Overview

• Berlin’s traffic information center reported a roughly hour-long shutdown Friday toward Treptow after congestion built on the freshly opened 16th section.
• Traffic again crawled on Saturday toward the Treptower Park exit, with drivers citing 20 minutes for the three-kilometer stretch and police noting a breakdown on the hard shoulder.
• The closure followed queuing in the 386-meter tunnel, where standstills are barred, after a metered signal at the exit limited the flow of cars into Alt-Treptow.
• The nearby Elsenbrücke currently carries only one lane in each direction during reconstruction expected to finish in December, creating a spillback that reaches the A100.
• Opposition lawmakers say their warnings have been validated and demand a local traffic plan and protections for nearby streets, while Autobahn GmbH has not detailed how repeat closures will be avoided and planning for a contested 17th section continues.