Refurbishment of the L561: full closure and wider cycle path in Karlsruhe

Refurbishment of the L561: full closure and wider cycle path in Karlsruhe

Ettlingen, Deutschland - On July 12, 2025, the renovation work on the L561 state road at Karlsruhe-Rüppurr begins. This measure will bring a full closure of a 500 meter long section towards Karlsruhe. The construction work is expected to continue until September 6, 2025 and not only include the renewal of the road cover, but also the conversion of the bike path, such as the Latest news report.

For the road users who want to go to the Karlsruhe center or to Durlach, there are alternative routes: the diversion runs via the B3, the L605 and the south tangent. In the direction of travel Ettlingen, however, a lane will remain usable for car traffic, and the connection to the A5 remains fully accessible during the entire construction period.

bike and foot traffic in the focus

A central goal of the renovation is the expansion of the bike path towards Ettlingen, based on a successful traffic attempt from 2022. In the course of these measures, a car lanse in favor of a wider cycle and footpath is left out. "Cyclists can continue to use the route during the renovation," explains the responsible construction officer.

financing and costs

The costs for the comprehensive construction work amount to around 650,000 euros. Stadtwerke Karlsruhe bears around 30,000 euros of this, the city itself around 160,000 euros. This investment in the infrastructure is a step in the right direction to make both the bike and foot traffic more secure and more comfortable.

In addition, the construction site will be processed particularly intensively during the first two weeks, while the road surface is being renovated on the eastern side. Then the bike path is expanded on the western side and the renovation of the road.

The Government of Baden-württemberg the importance of these measures in order not only to maintain the traffic structure, but also to prepare for the challenges of the future.

For cyclists and residents, it is therefore important to have a little patience and keep an eye on the diversions - in the coming weeks the L561 will also become a construction site, but also an opportunity for safe and modern transport infrastructure.

construction work like this is the key to future-proof mobility-North Rhine-Westphalia will also invest around 600 million euros in the renovation of its traffic infrastructure in 2025, which shows that the preservation of roads and bike paths is very popular everywhere ( Land NRW ).