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Bochum Leithe Gelsenk.Str., North Rhine-Westphalia: the next departures live with their platform, which lifts and escalators work now, platforms with step-free access, facilities and surroundings – from open data, with source and date.
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Yellow — Roadworks narrowing the road · L633 · 2.3 km
Within 5.0 km of Bochum Leithe Gelsenk.Str., Gelsenkirchen.
3 × Roadworks narrowing the road · Arbeitsstellen Nordrhein-Westfalen (ohne Autobahnen): Landesbetrieb Straßenbau Nordrhein-Westfalen via Mobilithek, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0
Schematic map – not for navigation.As of 23:50Streets (OpenStreetMap)Public transportCharging
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Red for a full closure of the carriageway, a wrong-way driver, objects, people or animals on the road, an accident with a closure, a weather warning of level 3–4 or a jam with a delay of 30 minutes or more.
Yellow for a shorter jam, roadworks narrowing the road, another traffic warning, a weather warning of level 1–2, slippery roads in the road-weather forecast, a closed entry or exit — or when a source is missing or out of date.
Green only when none of this is reported nearby and both the traffic messages and the German Weather Service's warnings for this place can be read. Green is no guarantee of a clear road.
Read: every traffic message for this place within 5.0 km (Autobahn GmbH, police, Land and city) and the German Weather Service (warnings, road weather).
No colour from: parking, charging, fuel, public transport.
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Park and ride · Gelsenkirchen Hbf · occupancy not carried by us · 2.8 km · Map · Google Maps
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🚧 Roads
Bochum Leithe Gelsenk.Str., Gelsenkirchen · 5.0 kmlive · (sources: Landesbetrieb Straßenbau NRW (VIZ.NRW) 23:45, Die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes (Mobilithek) 23:45, Landesmeldestelle für den Verkehrswarndienst Baden-Württemberg (Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg) 23:39, Landesmeldestelle Polizei Schleswig-Holstein 23:46, Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität 23:43, Landesmeldestelle Berlin (LMST BE) 23:41, Digitale Plattform Stadtverkehr Berlin / Baustellen 23:44, Stadt Köln 23:46, Landeshauptstadt Hannover – Fachbereich Tiefbau 21:45, Verkehrsmanagementzentrale Bremen 23:43, Stadt Rüsselsheim am Main 21:56, Stadt Kassel 23:48, Stadt Leipzig 21:41 · not answering: 1)↻
0 closures · 0 jams and accidents · 3 roadworks within 5.0 km
L633 2.3 kmdirection unknownMon, 1 Sept 2025, 00:00 – Thu 31 Dec, 23:59 · in force now, ends in 56 daysRestriction unknownRoadworksMap · Google MapsAutomatic translation: New road construction · Original (German) →
L608 4.7 kmdirection unknownMon 21 Sept, 06:00 – Sat 28 Nov, 23:59 · in force now, ends in 23 daysRestriction unknownRoadworksMap · Google MapsAutomatic translation: Work of public utilities · Original (German) →
near Kurt-Schumacher-Straße · 4.7 kmdirection unknownFri, 1 Jan 2021, 00:00 – Thu 31 Dec, 23:59 · in force now, ends in 56 daysRestriction unknownRestrictionMap · Google MapsAutomatic translation: Changed traffic layout · Original (German) →
Translated automatically by ViaFrei; the German original is binding. Opus-MT, Helsinki-NLP (Tiedemann, Thottingal) (CC BY 4.0)
Autobahn GmbH's motorway reports are on the “Motorways” card.
For lorries
Lorry restrictions within 5 km (NRW.Mobidrom (SEVAS), a separate database under ODbL 1.0):
height limit 1.8 m — Zeche Eiberg, Essen, 4.2 km · Map · Google Maps
height limit 2.4 m — Am Lehmberg, Essen, 1.5 km · Map · Google Maps
height limit 3 m — Rademachers Weg, Essen, 4.7 km · Map · Google Maps
weight limit 3.5 t — Propst-Hellmich-Promenade, Bochum, 1.3 km · Map · Google Maps
weight limit 3.5 t — Kiwittstraße, Essen, 3.0 km · Map · Google Maps
weight limit 7.5 t — Im Natt, Essen, 4.7 km · Map · Google Maps
lorry ban — Am Beisenkamp, Bochum, 2.3 km · Map · Google Maps
lorry ban — Steinhausstraße, Bochum, 2.4 km · Map · Google Maps
lorry ban — Grünstraße, Bochum, 2.6 km · Map · Google Maps
width limit 2.1 m — Hansastraße, Bochum, 4.1 km · Map · Google Maps
More entries in range: 25, of them with no street given: 1. This is not an all-clear: the signs on site apply.
These lorry entries come from our database derived from “SEVAS (NRW.Mobidrom)” (ODbL 1.0; its geometry comes 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.
Lorry priority routes in range: Halterner Straße, Am Mechtenberg, Ruhrschnellweg (nearest section 400 m)
Long-lorry positive network nearby: A40 950 m, L643 2.7 km, L191 3.9 km, L639 3.9 km, L20 4.6 km, A448 4.9 km
What binds is the Annex to § 2(1) of the LKWÜberlStVAusnV. The publisher states that the data make no claim to be complete or correct, have no legal or official meaning, and are not suitable for navigation or similar purposes.
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A448 · at Dortmund/Witten interchange (12) · near Witten · North Rhine-Westphalia (placed by ViaFrei)direction unknownplanned 9 Nov, 10:00–9 Nov, 14:001 of 2 lanes closed · Hard shoulder closedChanged traffic layout: setting up and removing the roadworks barriersMap · Google Maps
Short-duration roadworks are planned at short notice and often changed; they replace neither a permit for oversize and heavy transport nor the route check before setting off (our translation of the publisher's note).
The publisher's wording is on the German page.
Nearby
A40 at E-Zentrum-Ost junction · 7.2 kmdirection unknownfrom Tue 3 Nov, 00:00, end not reported · in force nowRestriction unknownClosureMap · Google Maps3 Nov – 6 Nov
A42Essen-Altenessen - Essen-Nord · 7.8 kmtowards Kamp-Lintfortfrom Sat, 16 Mar 2024, 12:00, end not reported · in force nowRestriction unknownRoadworksMap · Google Mapsbetween 0.5 km after AS Essen-Altenessen and 0.2 km before AK Essen-Nord · 0.55 km long · 3.5 m wide to pass · 16 Mar 2024 – 31 Mar 2027
A43 at Bochum-Riemke junction · 8.1 kmdirection unknownfrom Mon, 7 Jul 2025, 05:00, end not reported · in force nowRestriction unknownRoadworksMap · Google Maps0.1 km long · 3.25 m wide to pass · 7 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2027
The Autobahn GmbH's traffic guidance (strategic routing) is not current (as of 4 Nov, 14:46), so none is given here.
Lorry parking · Ruhrschnellweg (Nord) · 20 spaces · 4 lorry spaces · 3.0 km east · Map · Google MapsFacilities per the publisher: toilet · shower · fuel station · drinking waterNearby per OpenStreetMap (straight line, access not checked): snack bar 290 mNearby (straight line, access not checked): EV charger 400 kW, 20 m (Shell Recharge)
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Truck-parking occupancy (Toll Collect, SID)
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🔌 Charging
Bochum Leithe Gelsenk.Str., Gelsenkirchen · 5.0 kmlive · (sources: EnBW AG 20:10, Eco-Movement 20:11, Tesla Germany GmbH 19:49, Volkswagen Group Charging GmbH 19:48, e-clearing.net (smartlab Innovationsgesellschaft mbH) 20:04, 800 Volt Technologies GmbH (PUMP) 10:38, Ampeco Ltd 10:38, Audi AG (Audi charging hub) 10:38, ENIO GmbH 10:39, EW Pricing GmbH (EV Price) 10:39, EWE 10:44, GLS Mobility GmbH 10:44, GP JOULE Connect GmbH 10:44, Grid & Co 10:44, Hamburger Energienetze GmbH (eRound) 10:44, INERGIA GmbH 10:44, K.u.L 10:45, LichtBlick eMobility GmbH 10:57, Monta ApS 10:57, Qwello Deutschland GmbH 10:57, Road B.V 10:57, SMATRICS GmbH & Co KG 10:57, Wirelane GmbH 10:57, chargecloud GmbH 10:57, vaylens GmbH 10:58, Taubert Consulting GmbH (TC-Backend) 14:28, ELU Mobility 14:28, Chargepool Enerando Technologies GmbH 14:29, eliso GmbH 14:28, chargecloud (CC0 1.0) 3 Nov, 06:49, Taubert Consulting (CC0 1.0) 3 Nov, 06:50, Bundesnetzagentur.de 01:12, ENERANDO Technologies GmbH 23:50, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg 23:49 · not answering: 4)↻