Germany opens A49 motorway gap closure near Schwalmstadt
- Location
- Hesse · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- A49 gap closure (Schwalmstadt–Ohmtal-Dreieck / A5)
- Investment
- around €1.5 billion
- Status
- Completed
The A49 gap closure from Schwalmstadt to the Ohmtal-Dreieck (linking to the A5) was opened to traffic on 21 March 2025 — around 30 km of new motorway, costing roughly €1.5 billion. The A49 is now continuously drivable for the first time from Kassel to the A5. The project was contested for years, above all over the clearing of the Dannenröder Forst (second source: Logistik Heute).
Source: autobahn.de ↗ · Archived copy ↗
Evidence: one source · archived copy saved · second source missing (two-source rule) · How well sourced is Eurotrack?
More from: 🇩🇪 Germany