[DK] Danish Motorways • Motorveje i Danmark

[SeanT]

There are som new plans about a 5.th corridor next to CPH.

[ChrisZwolle]

What do you mean with a 5th corridor? Like a beltway?

[SeanT]

Sort of. It would start in Helsingør and end south near Køge. But no date and no final plans yet.

[ChrisZwolle]

Is that really necessary? The motorways around København aren't that busy, and the current widening of E20/E45 Køge - København and a widening of the E45 in København should do the job imo.

[SeanT]

I think they are very buisy. Think M3 and near Greve-Hundige always trafficjams and this short 5km 4-5 lanes wouldn´t make that big of a diference.

[ChrisZwolle]

These are the traffic volumes in the capital city area. Not very shocking.

[SeanT]

...I don´t say shocking but when you have an average speed like 35 on a 3 laned highway then you get pissed, I´m sure you do not have these problems in The Netherlands because every major roads are 6-laned highways, so you do not have these problems.........hopefully

[ChrisZwolle]

Dutch traffic is far worse than in Denmark. I drove around Copenhagen during rushhours, and there were only minor delays, I didn't encounter traffic jams longer than 5km.

[kosimodo]

The danish motorways arent busy at all.... The E47 en E20 were a bit bit busier, but that 'problem' is almost solved. They both get 1 more lane.

'Rush' hour is mostly only a smal hour!!

I took some pics from the Køgbugtmotorvejen E20 just after the opening of the new lane.. And here they are.

1) 4 lanes now...


2) Not busy.....


3)


4) 5 lanes... close to the exit to Ring 4


5) another 5 lanes


Looks good doesnt it!!

Driving in Copenhagencentre it is perfect.. One off the most car friendly places i know... big 4 or more lane roads crossing the center and hardly any traffic jams Only parking has become pricy the last years...

[Timon91]

How long is that 2×4 section?

[ChrisZwolle]

All the way from Køge to the E20-E47 near Greve?

[ChrisZwolle]

Anyway, I drove nearly all Danish motorways. I need to do another roadtrip somewhere April/May next year, need to drive some Sjælland and Southern Sweden.

[kosimodo]

Originally Posted by ChrisZwolle

All the way from Køge to the E20-E47 near Greve?

Nej!

It is only beside Greve, 2 or 3 exits.... Maybe from 29 Greve S to #Ishøj, I have 2 check..

But i am living in Aalborg, it is not around the corner..

Maybe with the christmasparty from work (YEP! Christmas is coming...)

[SeanT]

Between Hundige-Greve S.

[kosimodo]

with Hundige, u mean motorvejskryds (#) Ishøj....

But nice visualisation!! thx!

[staff]

The red part of Kögemotorvejen is the 5x2 lane stretch, and the blue part south of it is planned to be upgraded to 4x2. So basically all of Kögemotorvejen will be at least 4x2 in the future.

[RoadUser]

Originally Posted by SeanT

Between Hundige-Greve S.

Does that road really have three numbers at that point?

[ChrisZwolle]

Yeah, but E55 is completely unnecessary in my opinion, it runs concurrent nearly all the way through Danish territory. They should've made the northern terminus of E55 near Rostock.

[Morsue]

But there was a thought behind it. The E55 was supposed to continue into Sweden and follow the route currently occupied by the E4. The E4 is 1,590 kilometres (990 miles) long inside Sweden but since the prolonging of the E8 on Finnish territory it's only about 800 metres (0,5 miles) there. Hence, the E55 in Denmark is an anachronism.

[Wallaroo]

They are planning on building a whole new 200 km long motorway down through central Jutland. Its considered a better alternative than expanding the existing motorway in eastern Jutland.