Kreuz Herne

Kreuz Herne
Kreuz Herne
Location
	Herne, Germany
Coordinates	51°32′39.96″N 7°11′59.72″E / 51.5444333°N 7.1999222°E A 43; A 42;
Construction
Type	Combination interchange (with 2 cloveleaf links)
Lanes	2x2/2x2
Opened	1968 (adjusted 1975/1976)

The Kreuz Herne (German: Kreuz Herne) is a combination interchange with two cloverleaf links in the German state North Rhine-Westphalia.

The motorway interchange forms the connection between the A43 Kreuz Münstter-Süd-Kreuz Wuppertal-Nord and the A42 Kreuz Kamp-Lintfort-Kreuz Catrop Rauxel--Ost . ^[1]

Geography edit

The motorway interchange in the city district Mitte in Herne, Nearbe city districts are Herne-Eickel, Mitte and Baukau. The interchange is approximately 20 km west of Dortmund, Approximately 8 km north of Bochum and 15 km northeast of Essen.

Northwest of the interchange lays the Kraftwerk Herne the powerstation for the city.

History edit

In 1968 the motorway interchange and the first part of the A42 were opened to traffic. Back then it was the th link between the des Emscherschnellweg with the EB 51 (temporary road) which later was replaced by the A 43. In the mid 1970s the interchange was changed again due to the build of the A 43.

Building form and road layout edit

Near the motorway interchange both motorways are built with 2x2 lanes. The links A 43-North—A 42-east and A 42-west—A 43-South having 2 lanes all the other connections have one lane.

Due to the tight space it is built in, they chose a mixform between a Windmill interchange and a Cloverleaf interchange.

Traffic near the interchange edit

Approximately 155,000 vehicles use the interchange on a daily basis.

From	To	Average Daily traffic	Percentage of heavy traffic ^[2]
AS Herne-Crange (A 42)	AK Herne	79.700	9,8 %
AK Herne	AS Herne-Baukau (A 42)	59.000	9,6 %
AS Recklinghausen-Hochlarmark (A 43)	AK Herne	80.900	6,5 %
AK Herne	AS Herne-Eickel (A 43)	87.700	7,9 %

References edit

^ "AK Herne". Autobahnkreuze & Autobahndreiecke in Deutschland. 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2013-08-14.^{[self-published source]}
^ "Manuelle Verkehrszählung BAB 2010". BASt Statistik. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-05. (PDF-Datei; 336 KB)

External links edit

Geschichte der A 42 in Deutschland

[1] "AK Herne". Autobahnkreuze & Autobahndreiecke in Deutschland. 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2013-08-14.^{[self-published source]}

[2] "Manuelle Verkehrszählung BAB 2010". BASt Statistik. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-05. (PDF-Datei; 336 KB)

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