title: Kreuz Meckenheim
text: # Kreuz Meckenheim
  
  The Kreuz Meckenheim (German: Autobahnkreuz Meckenheim) is a cloverleaf interchange that connects the Bundesautobahn 61 (Venlo - Hockenheim) and 565 (Bonn - Gelsdorf) with each other. It is located in the south of the town of Meckenheim in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (North Rhine-Westphalia), a small piece on the southeast side is in the area of the neighboring municipality of Graftschaft in the Ahrweiler district (Rhineland-Palatinate).
  
  ## Design and state of development
  
  The cross is laid out as a clover leaf with a so-called tangent solution. When those who pass the cross coming from Bonn (A 565) and want to drive on the A 61 in the direction of Koblenz, they must first drive on a direct ramp under the A 565 and then over the A 61 before continuing on the A 61 can.
  
  Both motorways have four lanes at the intersection.
  
  Near the motorway junction, the motorways are linked to the B 257 in the direction of Altenahr - upper Ahr Valley and the former B 266 in the direction of Rheinbach and the lower Ahr valley. The A 565 goes south-west directly into the B 257, the Gelsdorf junction of the A 565 leads to the B 266 not far from the motorway junction.
  
  ## Traffiic near the interchange
  
  | From | To | Average daily traffic volume | Average daily traffic volume | Average daily traffic volume | Proportion of heavy traffic | Proportion of heavy traffic | Proportion of heavy traffic |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | From | To | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
  | AS Rheinbach (A 61) | AK Meckenheim | 50.500 | 46.100 | 48.800 | 22,4 % | 24,6 % | 20,5 % |
  | AK Meckenheim | Dreieck Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (A 61) | 73.400 | 70.700 | 72.900 | 19,8 % | 19,2 % | 18,9 % |
  | AS Merl (A 565) | AK Meckenheim | 33.700 | 29.500 | 35.800 | 09,2 % | 11,0 % | 10,0 % |
  | AK Meckenheim | AS Gelsdorf (A 565) | 13.300 | 16.200 | 12.500 | 04,7 % | 06,5 % | 05,7 % |
  