Overview

• ADAC warns of heavy motorway traffic over the Oct 17–20 weekend as autumn school holidays begin in several regions, with possible extra delays at border checks.
• A40 between Kreuz Duisburg and Duisburg‑Kaiserberg closes in both directions from Friday 21:00 to Monday 05:00 for bridge demolition, and several ramps in the interchange are also shut.
• A8 toward Munich closes between Mühlhausen im Täle and Merklingen from Friday 21:00 to Monday 05:00, with long‑distance detours via A6/A7 and a plea to avoid local cut‑throughs.
• A59 toward Leverkusen is already closed for months between Düsseldorf‑Süd and Monheim as a renewal project ramps up, with traffic diverted largely to the parallel A3 and other routes.
• Rail engineering disrupts key nodes: Berlin Gesundbrunnen faces phased S‑Bahn outages through Oct 24 including a full weekend closure, Munich’s S‑Bahn trunk line is shut late Friday to early Monday with replacement buses, and DB will halt regional trains at Berlin Südkreuz Oct 24–Dec 13.