Eifel (Rhineland-Palatinate):
Nürburgring B 258 Roundabouts

Disciplines

  • Roads

Companies

GRE German Rail Engineering GmbH

Construction Sum

3.5 Mio

Client

Public mobility agency Rheinland-Pfalz, Branch Cochem-Koblenz

Duration

From 2006 to 2017

Project Activities

  • Road safety survey
  • Design surveying, HOAI Lph 1-6
  • Project planning of traffic facilities, HOAI Lph 1-7
  • Marking and signage planning
  • Traffic management during the construction period
  • Local construction supervision

Contact

GRE German Rail Engineering GmbH

Frankfurt (Headquarters)
Frankfurt Airport Center 1
Hugo-Eckener-Ring
D-60549 Frankfurt am Main
Deutschland

Phone: +49 30 24749-0
Fax: +49 30 24749-204
E-Mail: info@gre-rail.com

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Description

The junctions of the L 93 and L 94 with the B 258 have been accident blackspots for years, and the section of the B 258 in the area of the Nürburgring is also very accident-prone, not least due to numerous access roads and the high speed level. The conversion of the road junctions into roundabouts and the installation of a structural centre divider in the cross-section of the B 258, which for the remaining access roads only allow right-hand entry and right-hand exit procedures and thus a faster handling of the entries and exits and fewer conflict points. In combination with a maximum speed limit of 50 km/h, the number of accidents could be drastically reduced.
A third roundabout was planned to connect the Welcome Centre and the new combined heat and power plant. All three roundabouts mentioned above have an outer diameter of 40 m and can be used in two lanes if necessary for large events. In the direction of Meuspath, a new cycle path/walkway parallel to the B 258 supplements the existing network of paths.

2-lane roundabout with an outer diameter of 40 m