The
Frankfurter Kreuz is an
Autobahn interchangeAutobahn is the German word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least 60 km/h and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries.In most countries, it usually refers to the German autobahn specifically...
in the city of Frankfurt in Hessen,
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where the autobahns
A3is an autobahn in Germany that links the border to the Netherlands near Wesel in the northwest to the Austrian border near Passau in the southeast....
and
A5is a 445 km long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle...
meet. The interchange was originally to be built from 1931 to 1933, but due to
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construction was not finished until 1957.
It underwent massive remodeling in the 1990s, as it had been frequently overloaded due to excess traffic. Today, both autobahns have ten lanes.
Two tunnels of the
Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line|}The Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway is a long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. Its route follows the Bundesautobahn 3 for the greater part, and currently the travel time is about 70 minutes...
have been put below the Kreuz.
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The
Frankfurter Kreuz is an
Autobahn interchangeAutobahn is the German word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least 60 km/h and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries.In most countries, it usually refers to the German autobahn specifically...
in the city of Frankfurt in Hessen,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
where the autobahns
A3is an autobahn in Germany that links the border to the Netherlands near Wesel in the northwest to the Austrian border near Passau in the southeast....
and
A5is a 445 km long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle...
meet. The interchange was originally to be built from 1931 to 1933, but due to
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
construction was not finished until 1957.
It underwent massive remodeling in the 1990s, as it had been frequently overloaded due to excess traffic. Today, both autobahns have ten lanes.
Two tunnels of the
Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line|}The Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway is a long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. Its route follows the Bundesautobahn 3 for the greater part, and currently the travel time is about 70 minutes...
have been put below the Kreuz. The Kreuz is situated at the northeastern corner of
Frankfurt International AirportFrankfurt am Main Airport , known in German as Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen is an international airport located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, southwest of the city centre. Run by Fraport, it is by far the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany, the third busiest...
.
Along with the airport and the
airport's railway stationFrankfurt am Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof is a railway station in Frankfurt am Main, Germany that connects Frankfurt International Airport to trains, most of them ICE services following the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line.The station was opened in 1999. It measures 660 metres in length and 45...
, the Frankfurter Kreuz is commonly seen as a symbol of Frankfurt's good connections to the world.
With approximately 320,000
http://www.strassenwaerter.de/strassen_und_autobahnmeisterei_frankfurt.htm cars daily it is the most heavily used interchange in the
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.