Caption

Heavy traffic on the A40 motorway, Ruhrschnellweg, height of the Essen-Ost motorway junction, looking east, 6-lane motorway, with 2 bus lanes in the middle, rush hour traffic, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Dec 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26C45_373

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

138.0Mb (5.1Mb) / 28.4in x 18.9in / 8507 x 5671 (300dpi)

Keywords

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