Caption

Weighing and barrier system on the A42 motorway, in front of the dilapidated motorway bridge over the Rhine-Herne Canal, between Bottrop and Essen, only vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes are allowed to drive over the bridge, heavy vehicles have to take detours, the motorway was completely closed there for over 3 months due to the damage, vehicle scales, traffic lights, here at the Bottrop-Süd exit in an easterly direction, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

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BRK24E73_321

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172,3Mb (15,9Mb) / 31,7in x 21,1in / 9504 x 6336 (300dpi)

Keywords

3 A 42 A42 Barrier system Bottrop Bridge construction Bridge construction site Bridge damage Central Europe Conversion work Essen Europe FRG Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia German German Federal Republic Germany Heavy goods traffic Heavy vehicle Limitation Middle Europe Motor vehicle NRW No People North Rhine-Westphalia North-Rhine Westphalia Republic of Germany Restriction Rhine-Herne Canal Rhine-Herne-Canal Ruhr Ruhr area Ruhr district Ruhr region Ruhrgebiet Technician Weight restriction annex automobile barrier blocked bridge bridge construction broken build a bridge building building site bunch of bust car cargo check checking checkup closed commuter complex congested congestion construction site construction work control corrupted damage damaged decayed defective derelict deserted destroyed deteriorated diagnose diagnosis dilapidated direction drive employed empty engineer european examination examine expressway bridge facility freeway freeway bridge freight heavy highway highway bridge infrastructure inspect inspection investigate job labor labour load loaded long distance traffic maintained many marooned medical findings month motorway motorway bridge multiple navigation neat no one nobody numerous occupation old orderly orientation overhaul packed passenger car plenty profession professional ramshackle redevelopment renewal renovate renovation repair restoration restructuring ride road road traffic road transport run-down rundown rush hour scale scrutinise scrutinize several sort stoplight street street traffic three tidy traffic traffic jam traffic light traffic signal transport transportation uninhabited vehicle verification visiting the doctor weigh weight well-groomed work work cloth working working clothes workwear wrecked