Bundesautobahn 40

A 40
Bundesautobahn 40
Route information
Length	94 km (58 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Straelen A 67 border with  Netherlands
East end	B 1 in Dortmund
Location
Country	Germany
States	North Rhine-Westphalia
Highway system
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← A 39 → A 42

Bundesautobahn 40 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 40, short form Autobahn 40, abbreviated as BAB 40 or A 40), (named A 430 until the early 1990s) is one of the most used Autobahns in Germany. It crosses the Dutch-German border as a continuation of the Dutch A67 and crosses the Rhine, leads through the Ruhr valley toward Bochum, becoming B 1 (Bundesstraße 1) at the Kreuz Dortmund West and eventually merging into the A 44 near Holzwickede.

It has officially been named Ruhrschnellweg (Ruhr Fast Way), but locals usually call it Ruhrschleichweg (Ruhr Crawling Way) or "the Ruhr area's longest parking lot". According to Der Spiegel, it is the most congested motorway in Germany.

In the city of Essen, a Stadtbahn service operates on the median of the A 40 between Tunnel Ruhrschnellweg and Mülheim-Heißen. Between the Essen-Huttrop and the Essen-Kray junctions, there is a guided bus system called Spurbus.

Legend:

• I/C - Interchange, I/S - Intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - Overhead bridge restaurant, R/R - Restaurant and rest plaza, L/B - Layby, V/P - Vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - Toll plaza, BR - Bridge

Location	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
To be updated	​	Germany–Netherlands border Through to A 67 / E34
	​	1	Straelen border crossing
	​	Niederdorf Rest area
	​	2	Straelen	B 221
	​	3	Wankum
	​	4	Wachtendonk
	​	5	Kempen
	​	6	Kerken	B 9
	​	Neufelder Heide Services
	​	7	Neukirchen-Vluyn
	​	8	Moers	A 57 / E31	4-way interchange
	​	8	Moers
	​	9	Moers-Zentrum		Eastbound
	​	10	Rheinhausen
	​	11	Duisburg-Homberg
	​	Neuenkamper Rheinbrücke
	​	12/1	Duisburg-Häfen
	​	12/2	Duisburg-Häfen
	​	13	Duisburg	A 59	4-way interchange
	​	14	Kaiserberg	A 3 / E34 / E35	4-way interchange
	​		Ruhrbrücke
	​	15	Mülheim an der Ruhr
	​	16	Mülheim-Styrum	B 223
	​	17	Mülheim-Dümpten
	​	18	Mülheim-Winkhausen
	​	Hardenbergbrücke (170 m)
	​	19	Mülheim-Heißen	B 1
	​	20	Mülheim-Heimaterde
	​	21	Essen-Frohnhausen
	​	22	Essen-Holsterhausen
	​	23	Essen-Zentrum
	​	Ruhrschnellweg Tunnel (1.005 m)
	​	24	Essen-Huttrop	B 227
	​	25	Essen-Ost	A 52	4-way interchange
	​	26	Essen-Frillendorf
	​	27	Essen-Kray
	​	28	Gelsenkirchen-Süd	B 227
	​	29	Bochum-Wattenscheid-West
	​	30	Bochum-Wattenscheid
	​	31	Dückerweg
	​	Dückerweg Filling station
	​	32	Bochum-Stahlhausen
	​	Wattenscheider Straße Filling station (westbound); Darpestraße Filling station (eastbound)
	​	33	Bochum-Hamme	B 226
	​	34	Freudenbergstraße		Eastbound
	​	35	Bochum-Zentrum	B 51
	​	36	Bochum-Ruhrstadion
	​	Grumme Tunnel (328/302 m)
	​	37	Bochum-Harpen
	​	38	Bochum	A 43	4-way interchange
	​	39	Bochum-Werne
	​	40	Dortmund-Lütgendortmund	B 235
	​	Rheinlanddamm Filling station
	​	41	Dortmund-Kley
	​	42	Dortmund-West	A 45 B 1	4-way interchange
	​	43	Dortmund-Dorstfeld
	​	44	Dortmund-Barop
	​	Schnettkerbrücke (328 m)
	​		Dortmund Hombruch		Planned
	​		Dortmund Zentrum	B 54	Intersection (Planned)
	​	Filling station (Planned)
	​		Dortmund	Märkische Straße	Planned
	​	Westtunnel Tunnel (500 m, planned)
	​		Dortmund	Semerteichstraße	Planned
​	Osttunnel Tunnel (1500 m, planned)
​	48	Dortmund-Ost	B 236	Interchange
​	49	Dortmund-Stadtkrone Ost
​		Psychiatrische Einrichtungen	Marsbruchstraße	Westbound
​	Stadtbahnlinie Level crossing
​	Filling station (westbound)
​		Dortmund-Aplerbeck	Leni-Rommel-Straße	Planned
​	Straßenbrücke Neuasseln (60 m, planned)
​		Dortmund-Sölde	Köln-Berliner-Straße	Planned
​	Filling station (eastbound)
​	51	Holzwickede	B 1 – Flughafen Dortmund Airport
​	Filling station (westbound)
​		Holzwickede-Ost		Planned
​	Talbrücke Massener Bach (190 m)
​	Dortmund / Unna A 44 / E331
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Proposed       Route transition

• Ambach, Markus, ed. (2010). B1-A40: die Schönheit der grossen Strasse / The Beauty of the Grand Road (in English). Berlin: Jovis. ISBN 9783868590777.

• Bundesautobahn 40 – detailed route plan (in German)