Overview
- The A40 is fully closed in both directions between the Mülheim‑Winkhausen junction and the Autobahndreieck Essen‑Ost for one week, with six local junctions shut and large signed detours in place.
- Crews will remove about 110,000 square metres of damaged asphalt and lay a new open‑porous top layer across roughly 5.8 kilometres while keeping the existing binder layer where possible.
- Traffic toward Duisburg is being routed via the A52 to Kreuz Breitscheid and onward on the A3/A524/A59, while traffic toward Dortmund is redirected over the Aktienstraße through Mülheim and Essen.
- Local officials and the Autobahn GmbH coordinated the plan and warn that diversion routes and residential streets such as those around Winkhausen are likely to see heavy congestion and parking pressure, so temporary parking bans and posted signs must be obeyed.
- The work is timed for the lower‑traffic holiday period to limit peak disruption and aims to extend pavement life and reduce noise for adjacent residents with normal traffic due to resume after the weeklong closure.