Caption

Sign pointing to the closure due to the rehabilitation of the A40 motorway between Mülheim-Winkhausen and Essen-Ost, the asphalt surface was renewed at 5.8 kilometers, with so-called whisper asphalt, open-pored asphalt, in both directions of travel, a total of over 110, 000 square meters, road rollers, a full week of closure, with severe traffic obstructions in the Ruhr area, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jul 27, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK26H83_049

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

142.4Mb (47.5Mb) / 19.2in x 28.8in / 5760 x 8640 (300dpi)

Keywords

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