Closures at the Bargteheide motorway junction: there is a risk of traffic accidents!

At the Bargteheide motorway junction in the Stormarn district, a series of demolition work on the overpass led to significant traffic restrictions. How Radio Hamburg reported that motorists faced disruptions due to this construction work.

Due to the work, the A1 was completely closed until Monday morning at 6 a.m., while the A21 was reopened earlier than planned and is now passable in both directions. The necessary closures came into force on Friday evening.

Details about the closures and the transfer

The demolition work is focused on an old bridge that carries the A21 over the A1. This bridge dates from 1966 and no longer meets current traffic requirements. Loud NDR The A1 will remain closed until Monday morning, January 13th, at 6 a.m. The closure of the Bargteheide intersection lasted a total of 59 hours.

Daily traffic at the Bargteheide motorway junction includes around 77,000 vehicles on the A1 and around 28,000 vehicles on the A21. Due to the restrictions, large-scale diversions have been set up for road users, which are marked by a colored point system: red dots show the direction to Hamburg from the north, green dots lead towards Wismar and Rostock from the greater Hamburg area, while blue dots show the direction to Lübeck and Fehmarn.