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 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 | ||
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B 223 | ||
| Oberhausen-Grafenbusch | ||
| (10) | Oberhausen-Zentrum A 42 | |
| B 223 | Road continues as the B 223 towards Oberhausen | |