Bundesstraße 326 Explained

Country:DEU
Type:B
Route:326
Map:B326 Verlauf.svg
Length Km:5.4
Direction A:West
Terminus A:Düsseldorf
Direction B:East
Terminus B:Wuppertal
States:North Rhine-Westphalia

The Bundesstraße 326 is a German federal highway, connecting the cities of Düsseldorf and Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Originally constructed in the 1930s as a connection of Düsseldorf with the newly built Bundesautobahn 3, the planned continuation to Wuppertal could not be started due to the war. After the war, construction continued and reached the western border of Wuppertal in 1957. The missing link to the north of Wuppertal was finished in 1974 and subsequently the whole road was upgraded to the Bundesautobahn 46.[1]

Today, only two short strips of road are still labeled as the Bundesstraße 326: one strip in Düsseldorf leading from the Bundesstraße 1 to the A 46, and another short strip leading from the end of the A 46 in Wuppertal to the local road network.

References

  1. http://stadtgeschichte-wuppertal.de/hheyken_bilder/heyken_bau_b7_a.pdf Hinrich Heyken - Die Talstraße – Verkehrsachse der Stadt - Teil A: Planung und Bau 1930 - 1972