Kreuz Chemnitz

Kreuz Chemnitz
Location
Chemnitz, Germany
Coordinates:	50°51′5″N 12°50′29″E / 50.85139°N 12.84139°ECoordinates: 50°51′5″N 12°50′29″E / 50.85139°N 12.84139°E
Roads at junction:	A 4 A 72
Construction
Type:	7-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange with direct east link
Lanes:	2x3/2x2
Opened:	1939 (last reconstructed 2006)
Map

The Kreuz Chemnitz (German: Autobahnkreuz Chemnitz) is a partial cloverleaf interchange with a direct link east–south and vice versa in the German state of Saxony.

The roads crossing in the interchange are the A 4 and the A 72 .^[1]

Geography

The interchange lies within the city limits of Chemnitz.

History

The interchange was originally in 1939 built as a trumpet interchange. In 1952 and 1953 it was used as a racetrack. In 1962, in order to lengthen the A 72 towards Leipzig, they built a new interchange west of the existing one. In 2001 it was opened to traffic. On November 14. 2006, the A 72 lanes towards Leipzig were opened to traffic, and Dreieck Chemnitz became Kreuz Chemnitz. The old names for the interchange were: Zwickauer Abzweig, Abzweig Plauen and Abzweig Karl-Marx-Stadt. After the reunification of Germany, it became part of the general German system as a dreieck.

Road layout

Near the interchange the A 4 has a 2x3 layout, and the A 72 has a 2x2 layout. The connections for Hof–Dresden and Dresden–Hof have a 2x2 configuration. All other connections have a single lane.

Traffic near the interchange

From	To	Average traffic near the interchange [2]
AS Limbach-Oberfrohna (A 4)	AK Chemnitz	38.400
AK Chemnitz	AS Chemnitz-Mitte (A 4)	85.900
AS Chemnitz-Rottluff (A 72)	AK Chemnitz	71.800
AK Chemnitz	AS Chemnitz-Röhrsdorf (A 72)	23.400

References

1. "AK Chemnitz". Autobahnkreuze & Autobahndreiecke in Deutschland. 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
2. Manuelle Straßenverkehrszählung 2010 für Bundesautobahnen Archived May 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (PDF-Datei; 337 KB)