The Federal motorway 61 (BAB 61 or A 61, also as Autobahn on the left bank of the Rhine known) begins in the north on the German-Dutch border south of Venlo as an extension of the Dutch Autosnelweg 74, which leads over a distance of only 1.8 km from Autosnelweg 73 to the border. It runs to the west Mönchengladbach is over, but is currently interrupted due to the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine between the Mönchengladbach-Wanlo triangle and the Jackerath junction (traffic is via the Federal motorway 46 and the Federal motorway 44 diverted) to Kreuz Kerpen with the Federal motorway 4. As a result, the Cologne Ring, which is at risk of congestion, is largely bypassed in the west. Between the Erfttal triangle and the Weilerswist junction, the BAB 61 runs for around 5 km together with the Federal motorway 1, the direction Saarbrücken continues, but in the Eifel shows an even bigger gap. Behind the Meckenheim intersection, the BAB 61 crosses into the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. At the Koblenz intersection, the Federal motorway 48 crossed. After crossing the Moselle enters the autobahn Hunsrück one from which they are at Bingen exits again. At the Nahetal triangle, the east branch of the Federal motorway 60 direction Mainz from. At Kreuz Alzey, the Federal motorway 63 crossed at the Frankenthal motorway junction Federal motorway 6. The BAB 61 bypasses a large area Ludwigshafen in the south, cross at Speyer on a cable-stayed bridge Rhine, changes to the right bank of the Rhine and runs for a further 8 km through Baden-Württemberg until it ends at the Hockenheim triangle on federal motorway 6. The busy motorway, which is used especially for traffic with the Netherlands, is part of European route 31 and European route 42. It offers the advantage of avoiding the particularly busy metropolitan areas of Cologne and Ftankfurt. The total length of the motorway is 319.7 km.
background
Regions
Lower Rhine, county, Eifel, Hunsrück, Rheinhessen, Palatinate
particularities
Until the opening of the Federal motorway 20 the BAB 61 was the longest German autobahn with a two-digit number.
traffic
Route description
The route is described from north to south (direction of travel south = 
), i.e. from the German-Dutch border to Hockenheim.
security
trips
- Augustusburg and Falkenlust castles in Bruehl (Rhineland)
- Maria Laach Abbey With Laacher See
- Imperial Cathedral in Speyer
