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Encyclopedia > Frankfurter Kreuz
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The Frankfurter Kreuz is an Autobahn interchange in the city of Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany where the autobahns A3 and A5 meet. The interchange was originally to be built from 1931 to 1933, but due to World War II 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. Download high resolution version (1024x796, 89 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x796, 89 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 1273 KB) Description: Frankfurt (Main) Date: 2005-08-11 photographer: Heidas Wikipedia account All pictures Please use this discussion page File links The following pages link to this file: Frankfurter Kreuz Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 1273 KB) Description: Frankfurt (Main) Date: 2005-08-11 photographer: Heidas Wikipedia account All pictures Please use this discussion page File links The following pages link to this file: Frankfurter Kreuz Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... The German and Austrian autobahn sign The Swiss autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germanys sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) and has an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... Map of the A 3 in Germany Bundesautobahn 3 (BAB 3 or A 3) is an German Autobahn that links the border to the Netherlands near Wesel in the northwest to the Austrian border near Passau in the southeast. ... Bundesautobahn 5 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 5, short form Autobahn 5, abbreviated as BAB 5 or A 5) is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Two tunnels of the Cologne - Frankfurt high-speed railway line have been put below the Kreuz. The Kreuz is situated at the northeastern corner of Frankfurt International Airport. Frankfurt International Airport Frankfurt International Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF), known in German as Rhein-Main-Flughafen or Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ...


Along with the airport and the airport's railway station, the Frankfurter Kreuz is commonly seen as a symbol of Frankfurt's good connections to the world. External View of Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbf On the platforms Ticket hall and lounge Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbahnhof (translates from German as Frankfurt Airport long-distance station, also abbreviated as Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbf) is a railway station in Frankfurt, Germany that connects Frankfurt International Airport to long-distance trains, most of...


With approximately 300,000 vehicles a day, it is one of the most heavily used interchanges in Europe, with only slightly less traffic than the Porte de Bagnolet interchange in Paris (more than 300,000 vehicles a day [1]). Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...


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