Bundesautobahn 52

BAB intro|52 is an autobahn in western Germany. It starts near the Dutch-German border in the community of Niederkrüchten, district of Viersen. From Elmpt 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 of the A52 is routed through the Düsseldorf city centre on the B8 and B1 secondary roads up to Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich, where the A52 becomes a road of its own again.
The autobahn has three parts:
#Niederkrüchten-Elmpt - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf-Heerdt
#Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich - Dreieck Essen-Ost
#Gladbeck - Gelsenkirchen - Marl-Nord.

It is planned to connect the BAB with the Dutch highway system between Elmpt and Niederkrüchten. 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 densly populated areas.

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"permanently interrupted"
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"interrupted (extension planned)"
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