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A261 motorway now

The A261 runs from Buchholzer Dreieck interchange to Hamburg-Südwest interchange, about 8.8 km long (schematic), through Lower Saxony, with 4 junctions and interchanges (2 of them interchanges). Nothing is reported on the A261 right now (as of 06:54).

Reported now

No current reports (as of 06:54)

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Map

Schematic map of the A261The A261 from Buchholzer Dreieck to Hamburg-Südwest, drawn schematically through its junctions, with the reported closures, roadworks and jams.
  • Junction or interchange
  • 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, bearbeitet · licence text

LKW-Parken: © Lkw-Parken BAB Deutschland / Bundesministerium für Verkehr (BMV) 2026 — GeoNutzV, Daten verändert

Ladesäulenregister: Bundesnetzagentur.de, 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.

Planned full closures, next 7 days

Autobahn GmbH announces no full closure on this motorway for the next 7 days (as of 06:54).

Route

From Buchholzer Dreieck interchange to Hamburg-Südwest interchange · 4 junctions and interchanges

about 8.8 km along the points of the Location Code List (schematic)

Through Lower Saxony (state by the nearest municipality of each junction)

Junction strip

The junctions in their order, with what is reported at each.

  1. 4 Buchholzer Dreieck interchange meets A1 parking · road weather
  2. 3 Tötensen junction parking · charging · road weather
  3. 2 Hamburg-Marmstorf-Lürade junction parking
  4. 1 Hamburg-Südwest interchange meets A7

Places on the A261

Parking and rest

Lorry parks and service areas

  • Lorry parking · Rosengarten Ost · 46 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Buchholzer Dreieck interchange
  • Lorry parking · Rosengarten West · 49 spaces · 12 lorry spaces · at Tötensen junction

Verkehrsdaten: Autobahn GmbH des Bundes

LKW-Parken: © Lkw-Parken BAB Deutschland / Bundesministerium für Verkehr (BMV) 2026 — GeoNutzV, Daten verändert

More car parks mapped by OpenStreetMap

  • Garten von Ehren / Dehner · at Hamburg-Marmstorf-Lürade junction · 700 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 06:59; each point's status with its own time.

  • Schützengrund 11, Rosengarten · 1 charge point · up to 11 kW · no status data · at Tötensen junction

Only a few operators publish live occupancy; “no status data” means unknown, not free.

Fast charging from 150 kW and power classes

None of the charging sites here reaches 150 kW.

By power: under 50 kW: 1.

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

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 06:00), not a measurement and not an official warning

  • Buchholz · at Buchholzer Dreieck interchange · 07:00: dry, road surface 12.6 °C
  • Rosengarten · at Tötensen junction · 07:00: dry, road surface 12.6 °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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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 18 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.

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