Overview

• The A40 will be fully closed from 15:00 on August 18 until 05:00 on August 26 to replace the asphalt wearing course and carry out minor repairs.
• A comprehensive system of signed detours reroutes traffic onto secondary roads, which are expected to experience heavier loads and bottlenecks.
• Autobahn GmbH advises motorists to consult real-time traffic updates and allow extra travel time before setting out.
• Stretching roughly 80 kilometers between Duisburg, Essen, Bochum and Dortmund, the Ruhrschnellweg is one of Germany’s most congestion-prone east–west corridors.
• Scheduling the work during the last week of North Rhine-Westphalia’s summer holidays aims to minimize commuter impact, with reopening slated one day before schools resume.