A7 Hamburg & Elbe Tunnel Closure – September Update

Audio: Another 55-hour A7 closure in September (1 min)

Status: 19.08.2025 2:25 p.m.

The Elbe tunnel is once again fully blocked for 55 hours. This time the Autobahn 7 is blocked on the last weekend in September. Autobahn GmbH in Hamburg announced this on Tuesday.

It is the next weekend of the A7 that is announced by nine announced weekends in Hamburg. From Friday evening, the 26. September10 p.m. to Monday morning, the 29. September5 a.m., the highway between the junctions is Stellingen and Heimfeld closed in both directions – again 55 hours and on both sides of the Elbe tunnel.

New traffic sign bridges and software check

Again traffic sign bridges are installed and the software of the Elbe tunnel calculator is checked again. The Elbe tunnel and the three noise protection tunnels in Schnelsen, Stellingen and Altona get a common control center.

Large diversions planned

As always, there is a large -scale detour via the A1, A21 and B205. Coming south from the Buchholzer Dreieck / Horster Dreieck via the Maschener Kreuz motorway junction further on the A1. Coming from the north from the Neumünster-Süd junction on the B205.

Further planned A7 closures 2025 at a glance:

  • 17.10. – 20.10. Elbtunnel – maintenance and technology in tunnel operation
  • 7.11. – 10.11. Hochstraße K20 – Further construction and testing measures
  • 14.11. – 17.11. Tunnel Stellingen – maintenance, technology and exams
  • 6.12. – 7.12. Hochstraße K20 – Working in the main tunnel at night
Traffic jam in front of the Elbe tunnel in Hamburg

Calculum, construction sites, hazards and disabilities on the streets – the current traffic situation in and around Hamburg.

Cars drive on the A7 in the area of the noise protection tunnel.

Due to the blocking of the highway, the diversions in and around Hamburg had a long traffic jam.

Traffic builds up on the A7 Amhorster triangle.

According to Autobahn GmbH, the A7 was released on Friday afternoon. Damage in concrete was discovered during construction work.

Traffic jam on the A1 motorway in Hamburg to the south.

Due to many events at the weekend, the construction work on the Elbe tunnel came at a difficult time. The closure has been lifted again since Sunday evening.

Workers on a sign bridge over the fully locked A7 in Hamburg.

Large projects make numerous closures on the A7 necessary over the course of the year. The Elbe tunnel is also affected on several weekends.

The computer graphic shows what the widened Langenfeld bridge in Hamburg should look like.

The A7 in Hamburg is expanded. NDR.de informs about the construction project and the current traffic situation.

This topic in the program:

NDR 90.3 | NDR 90.3 Current | 19.08.2025 | 1:00 p.m.

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