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Abandoned A4 Motorway – Hambach Lake loop from Merzenich

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Düren

Merzenich

Abandoned A4 Motorway – Hambach Lake loop from Merzenich

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4.6

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Abandoned A4 Motorway – Hambach Lake loop from Merzenich

02:39

39.7km

110m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 20, 2026

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Lindenberger Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.63 km

Morschenicher Forest

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5.37 km

Abandoned A4 Motorway

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This section has been fallow since 2014. In 2014, the new section of the A4 was connected to the existing A4. RWE covered 70 million of the 153 million construction …

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5.42 km

Old A4 Ghost Highway (A4 Old West)

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The look at the old A4 has something of an apocalyptic mood

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5.89 km

View of the Coal Transfer Railway Yard

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Something else is certainly beautiful, but somehow impressive

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7.66 km

RWE Bucket Wheel Excavator Shovel

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A short detour to the paddle wheel, then further north!

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14.8 km

Lindenberger Wald

Forest

21.5 km

Jülich Market Square

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Nice opportunity for a stopover, several restaurants with outdoor catering

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29.4 km

Hambach Lake

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The Hambach opencast mine is located in the Rhenish lignite mining area, between Jülich and Elsdorf. The pit is currently approximately 350 meters deep. Part of the overburden has been …

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31.0 km

View of the Eifel

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Beautiful, relaxed place to linger, route easily accessible by bike

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37.5 km

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Forest

39.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.2 km

6.87 km

3.74 km

3.64 km

304 m

Surfaces

22.3 km

8.96 km

5.12 km

1.79 km

1.50 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 24 May

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Abandoned A4 Motorway – Hambach Lake loop from Merzenich

Morschenicher Forest

Abandoned A4 Motorway

Old A4 Ghost Highway (A4 Old West)

View of the Coal Transfer Railway Yard

RWE Bucket Wheel Excavator Shovel

Jülich Market Square

Hambach Lake

View of the Eifel

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