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A31 motorway now
The A31 runs from Bottrop interchange to Emden-West junction, about 236 km long (schematic), through North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, with 42 junctions and interchanges (4 of them interchanges). Reported on the A31 now: 2 closures, 0 jams, 6 roadworks (as of 09:15).
Reported now
2 closures · 0 jams · 6 roadworks · as of 09:15
By direction
- Gronau → Meppen: 0 closures · 0 jams · 3 roadworks
- Leer → Emden: 1 closure · 0 jams · 0 roadworks
- Meppen → Gronau: 0 closures · 0 jams · 2 roadworks
- Meppen → Lingen (Ems): 0 closures · 0 jams · 1 roadworks
- no direction given: 1 closure · 0 jams · 0 roadworks
Traffic state at 25 measuring sites (NRW, as of 09:08): 25 free-flowing.
Map
- Junction or interchange
- Closure
- Roadworks
- Service area or lorry park
- Charging station
- Road-weather station
Schematic: the line joins the points of the Location Code List in their order – not to scale, not a navigation map. Where the list has a gap, the line breaks too.
Map sources
Kartengrundlage: © BKG (2026) dl-de/by-2-0, Datenquellen: https://sgx.geodatenzentrum.de/web_public/gdz/datenquellen/datenquellen_vg_nuts.pdf (Daten verändert)
TMC Location Code List (LCL 22.0): Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt), CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkte: Hamburger Energienetze GmbH (eRound) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: Eco-Movement via Mobilithek, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkte: EWE via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: Smartlab Innovationsgesellschaft mbH (ladebusiness) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: e-clearing.net (smartlab Innovationsgesellschaft mbH) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: Tesla Germany GmbH via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladesäulenregister: Bundesnetzagentur.de, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkte: EnBW AG via Mobilithek, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Quelle: Deutscher Wetterdienst. Datenquelle: BMVBS und Straßenbauverwaltungen der Länder · licence text Die Daten der Glättemeldeanlagen stellen ungeprüfte Punktmessungen dar und spiegeln nicht die Verhältnisse auf einem Straßenabschnitt wider. Es besteht kein Anspruch auf regelmäßige und vollständige Datenlieferungen.
Closures, jams and roadworks on the A31
Closures
- Closure · Map · 2 identical reports
Jams
none
Roadworks
- Roadworks · Bergeler Feld West - Lingen · Gronau → Meppen · Map · 2 identical reports
- Roadworks · Bergeler Feld West - Wietmarschen · Gronau → Meppen · Map
- Roadworks · Ems-Vechte - Bergeler Feld West · Meppen → Gronau · Map
- Roadworks · Geeste - Lingen · Meppen → Lingen (Ems) · Map
- Roadworks · Lingen - Bergeler Feld West · Meppen → Gronau · Map
Planned full closures, next 7 days
Announced by Autobahn GmbH, not started yet (as of 09:15).
- from 26 Oct, 09:00 · Closure
Some stretches are described in German only; the German page shows them.
Route
From Bottrop interchange to Emden-West junction · 42 junctions and interchanges
about 236 km along the points of the Location Code List (schematic)
Through North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony (state by the nearest municipality of each junction)
Junction strip
The junctions in their order, with what is reported at each.
- 42 Bottrop interchange meets A2 parking
- 41 Gladbeck junction
- 40 Bottrop-Kirchhellen junction parking · charging
- 39 Bottrop-Feldhausen junction parking
- 38 Dorsten junction
- 37 Schermbeck junction parking · charging
- 36 Lembeck junction parking · charging
- 35 Reken junction parking
- 34 Borken junction parking · road weather
- 33 Gescher/Coesfeld junction parking
- 32 Legden/Ahaus junction parking · charging · road weather
- 31 Heek junction parking
- 30 Gronau/Ochtrup junction
- 29 Ochtrup-Nord junction parking
- 28 Schüttorf-Ost junction parking
- 27 Schüttorfer Kreuz interchange meets A30
- 26 Emsbüren junction parking · charging
- 25 Lingen junction 4 roadworks · charging
- 24 Wietmarschen junction 1 roadworks · parking
- 23 Geeste junction
- 22 Twist junction parking · road weather
- 21 Meppen-Nord junction
- 20 Wesuwe junction charging
- 19 Haren (Ems) junction parking
- 18 Lathen junction parking
- 17 Dörpen junction parking · charging
- 16 Rhede (Ems) junction parking · charging
- 15 Papenburg junction
- 14 Bunde interchange meets A280
- 13 Weener junction parking · road weather
- 12 Jemgum junction parking
- 11 Leer-West junction
- 10 Leer-Nord junction charging · road weather
- 9 Leer interchange meets A28
- 8 Veenhusen junction parking · charging
- 7 Neermoor junction parking · charging
- 6 Riepe junction
- 5 Emden-Ost junction
- 4 Emden-Wolthusen junction parking
- 3 Emden-Mitte junction parking · charging · road weather
- 2 Pewsum junction 1 closure
- 1 Emden-West junction parking · charging · road weather
Places on the A31
- Bottrop
- Gladbeck
- Dorsten
- Schermbeck
- Raesfeld
- Reken
- Gescher
- Ahaus
- Ochtrup
- Schüttorf
- Wietmarschen
- Geeste
- Meppen
- Haren (Ems)
- Weener
- Leer (Ostfriesland)
- Moormerland
- Ihlow
- Emden
Parking and rest
Truck stops (Autohof)
- Lorry parking · Autohof Emsbüren · 65 spaces · 60 lorry spaces · at Emsbüren junction
- Lorry parking · Autohof Rhede · 50 spaces · 50 lorry spaces · at Rhede (Ems) junction
"Autohof" by the name the operator gives – our grouping.
Lorry parks and service areas
- Lorry parking · Holsterhausen · 35 spaces · 10 lorry spaces · at Schermbeck junction
- Lorry parking · Lüningskamp · 42 spaces · 16 lorry spaces · at Schermbeck junction
- Lorry parking · Im Elwen · 21 spaces · 8 lorry spaces · at Reken junction
- Lorry parking · Kalter Bach · 42 spaces · 16 lorry spaces · at Reken junction
- Lorry parking · Hochmoor (Ost) · 129 spaces · 63 lorry spaces · at Borken junction
- Lorry parking · Hochmoor (West) · 155 spaces · 88 lorry spaces · at Gescher/Coesfeld junction
- Lorry parking · Bürener Esch · 14 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Legden/Ahaus junction
- Lorry parking · Holtwicker Mark · 14 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Legden/Ahaus junction
- Lorry parking · Ahler Mark · 13 spaces · 11 lorry spaces · at Heek junction
- Lorry parking · Averbeck · 14 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Heek junction
- Lorry parking · Gut Friedrichstal (West) · 62 spaces · 28 lorry spaces · at Ochtrup-Nord junction
- Lorry parking · Lau Brechte · 35 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Ochtrup-Nord junction
- Lorry parking · Wester Mark · 38 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Ochtrup-Nord junction
- Lorry parking · Forsthaus (Ost) · 63 spaces · 29 lorry spaces · at Schüttorf-Ost junction
- Lorry parking · Bergeler Feld Ost · 57 spaces · 26 lorry spaces · at Emsbüren junction
- Lorry parking · Bergeler Feld West · 61 spaces · 29 lorry spaces · at Emsbüren junction
- Lorry parking · Ems-Vechte (Ost) · 73 spaces · 35 lorry spaces · at Wietmarschen junction
- Lorry parking · Ems-Vechte (West) · 75 spaces · 35 lorry spaces · at Wietmarschen junction
- Lorry parking · Heseper Moor (Ost) · 103 spaces · 36 lorry spaces · at Twist junction
- Lorry parking · Heseper Moor (West) · 103 spaces · 36 lorry spaces · at Twist junction
- Lorry parking · Dankern (Ost) · 59 spaces · 20 lorry spaces · at Haren (Ems) junction
- Lorry parking · Hebel (West) · 57 spaces · 20 lorry spaces · at Haren (Ems) junction
- Lorry parking · Walchum Ost · 24 spaces · 5 lorry spaces · at Lathen junction
- Lorry parking · Walchum West · 24 spaces · 5 lorry spaces · at Dörpen junction
- Lorry parking · Olle Rheen Ost · 34 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Rhede (Ems) junction
- Lorry parking · Olle Rheen West · 34 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Rhede (Ems) junction
- Lorry parking · Rheiderland Ost · 53 spaces · 20 lorry spaces · at Jemgum junction
- Lorry parking · Rheiderland West · 22 spaces · 8 lorry spaces · at Jemgum junction
Car parks
- Park and ride · Bottrop Mitte (Rolandstraße) · at Bottrop interchange
- Park and ride · Bottrop Kirchhellen (Pelsstraße) · at Bottrop-Kirchhellen junction
- Park and ride · Bottrop Ekel (Reckelsberg) · at Bottrop-Feldhausen junction
- Park and ride · Dorsten Rhade Bf · at Lembeck junction
Verkehrsdaten: Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
Park&Ride-Anlagen: VRR AöR via opendata-oepnv.de, CC BY, bearbeitet · licence text
P+R sites from P+R NRW (CC BY-SA), held separately — not cross-checked with the entries above
- Park and ride · Bottrop Mitte (Rolandstraße) · occupancy not carried by us · 700 m · Map
- Park and ride · P & R Standort Bottrop Mitte · occupancy not carried by us · 700 m · Map
- Park and ride · Bottrop Kirchhellen (Pelsstraße) · occupancy not carried by us · 400 m · Map
- Park and ride · P & R Standort Bottrop Kirchhellen · occupancy not carried by us · 400 m · Map
- Park and ride · Bottrop Ekel (Reckelsberg) · occupancy not carried by us · 150 m · Map
- Park and ride · P & R Standort Bottrop Ekel · occupancy not carried by us · 150 m · Map
- Park and ride · Dorsten Rhade Bf · occupancy not carried by us · 1.3 km · Map
P+R NRW: NRW.Mobidrom via Mobilithek, Datensatz „Gebündelte Daten Park+Ride NRW“, CC BY-SA, bearbeitet · licence text
The P+R NRW entries are licensed CC BY-SA (share-alike) by their source: anyone who passes them on, or builds something on them, must release the result under the same licence and with this attribution. We release our adaptation under CC BY-SA 4.0
More car parks mapped by OpenStreetMap
- Stenkhoff Parkplatz · at Bottrop interchange · 700 m
- EnBw Lade-Hub Lembeck · at Lembeck junction · 200 m
- P+R Endeln · at Lembeck junction · 100 m
- Wanderparkplatz Endeln · at Lembeck junction · 1.0 km
- Emsflower GmbH · at Emsbüren junction · 950 m
- Mitfahrerparkplatz · at Emsbüren junction · 350 m
- Olle Rheen · at Rhede (Ems) junction · 300 m
- Möbelhaus Frey · at Weener junction · 650 m
- Parkplatz Sparkasse · at Weener junction · 650 m
- Badesee · at Jemgum junction · 650 m
- Parkplatz Badesee Veenhusen · at Veenhusen junction · 500 m
- P+R · at Neermoor junction · 250 m
- Friedhof Ost / Krematorium · at Emden-Wolthusen junction · 750 m
- Alte Molkerei · at Emden-Mitte junction · 350 m
- MediaMarkt · at Emden-Mitte junction · 350 m
- Parkplatz Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße · at Emden-Mitte junction · 550 m
- DollartCenter (DOC) · at Emden-West junction · 350 m
- Hochschule Emden Teutonenstraße · at Emden-West junction · 800 m
- Obi · at Emden-West junction · 200 m
OSM-Standortdaten: © OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, ODbL 1.0 · licence text
These entries come from our database derived from OpenStreetMap. We send a complete machine-readable copy (CSV) under the ODbL 1.0 free of charge on request – contact details in the imprint.
Charging
Charging stations within 600 m of the junctions and service areas. Charging stations read 09:01; each point's status with its own time.
- 52416 · 20 charge points · up to 22 kW · status from 04:26 — possibly out of date, 1 without status · at Bottrop-Kirchhellen junction
- AGRIV KIH STATION 03 · 2 charge points · up to 22 kW · no status data · at Bottrop-Kirchhellen junction
- AGRIV KIH STATION 04 · 2 charge points · up to 22 kW · no status data · at Bottrop-Kirchhellen junction
- AGRIV KIH STATION 1 · 4 charge points · up to 150 kW · no status data · at Bottrop-Kirchhellen junction
- Shell Recharge OBN 2123 - Shell Freudenbergstrasse · 2 charge points · up to 300 kW · status from 20 Oct, 20:38 — possibly out of date · at Schermbeck junction
- 012966 · 4 charge points · up to 300 kW · status from 07:44 — possibly out of date · at Lembeck junction
- McD_1377 · 4 charge points · up to 300 kW · status from 04:26 — possibly out of date · at Lembeck junction
- A31-300_1 STATION 04 · 4 charge points · up to 300 kW · no status data · at Legden/Ahaus junction
- Tekton Charger - Ladepark Emsbüren · 13 charge points · up to 400 kW · last published 13 Oct 2026, source discontinued · at Emsbüren junction
- Tekton Charger - Ladepark Emsbüren · 1 charge point · up to 400 kW · status from 20 Oct, 14:05 — possibly out of date · at Emsbüren junction
- Aral pulse Benzstraße 5, 49835 Wietmarschen · 5 charge points · up to 150 kW · status from 20 Oct, 21:25 — possibly out of date · at Lingen junction
- 013104 · 2 charge points · up to 150 kW · status from 07:44 — possibly out of date · at Wesuwe junction
- Backcharge GmbH Backcharge: Kanne ECH GmbH · 3 charge points · up to 7 kW · status from 19 Oct, 12:17 — possibly out of date, 1 without status · at Dörpen junction
- DE, Green Energy Park 1, 26892, Heede · 6 charge points · up to 400 kW · status from 20 Oct, 07:58 — possibly out of date, 1 without status · at Dörpen junction
- Heede, Germany · 12 charge points · up to 250 kW · status from 20 Oct, 18:54 — possibly out of date, 9 without status · at Dörpen junction
- Allego · 2 charge points · up to 50 kW · no status data · at Rhede (Ems) junction
- Backcharge GmbH Backcharge: Schmees Energietechnik GmbH AC vorne · 1 charge point · up to 7 kW · status from 14 Oct, 09:16 — possibly out of date · at Rhede (Ems) junction
- 000677 · 2 charge points · up to 22 kW · status from 07:44 — possibly out of date · at Leer-Nord junction
- EWE_0712 · 2 charge points · up to 22 kW · status from 04:26 — possibly out of date · at Leer-Nord junction
- POCO Leer · 4 charge points · up to 240 kW · no status data · at Leer-Nord junction
- Görtemaker GmbH · 1 charge point · up to 11 kW · no status data · at Veenhusen junction
- 007235 · 4 charge points · up to 300 kW · status from 07:44 — possibly out of date · at Neermoor junction
- 012106 · 4 charge points · up to 400 kW · status from 07:44 — possibly out of date · at Neermoor junction
- DE Emden 26721 Auricher Str. 210 AH Osterkamp HYC50 100141244 (öffentlich KKT) · 3 charge points · up to 50 kW · status from 00:04 — possibly out of date · at Emden-Mitte junction
- ENBW · 8 charge points · up to 300 kW · status from 20 Oct, 01:00 — possibly out of date · at Emden-Mitte junction
- Ostfriesische Beschäftigungs- und Wohnstätten GmbH · 2 charge points · up to 11 kW · no status data · at Emden-Mitte junction
- Allego - porta (Möbel Boss) Emden · 12 charge points · up to 150 kW · status from 20 Oct, 14:27 — possibly out of date, 4 without status · at Emden-West junction
- Elektro Barth · 2 charge points · up to 11 kW · no status data · at Emden-West junction
- Max-von-Laue-Str. · 2 charge points · up to 22 kW · no status data · at Emden-West junction
Only a few operators publish live occupancy; “no status data” means unknown, not free.
Fast charging from 150 kW and power classes
Longest stretch without a charging site of 150 kW or more: from Legden/Ahaus junction to Emsbüren junction, about 38 km (schematic).
By power: under 50 kW: 11 · 50 to 149 kW: 2 · 150 kW and up: 16.
Our count of the sites above (within the distance named from a junction or service area) – whether one is free, the list says.
Ladesäulenregister: Bundesnetzagentur.de, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkte: e-clearing.net (smartlab Innovationsgesellschaft mbH) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: Eco-Movement via Mobilithek, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkt-Verfügbarkeit: Eco-Movement via Mobilithek, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkt-Verfügbarkeit: EnBW AG via Mobilithek, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkte: EnBW AG via Mobilithek, CC BY 4.0, bearbeitet · licence text
Ladepunkt-Verfügbarkeit: Hamburger Energienetze GmbH (eRound) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: Hamburger Energienetze GmbH (eRound) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkt-Verfügbarkeit: EWE via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: EWE via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkte: Smartlab Innovationsgesellschaft mbH (ladebusiness) via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Ladepunkt-Verfügbarkeit: Tesla Germany GmbH via Mobilithek, CC0 1.0
Weather along the motorway
Official warnings of the Deutscher Wetterdienst
No official warning along the motorway.
Road-surface forecast
DWD road-surface forecast for the nearest road-weather stations — a model forecast (run 08:00), not a measurement and not an official warning
- Borken · at Borken junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 13.2 °C
- Gescher · at Legden/Ahaus junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 13.6 °C
- Geeste · at Twist junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 11.2 °C
- Twist · at Twist junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 11.6 °C
- Weener · at Weener junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 11.7 °C
- Eisinghausen · at Leer-Nord junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 10.5 °C
- Emden-Nord · at Emden-Mitte junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 10.9 °C
- Larrelt · at Emden-West junction · 10:00: dry, road surface 10.9 °C
Each line is for the station's own location, not for the whole road.
Quelle: Deutscher Wetterdienst. Datenquelle: BMVBS und Straßenbauverwaltungen der Länder · licence text Die Daten der Glättemeldeanlagen stellen ungeprüfte Punktmessungen dar und spiegeln nicht die Verhältnisse auf einem Straßenabschnitt wider. Es besteht kein Anspruch auf regelmäßige und vollständige Datenlieferungen.
Fuel prices
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On every motorway
Lorry driving ban
On Sundays and public holidays, lorries over 7.5 t and lorries with trailers may not drive between 00:00 and 22:00. (§ 30 Abs. 3 StVO)
Next ban day: Sunday 25 October.
The motorway's states by the nearest municipality of each junction. Holidays per § 30 Abs. 4 StVO, reviewed 8 October 2026 · Informational, not legal advice.
- On the Autobahn there is no general speed limit where no sign says otherwise; the advisory speed is 130 km/h. Drive faster and you can share liability in a crash. (Autobahn-Richtgeschwindigkeits-V)
- Rescue lane: as soon as traffic slows on a motorway or rural road with at least two lanes per direction, keep a lane free between the leftmost lane and the one beside it — immediately, not once the blue lights arrive. (§ 11 Abs. 2 StVO)
- 112 reaches ambulance and fire service (Europe-wide), 110 the police — free from any network, credit or not. (Notrufverordnung (NotrufV))
Reviewed 19 September 2026 · Informational, not legal advice.