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16-554: The motorway interchange forms the connection between the relatively short north-south A661 , and the northwest-southeast A3 that runs from the Dutch border to the Austrian border. The motorway interchange lies within the city limits of Offenbach am Main , after which it is named. Nearby cities and villages are Neu-Isenburg , Frankfurt am Main , Heusenstamm , Dietzenbach , and Dreieich . The interchange lies approximately 5 km south of

32-589: A part of the A ;661. The section between the two others had been finalized step-by-step and was closed in 1995. At the newest section between the Friedberger Landstraße and Frankfurt-Ost (close to the Eissporthalle the lanes are very tight because of economy measures. There is no hard shoulder at the moment and the lanes are only separated by a one meter high concrete wall. From the planned section only

48-550: Is a 40 km (25 mi) long Autobahn in Germany . It starts in Oberursel and goes along Bad Homburg , Frankfurt am Main , Offenbach am Main and Neu-Isenburg until it is ending in Egelsbach . Today's A 661 was opened with the sections Bad Homburg (today junction 3) and Frankfurt-Bonames (formerly junction 5b). While the road's extension to Oberursel-Nord was easy to build,

64-582: Is a cloverleaf interchange and to the north side of it is a motorway split connecting the B3 coming from Frankfurt and vice versa to the A661. Not far east from the interchange the B3 merges to the A3 in a trumpet interchange . Near and at the interchange both motorways have sliproads, these have one lane except the parts between the indirect links which have two lanes. Coming from the west,

80-626: Is an autobahn in southwestern Germany . It connects the Taunus to Fulda , passing close to Frankfurt am Main . The first part of the autobahn between Wiesbaden and the Nordwestkreuz Frankfurt , was opened as early as 1934, then called the Rhein-Main-Schnellweg . It became an autobahn in 1965. The autobahn is incomplete; there still is a gap within Frankfurt city borders. A tunnel

96-621: Is noise protection for the Seckbach district next to the Autobahn. On the top of the tunnel there was built a small park. In the construction it is possible to connect it to the Alleentunnel of the A ;66 . At the end near Egelsbach in the south it is also possible to expand the Autobahn. The drive-up and drive-downs to Darmstadt already had been asphalted but the plan to build the Autobahn to Darmstadt

112-453: Is the second most frequently used interchange in Hesse , with approximately 215,000 vehicles passing it on a daily basis. Bundesautobahn 661 Bundesautobahn 661 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 661 , short form Autobahn 661 , abbreviated as BAB 661 or A 661 ) - also called Osttangente Frankfurt (easttangent Frankfurt) or Taunusschnellweg -

128-542: The A 66 just prior to the junction with the A 7; the new segment cost 154 million euros. A portion of the Kinzig Valley Railway line was also rerouted along the new autobahn segment, which required an additional 60 million euros. Near Frankfurt-Höchst , the highway is one of the busiest in Germany with an average of more than 130,000 vehicles per day. This German road or road transport-related article

144-540: The A3 between the Frankfurter Kreuz and the Offenbacher Kreuz has a 2x4 layout. To the east towards Würzburg , the A3 has 2x3 lanes. The A661 has a 2x3 layout, from the separation of the sliproad and the A3 to the east also has three lanes. There are plans to widen A3 to 2x4 lanes between Offenbacher Kreuz and exit Hanau. Doing so requires reconstruction of the interchange. After the Frankfurter Kreuz , this

160-475: The city centre of Frankfurt and approximately 5 km southwest of the city centre of Offenbach. To the west is the Frankfurt airport and Frankfurter Kreuz . The A3 between the exit Frankfurt-Süd and the Offenbacher Kreuz was opened in 1957 and in 1958 lengthened to exit Hanau. In 1976 the Offenbacher Kreuz was opened together with the opening of the A661 between Offenbach and Dreieich . The Offenbacher Kreuz

176-445: The concrete slabs when they expanded because of the heat, the police said. Several cars were damaged. The point at the junction in direction Oberursel had to be closed and the cars had to take a parallel lane which was normally used for the other direction. Bundesautobahn 66 Bundesautobahn 66 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 66 , short form Autobahn 66 , abbreviated as BAB 66 or A 66 )

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192-523: The construction to Frankfurt-Eckenheim got significantly delayed. There was an interim end between Bonames and Eschersheim near the Bonameser Platz . After many years the extension to the Friedberger Landstraße followed. The section between Offenbach and Egelsbach was also already constructed, but at this time as a part of the A 49 which was planned as an Autobahn between Kassel and Darmstadt . After this plan had been abandoned this section became

208-667: The half had been built until 1995 because of the bridge which is needed at the Bornheimer Hang , so the lanes in both directions are smaller in this section than in the others. When the section is completed it is planned that there are three lanes like in the other sections and to build two more bridges. One bridge over the Seckbacher Tal (270 m) and one over the Erlenbruch (200 m). The construction has started in November 2007 and

224-644: The plan is that the work is completed in 2009. By completing the A 661 also the bridges which are needed for the Autobahndreieck Erlenbruch (one double-deck bridge and the ramps). Between Seckbach and Bornheim is a special construction. The "Galerie Seckbacher Straße" which was built in 1995 has two functions. At first is a bridge over the Autobahn for the Seckbacher Landstraße and the Heinz-Herbert-Karry-Straße and second it

240-459: Was proposed as a solution; however, this has not been implemented because of the high cost of construction. A new section of roadway to close a second gap southwest of Fulda was opened to traffic on 13 September 2014. The section includes a 1.6-kilometre (1.0 mi) cut-and-cover tunnel and replaces a diversion which saw traffic routed onto the B ;40 for approximately 9 kilometers before rejoining

256-478: Was stopped in 1980. At the northern end near Bad Homburg, the Autobahn is made to the Bundestraße 455, and this goes along Kronberg and Königsstein, while the Autobahn has ended there for over 20 years. There were problems with the roadbed on 15 July 2007 because of the heat wave . Some concrete slabs moved over others at A 661 near Dreieich (district Offenbach). The expansion joints were not large enough to fit

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