HOCHTIEF to expand the A59 and renew the A40 interchange in Duisburg
HOCHTIEF accélère la modernisation des infrastructures routières en Allemagne : un contrat de 450 millions d'euros pour élargir l'A59 sur deux kilomètres et rénover l'échangeur A40, sans perturber le trafic. Ce projet, piloté par un consortium dirigé par HOCHTIEF (part de 145 millions), inclut la construction de cinq ponts sur la Ruhr et d'autres voies clés, avec un achèvement prévu en 2029. L'expertise de HOCHTIEF en ponts et transports positionne l'entreprise pour profiter des investissements massifs en infrastructure allemande, comme le fonds de 500 milliards d'euros. Ce développement renforce le réseau routier du Ruhr, favorisant une mobilité accrue pour les régions industrielles et logistiques.
GrupoACS - 16 Déc 2025
HOCHTIEF has been awarded the contract by the federally owned Autobahn GmbH to expand the A59 highway in Duisburg to six lanes over a length of approximately two kilometers and to renew the associated A40 highway interchange. The “Berliner Brückenzug” project, with a contract value of around EUR 450 million, was awarded to a HOCHTIEF-led joint venture. As the technical leader, HOCHTIEF holds a share of around EUR 145 million. The work, which will take place without disrupting traffic, will begin in January 2026 and is scheduled for completion by fall 2029.
Juan Santamaría Cases, CEO of ACS Group: “We are delighted that we can use our experience to help improve transportation infrastructure in the Ruhr region with this major project.” Since 2020, the company has been building the new A40 Rhine bridge Duisburg-Neuenkamp as part of a joint venture in the immediate vicinity. Between Cologne and Leverkusen, HOCHTIEF and its partners are widening the A1 Rhine bridge and the A1 at the Leverkusen interchange to eight lanes over a length of 2.5 kilometers.
The work on the A59 highway section includes five bridges with a total length of 1.8 kilometers spanning the Ruhr, the Rhine-Herne Canal, the Duisburg harbor basin, a multi-track Deutsche Bahn railway line and the city park. The new Duisburg interchange will have a completely new traffic routing consisting of additional overpasses and connections between the two highways.
HOCHTIEF is a global leader in delivering major infrastructure projects, with a long-standing presence in the transport sector. Due to its core expertise in bridges, tunnels, road and railway infrastructure, as well as the scalability of its business model, HOCHTIEF is very well positioned to benefit from the expected acceleration in investment following the approval by the German Bundestag of the EUR 500 billion infrastructure fund. Overall, during the last three years our order book for German projects has almost doubled to EUR 5.2 billion.
Juan Santamaría Cases, CEO of ACS Group: “We are delighted that we can use our experience to help improve transportation infrastructure in the Ruhr region with this major project.” Since 2020, the company has been building the new A40 Rhine bridge Duisburg-Neuenkamp as part of a joint venture in the immediate vicinity. Between Cologne and Leverkusen, HOCHTIEF and its partners are widening the A1 Rhine bridge and the A1 at the Leverkusen interchange to eight lanes over a length of 2.5 kilometers.
The work on the A59 highway section includes five bridges with a total length of 1.8 kilometers spanning the Ruhr, the Rhine-Herne Canal, the Duisburg harbor basin, a multi-track Deutsche Bahn railway line and the city park. The new Duisburg interchange will have a completely new traffic routing consisting of additional overpasses and connections between the two highways.
HOCHTIEF is a global leader in delivering major infrastructure projects, with a long-standing presence in the transport sector. Due to its core expertise in bridges, tunnels, road and railway infrastructure, as well as the scalability of its business model, HOCHTIEF is very well positioned to benefit from the expected acceleration in investment following the approval by the German Bundestag of the EUR 500 billion infrastructure fund. Overall, during the last three years our order book for German projects has almost doubled to EUR 5.2 billion.
