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Coordinates:
  
A 3 A 46

Lanes:
  
2x2/2x3

Type:
  
Cloverleaf interchange

Opened
  
1987

Kreuz Hilden

Fahrzeugbrand auf der a3 bei d sseldorf kreuz hilden


The Kreuz Hilden (German: Autobahnkreuz Hilden) is a cloverleaf interchange in the German state North Rhine Westphalia.

Contents

The motorway interchange forms the connection between the A3 Dutch border northwest of Emmerich am Rhein-Austrian south of Passau and the A46 Heinsberg-Kreuz Wuppertal-Nord.

Autobahn a46 bei kreuz hilden mov


Geography

The motorway inerchange lays within the city limits of Hilden, after which it is named. Nearby cities are Düsseldorf, Erkrath, Haan and Solingen. The interchange lays approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the city centre of Düsseldorf and approximately 30 km (19 mi) north of Cologne. When you follow the A 3 form here further north you will pass the Neanderthal valley.

History

In this region the A3 exists since 1936, when it was built due to the building of Reichsautobahn from Colonge to Düsseldorf. Back then the Hildener Kreuz was built as a normal motorway exit as a connection to the Landstraße Unterbach–Hilden. The A 46 was built here in 1972 as B 326 also known as (Wupperschnellweg).

Reconstruction 2010

Between April and September 2010 they widend the connection towards Düsseldorf to two lanes to make the traffic flow better. the acceleration lanes we also lengthend to let the heaavy traffic blend in better on the A 3. The A3 between the motorway interchange and the motorway exit Mettmann was also given a new roadsurface.

Building form and road layout

The motorway interchange "Kreuz Hilden" is built on a cloverleaf interchange. Near the interchange the A 3 as well as the A 46 are built in a 2x3 layout. Originally all the connections were built with one lane. During the resurfacing of the A3, due to the heavy traffic, the connection towards Düsseldorf was widend to two lanes.

Specials

On the A 46 the Kreuz and the exit towards Landesstraße 403 (Exit Hilden) are double exits.

Traffiic near the interchange

Approximately 230,000 vehicles use the interchange on a daily basis. This makes it to one of the busiest motorway interchanges in North Rhine-Westphalia.

References

Kreuz Hilden Wikipedia