Bundesautobahn 516
A 516 | |
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Bundesautobahn 516 | |
Route information | |
Length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
Major junctions | |
North end | Sterkrade |
South end | Oberhausen |
Location | |
Country | Germany |
States | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Highway system | |
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Bundesautobahn 516 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 516, short form Autobahn 516, abbreviated as BAB 516 or A 516) is an autobahn in Germany.
The A 516 branches off of the A 3 towards the center of Oberhausen. The northern terminus of the A 516 is also the western terminus of the A 2. After a 5 km journey, the autobahn is downgraded to the B 223 just after the junction Oberhausen-Eisenheim, 500 m short of the A 42. This is because the junction with the A 42 is not designed as a free-flowing autobahn-to-autobahn junction; rather, it is essentially a diamond interchange with one folded ramp.
The speed limit for the entirety of the A 516 is 100 km/h. The limit is reduced to 80 km/h nightly between 22:00 and 6:00. Traffic heading to CentrO on the weekends and around the holiday season regularly creates backups of up to 2 km.
Exit list
A 3 | Road continues as the B 3 towards Emmerich | |
(1) | Oberhauen A 2 E34 A 3 E35 | |
(2) | Oberhausen-Sterkrade | |
Hochstraße 120 m | ||
(2a) | Oberhausen-Sterkrade | |
(3) | Oberhausen-Eisenheim | |
End of the motorway | ||
B 223 | ||
Oberhausen-Grafenbusch | ||
(10) | Oberhausen-Zentrum A 42 | |
B 223 | Road continues as the B 223 towards Oberhausen |