is an autobahn in western Germany. It starts at the Dutch-German border near the community of Niederkrüchten, district of Viersen. From Niederkrüchten, it runs northeast.
Its westernmost part serves as an important commuter route into Düsseldorf. The autobahn becomes Bundesstraße 7 shortly before the Rheinkniebrücke, which leads into the Düsseldorf city centre. Traffic on the A 52 is routed through the Düsseldorf city centre on the B 8 and B 1 secondary roads up to Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich, where the A 52 becomes a road of its own again.
The autobahn has three parts: Dutch-German border – Niederkrüchten-Elmpt – Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf-Heerdt Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich – Dreieck Essen-Ost Gladbeck – Gelsenkirchen – Marl-Nord
A new connection from the Dutch border to Elmpt opened in May 2009."Duitse A52 sluit aan op Nederlandse N280" , De Limburger, May 18th, 2009 (in Dutch) An extension connecting the interchange Essen-Ost with the interchange Gladbeck has been proposed for several years but has not been built yet due to the need for several kilometers of tunnels below densely populated areas.
Exit list
From interchange Roermond (NL) N280Netherlands (1) Niederkrüchten border crossingGrünbrücke 50 m (2)Elmpt (3)Niederkrüchten Schwalmtal 254 m (4)SchwalmtalStraßenbrücke 60 mKranenbachbrücke 60 m (5)Hostert (6)Mönchengladbach-Hardt (7) Mönchengladbach 4-way interchange Rest area Wolfskull/Bockerter (8)Mönchengladbach-Nord (9)Mönchengladbach-Neuwerk (10) Neersen 4-way interchange Services Kleinraststätt Cloerbruch (11)Willich-Schiefbahn (12)Kaarst-Nord (13) Kaarst 4-way interchange (14)Büderich (21)Düsseldorf-Rath (22) Düsseldorf-Nord 4-way interchange (23)Ratingen Tiefenbroich parking area Straßenbrücke 50 m (24)Tiefenbroich (25) Breitscheid 3-way interchange (25a) Breitscheid 4-way interchange (25b)Breitscheid Auberg parking area Mintarder Ruhrtal 1830 m Ickten parking area (26)Essen-Kettwig (27)Essen-Haarzopf (28)Essen-Rüttenscheid (29)Essen-Süd (30)Essen-Bergerhausen Kreuz Essen-Bergerhausen (planned) Tunnel Huttrop 340 m (32) Essen-Ost 4-way interchange Tunnel Frillendorf 680 m (planned) Essen-Frillend-West (planned) Tunnel 700 m (planned) Essen-Stoppenberg (planned) Tunnel 870 m (planned) interrupted (further need) Tankstelle Buer (42)Gelsenkirchen-Buer-West (43)Gelsenkirchen-ScholvenStraßenbrücke 220 m (44)Gelsenkirchen-Hassel (45)Dorsten-Ost (46)Marl-Frentrop (47)Marl-Brassert (48)Marl-ZentrumBahn- und Straßenbrücke 50 m (49)Marl-Hamm (50) Marl-Nord 4-way interchange Haltern
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