Motorway junction between the Holbæk motorway and Motorring 3

Krydset mellem Holbækmotorvej og Motorring 3, træer

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Copenhagen's southern motorway crossfield

By Steffen Elmer Jørgensen, Arkivar, seniorforsker, Ph.D. (18 stories)

As early as in 1959-62 a grand plan was hatched for motorways south of Copenhagen. In the 1970s, the area from Vallensbæk and Taastrup into Valby became a zone where motorways met. The Køge Bay and Holbæk motorways join at Vallensbæk and share six lanes on the last leg of the journey to Valby. At Brøndby, closer to Copenhagen, the Holbæk motorway and ring motorway 3 (M3) cross. The roads are linked by interchanges and slip roads shaped like clover leaves. The expansion of the M3 into six lanes was completed in 2009. Later, M3 also crosses the Køge Bay motorway leading to Kalveboderne and Amager.

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Complex meshing of motorways

Story written by Steffen Elmer Jørgensen

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Everyone wanted a car and fast-track lifestyle in the 1950s and 1960s. Motorways were therefore in focus when in 1955-61 a traffic finance committee was planning Denmark's infrastructure up to 1980. The committee agreed that 800 kilometres of motorways were needed rather than just a couple of hundred kilometres. The plan included links over the Great Belt and Øresund but the approach roads to greater Copenhagen were given top priority. A complex system of interchanges was needed to join the Køge Bay and Holbæk motorways and lead them into the capital. They also had to join ring motorway 3 and take motorists onto the Helsingør motorway. Another motorway was also to stretch across Amager. In 1962, the Road Directorate presented its plan for the interchanges. The system was a worthy match for the interchanges in near Lyngby and Jægersborg north of Copenhagen.