Cologne Beltway

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Basic data
Total length	50 km (31 miles)
Bundesland	North Rhine-Westphalia
Autobahns	A 1, A 3, A 4
Exit list
East Ring (14 km) A 3 / E35 (23) Leverkusen 4-way interchange A 1 / E37 (24) Leverkusen (25) Köln-Mülheim (26) Köln-Dellbrück (27) Köln-Ost 4-way interchange A 4 / E40 (28) Heumar 3-way interchange A 4 / E40, A 59 South Ring (22 km) A 4 / E40 (16) Köln-Ost 4-way interchange A 3 / E35 (15) Heumar 3-way interchange A 3 / E35, A 59 (14) Gremberg 4-way interchange A 559 (13) Köln-Poll Rodenkirchener Brücke (12) Köln-Süd 4-way interchange A 555 (—) Containerbahnhof Köln-Eifeltor (11) Köln-Klettenberg (10) Köln-West 4-way interchange A 1 / E31 Northwest Ring (18 km) A 1 / E31 / E37 (104) Köln-West 4-way interchange A 4 / E40 (103) Köln-Lövenich (102) Köln-Bocklemünd (101) Köln-Nord 4-way interchange A 57 / E31 (100) Köln-Niehl Leverkusener Brücke (99) Leverkusen-West 4-way interchange A 59 (98) Leverkusen 4-way interchange A 3 / E35

The Cologne Beltway (German:Kölner Autobahnring) is the collective term for the Autobahns encircling Cologne. It consists of the Bundesautobahn 1, the Bundesautobahn 3 and the Bundesautobahn 4. Segments of the beltway handle the highest traffic volume in Germany.

The Autobahns on the beltway cross Bundesautobahn 559, Bundesautobahn 555 and Bundesautobahn 57. The Bundesautobahn 59 is tied to the beltway at the interchange Leverkusen-West in the north and to Dreieck Heumar in the south.