Federal motorway 1 - Bundesautobahn 1

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Federal motorway 1

The Federal motorway 1 (Motorway 1 or A 1) is a federal trunk road currently operated by Heiligenhafen in Ostholstein above Lübeck, Hamburg, Bremen, Osnabrück, Muenster, Dortmund, Hagen, Cologne with a break in the Eifel continue on trier over after Saarbrücken leads. It is the third longest German motorway and also part of the European roads E 22, E 29, E 31, E 37, E 42, E 44, E 47 and E 422. The northern section of the motorway is also known as the Vogelfluglinie, the section from Lübeck into The Ruhr area as a Hansalinie, the route from Dortmund to Cologne as a Ruhr tangent and the Eifel route as an Eifel motorway.

The total length of the motorway is 774 km; of which 748 km were in operation in 2020.

background

In the 1930s, the Hamburg - Bremen and Hamburg - Lübeck sections were put into operation. The Hansalinie from Bremen to Dortmund and the Ruhr tangent were completed in the 1960s. The Eifel motorway was in operation until its end in Blankenheim in 1982. The motorway is interrupted between Blankenheim (junction 114) and Kelberg (junction 117). The continuation via Daun, Wittlich and east of Trier, Hermeskeil and Qui Various leads over the triangle Nonnweiler to Saarbrücken, but there is no continuation to the Federal motorway 6. A connection to the Danish Motorway network over the planned Fehmarnbelt tunnel across the island Fehmarn is provided. On November 3, 2020, the Federal Administrative Court confirmed the dismissal of the action against the planning approval decision in the final instance.

The gap in the Eifel can be reached via federal road 51 (to Stadtkyll without local thoroughfares) and from there on via the federal highway 421 via Hillesheim.

Regions

Wagria, Stormarn, Wümmeniederung, Oldenburger Münsterland, Osnabrück Country, Münsterland, mark, Ruhr area, Bergisches Land, Cologne Bay. Eifel, Vulkaneifel, Moselle Mountains, Hunsrück, Saar-Nahe-Bergland

Route description

Am Kreuz Lübeck (photo 2009)
Dreieck Stuhr (photo 2005)
Enclosure Lövenich (photo 2013)
End of the motorway at Blankenheim (photo 2007)
East of Trier (photo 2011)

The route is described from north to south (direction of travel south = Arrow down). A detailed list of junction points, parking spaces and other tourist facilities can be found here.

From the Heiligenhafen-Ost junction to the Lübeck junction

From the Lübeck cross to the Horster triangle

From the Horster Dreieck to the Bremer Kreuz

From the Bremer Kreuz to the triangle Ahlhorner Heide

From the triangle Ahlhorner Heide to the intersection Lotte / Osnabrück

From the Lotte / Osnabrück junction to the Münster-Süd junction

From the Münster-Süd junction to the Kamener Kreuz

From the Kamener Kreuz to the Leverkusen Kreuz

From the Leverkusen junction to the Cologne-West junction

From the Köln-West junction to the Blankenheim junction

From the Kelberg junction to the Nonnweiler triangle

From the Nonnweiler triangle to Saarbrücken

security

There is a particularly high risk of traffic jams around Hamburg, Dortmund and Cologne!

trips

Falkenlust Castle in Brühl
Trier, Porta Nigra

literature

Web links

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Motorways in Germany

Main routes:A 1 · A 2 · A 3 · A 4 · A 5 · A 6 · A 7 · A 8 · A 9
Supraregional:A 10 · A 11 · A 12 · A 13 · A 14 · A 15 · A 17 · A 19 --- A 20 · A 21 · A 23 · A 24 · A 25 · A 26 · A 27 · A 28 · A 29 --- A 30 · A 31 · A 33 · A 36 · A 37 · A 38 · A 39 --- A 40 · A 42 · A 43 · A 44 · A 45 · A 46 · A 48 --- A 52 · A 57 · A 59 --- A 60 · A 61 · A 62 · A 63 · A 64 · A 65 · A 66 · A 67 --- A 70 · A 71 · A 72 · A 73 --- A 81 --- A 92 · A 93 · A 94 · A 95 · A 96 · A 98 · A 99 ·

see also the guidelines for trunk roads
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