal Highway 2 ( Oberhausen - Hannover - Berlin; west-east direction).

Geography

The motorway junction is located in the northeast of the Ruhr, in the city of Kamen. The surrounding cities are Hamm, Bonen and mountain Kamen. It is located about 15 km southwest of Hamm, about 20 km northeast of Dortmund and about 40 km south of Münster. It is part of the Dortmund motorway ring.

On the A 1, the interchange carries the connection points number 82 and on the A 2 the number 16

History

It is - after Schkeuditzer Cross - the second oldest motorway junction trefoil Germany. It was put into operation in 1937. However, only a stump which launched this year, earthworks for the north-south direction were initially of 5.2 km in length. The extended ready interchange was opened to traffic only on 27 October 1956.

Remodeling 2006-2009

A reconstruction of the cross was completed after four years of construction on August 25, 2009. Since then, the cross is six lanes passable. A particular challenge in this case was the complete demolition and new construction of the A 1 - bridge, which is traveled daily by 90,000 vehicles.

The cross has since lost the classic cloverleaf shape, as the traffic from the A2 from Hannover is conducted via a two-lane semi-direct ramp to the A 1 towards Cologne. The ramp passes under this in a great arc, first the A 1 in the northern part of the cross and to take the A 2 is caught in the western area of the cross on the A1 towards Cologne zoom. In June 2009, the semi-direct ramp was opened to traffic. The previous circular trip in the northwestern sector of the Cross accounted for by the new ramp. The new connection must be driven only with 60 km / h since 2010 partially.

The expansion of Tangentialfahrbahn between the A 1 from A 2 Cologne to Hannover from one track to two tracks was completed in November 2009. Both measures the strong Abbiegeverkehr in the relationship Cologne -Hannover and vice versa is taken into account. The other compounds were single track.

By converting the highway patrol lost its central location in the middle of the motorway junction. It was resettled to the A 1 in Kamen-Zentrum.

Trivia

Since September 2011, is located on the northwestern hill in the Kamen intersection a new landmark. Eight angels wear a pedestal on which a yellow ADAC helicopter stands. This immense monument was designed by the artist Alfred Gockel Lüdinghausener.

The Kamen intersection is known for its frequent traffic jams and the resulting number of messages in the traffic by the locals as "the greatest place of pilgrimage in Germany".

Also, the satirist and songwriter Hans Scheibner described in his song Kamen intersection with the refrain " I live ' in the car on the Kamen intersection " the frequent construction site congestion.

The German musician Gottlieb Wryneck refers in his song Polonaise Blankenese also on the motorway interchange ( " On Kamen intersection turn right ").

In the short-lived television show wave madness (1982 ) with Dieter Hallervorden, reference is made to the track in the song ghost riders. In the film itself, however, is to see a track in Berlin.

Traffic

It is a very heavily used transport hub because of the clashing here major roads. The Kamen intersection is passed daily by about 150,000 vehicles.