Jena Construction Site Report for the 46th calendar week (9 to 15 November 2026)

Unless otherwise stated, you can walk or cycle past the building sites.

Note

Lobdeburg tunnel exercise (A4)

• Type: Full closure
• Duration: 7 to 8 November 2026, between 8.00 pm and 8.00 am
• Reason: This full-scale exercise also serves as preparation for the planned tunnel refurbishment (2028/2029)
• Details: Traffic on the A4 heading towards Frankfurt am Main will be diverted from the Jena-Zentrum junction via the signposted U12 diversion to the Jena-Göschwitz junction. In the direction of Dresden, the diversion runs from the Jena-Göschwitz junction to the Jena-Zentrum junction via the U37 diversion route.

Wide-area diversion

• Towards Dresden and Gera: From the Apolda junction via the signposted U81 diversion
• Towards Berlin and Leipzig: Via the A71 and then via the A38
• Towards Erfurt and Frankfurt am Main: Via the A38 towards Göttingen
• Signs at the Erfurter Kreuz and Rippachtal junctions will indicate the tunnel closure.

New closures / traffic disruptions

Camburger Straße

• Type: Single-carriageway closure
• Location: between Scharnhorststraße and Nollendorfer Hof
• Duration: 9 to 12 November 2026, from 08:00 to 15:30 each day
• Reason: Tree maintenance work

Löbstedter Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: House numbers 49a to 64
• Duration: 10 November 2026, for approx. 2 hours
• Reason: Joint repair work
• Details: Buses will be permitted to use the road whilst the work is in progress.

Commemoration of the November Pogroms (9 November 2026)

• Type: Traffic restrictions and full road closures
• Location: entire city area
• Duration: 9 November 2026, from 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm
• Reason: Public gathering
• Details: The carriageway will be completely closed in Zwätzengasse, Bachstraße, Neugasse and at Westbahnhof.

Restrictions on local transport

• From 16:00 until approximately 18:30, Löbstedter Straße will be completely closed at the Kommunalservice Jena site.
• During this time, bus route 43 will be diverted in both directions via Am Alten Gaswerk, Wiesenstraße and Loquitzweg. The Loquitzweg stop cannot be served during the closure and will be omitted without replacement.
• From 6.00 pm until approximately 7.45 pm, Westbahnhofstraße will be closed to traffic. This may result in changes to bus routes and delays. Depending on traffic conditions, bus routes 15 and 410 will either terminate in the city centre or continue along Magdelstieg, turning round at Kochplatz before heading back towards the city centre.
• Up-to-date information is available via the timetable enquiry service, the MeinJena app and the transport operators’ digital information channels.

Moritz-von-Rohr-Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: House numbers 4 to 6
• Duration: 9 to 20 November 2026
• Reason: Civil engineering works (separation of district heating service connections)
• Details: The closure can be bypassed via Carl-Zeiss-Promenade and Tatzendpromenade.

Notice

Karl-Liebknecht-Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: between Geschwister-Scholl-Straße and Magnus-Poser-Straße
• Duration: 16 November to 18 December 2026
• Reason: Track works
• Details: The diversion runs via Jenzigweg – Wiesenstraße – Am Anger. Cyclists will be diverted via residential streets. Trams and buses are permitted to pass through the construction zone.

Eisenberger Straße

• Type: Single-lane closure
• Duration: 16 to 20 November 2026
• Reason: Road surface repairs
• Details: The works will be carried out in three phases, starting from the outskirts of Jena and continuing as far as the petrol station in Wogau.

Completed closures

August-Bebel-Straße

• Major refurbishment has been completed.

Kahlaische Straße / Mühlenstraße

• Track refurbishment has been completed.

Kritzegraben / Thomas-Mann-Straße / Sankt-Jakob-Straße

• Civil engineering works have been completed.

OBI Tunnel

• The footpath/cycle path has been upgraded.

Current road closures

Bernhard-Schultze-Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Duration: until 27 November 2026
• Reason: major refurbishment involving utility and sewer works
• Details: The works will be carried out in two phases. A diversion will be signposted.
  • Phase 1: Am Steinborn from Löbichauer Straße to Bernhard-Schultze-Straße
  • Phase 2: Am Steinborn to Klopfleischstraße

Carl-Zeiss-Platz

• Type: Full road closure
• Location: House numbers 12 to 14
• Duration: until 31 December 2026
• Reason: Refurbishment and new construction of the German Museum of Optics

2x Dornburger Straße

• Type: Various closures
• Location: No. 6
• Duration: until 30 June 2027
• Reason: New-build construction
• Details: A one-way system is in place heading into town. The cordoned-off area is being used for site facilities and for loading and unloading. Heading out of town, the diversion is via Spitzweidenweg and Nollendorfer Straße.

• Type: Half-lane closure
• Location: Near Friedrich-Wolf-Straße
• Duration: until 27 November 2026
• Reason: Renovation of level crossing
• Details:The eastern footpath is closed; the western footpath remains open.

Erfurter Straße and Humboldtstraße

• Type: Half-width closure
• Duration: until 27 November 2026
• Reason: Civil engineering works for fibre-optic cables
• Details: The roadworks will be carried out as a moving worksite, starting in the Erfurter Straße area. Further along, Humboldtstraße will then be affected.

Göschwitzer Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: Behind the property access road to the premises at Göschwitzer Straße 7, 7a and 7b, along a private lane as far as the existing gas pressure regulating station
• Duration: until 30 November 2026
• Reason: Gas pipeline expansion
• Details: Access to the aforementioned residential properties will be maintained via a temporary construction access road. Further information can be found at www.stadtwerke-jena-netze.de/baustellen

Forstweg (bridge)

• Type: Full closure
• Location: between house numbers 12 and 24
• Duration: until 20 December 2026
• Reason: Replacement of the bridge
• Details: The road is accessible from both directions only as far as the bridge. Depending on the construction work, there may also be parking and stopping restrictions.
  The pedestrian bridge may be used from Friday (14:30) to Monday (07:00). On weekdays, please use the diversion via Kochstraße, Magdelstieg and Hornstraße.
  All road users are again urged to follow the existing traffic management arrangements at all times. There is a significant risk to life in the vicinity of the building site due to the excavation pit.

Fritz-Reuter-Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Duration: until 13 November 2026
• Reason: Reconstruction of drinking water, combined sewer and electrical cables
• Details: The works will be carried out in two phases. A diversion will be signposted.
  • Phase 1: From Kronfeldstraße to Viktor-von-Scheffel-Weg
  • Phase 2: From Viktor-von-Scheffel-Weg to Tatzendpromenade

Isserstedt Main Road

• Type: Half-lane closure
• Duration: until 13 November 2026
• Reason: Underground works (gas, drinking water, sewerage and electricity)
• Details: Traffic is controlled by traffic lights.

Knebelstraße

• Type: Half-lane closure in the direction of Fischergasse
• Location: Near the Volksbad
• Duration: until 18 December 2026
• Reason: Construction work at the Gleisdreieck
• Details: Kahlaische Straße remains accessible. Traffic will be diverted via Grietgasse towards Fischergasse and Löbdergraben. From Grietgasse, it will then only be possible to turn into Kahlaische Straße.

Lessingstraße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: between Fröbelstieg and Max-Wien-Platz
• Duration: until 31 December 2026
• Reason: Civil engineering works and construction site transport
• Details: The roadworks can be bypassed via Helmholtzweg.

Löbdergraben

• Type: One-way closure
• Location: Steinweg to Fischergasse
• Duration: until 18 December 2026
• Reason: Civil engineering works (repair to power line)
• Details:The construction work will begin at Fischergasse and will proceed in sections towards Steinweg. Traffic diversions will be in placeas the workprogresses . Currently, traffic is being diverted via the left-turn lane at Fischergasse 1.

Lützowstraße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: From house number 30 to Wildenbruchstraße 25
• Duration: until 18 December 2026
• Reason: major roadworks

Naumburger Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: From the outskirts of Jena to Rowena-Morse-Straße
• Duration: Construction phase 1 until 30 November 2026
• Reason: Extensive infrastructure works (renewal of the road, footpaths and cycle paths, utility lines, tram line extension)
• Details: The diversion is extensive in both directions, running from Camburg / Rodameuschel via the L1070 to Trotz, and from Trotz on the B7 via Bürgel to Jena. The junction with Carl-Orff-Straße Süd remains open to traffic at all times.
• More information on the project: jena.de/ausbau-jena-nord

Otto-Schott-Straße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: from Kronfeldstraße towards Schleidenstraße
• Duration: until 20 November 2026
• Reason: District heating expansion
• Details: The diversion is via Magdelstieg.
  • Construction phase 2: Viktor-von-Scheffel-Weg to Tatzendpromenade

Paradiesbrücke

• Type: Closures of tracks and footpaths/cycle paths
• Duration: until approx. 31 March 2027
• Reason: Renovation of the tram line
• Details: Pedestrians and cyclists will be diverted via the adjacent footpath on Stadtrodaer Straße. Paradies station can only be accessed via the footpath on Knebelstraße.
  The works will be carried out in three construction phases.
• Phase 1 (29 June to 15 December 2026): Closure of the section of track from Paradiesbrücke up to and including the Paradiesbahnhof stop. Changes to the route network for lines 1, 4 and 5.
• Phase 2 (spring 2027): Closure of the section of track between the Paradiesbahnhof stop and the Holzmarkt junction. This construction phase will result in the suspension of tram services and the division of the network into a northern and a southern section.
• 3. Construction phase (spring 2027): Refurbishment of the small level crossing at the access road to Paradiesbahnhof – with no disruption to local transport services.
• Up-to-date information, detailed network maps and timetable changes: www.stadtwerke-jena.de/gleisbau-paradies

Saalebrücke in the Oberaue

• Type: Temporary closures
• Duration: 30 September 2027
• Location: Near USV
• Details: The closures will be implemented depending on the work to be carried out and will be communicated in good time . The diversion for pedestrians and cyclists will be via the Lichtenhainer Bridge.

Saalstraße

• Type: Temporary full closure
• Location: Near house numbers 9 to 10
• Duration: until 6 November 2026
• Reason: Work on the district heating pipeline
• Details: As part of the construction work, there will be a temporary full closure lasting 3 to 4 days. The diversion for motor vehicles is via Unterlauengasse. The diversion for pedestrians and cyclists will be signposted.

Diversion for pedestrians and cyclists on Saalstraße

© Streicher

Sankt-Jakob-Straße

• Type: Full closure of the southbound carriageway
• Location: between Kritzegraben and Spittelplatz
• Duration: until 31 December 2026
• Reason: major redevelopment of the area
• Details: The footpath and cycle path will be diverted via Philosophenweg towards Sankt-Jakob-Straße. Kritzegraben, Am Planetarium and Sophienstraße remain fully open to traffic.

Theobald-Renner-Straße

• Type: Partial closure and full closure
• Duration: until 30 November 2026
• Reason: Road resurfacing
• Details: Traffic congestion is expected.
  • Properties and car parks remain accessible.
  • The full closure at house number 2 can be bypassed via the Theobold-Renner-Straße loop.
• Access to the swimming pool and car park is guaranteed.

Thomas-Mann-Straße

• Type: Change to traffic routing
• Location: between Nollendorfer Straße and Hufelandweg
• Duration: until 20 November 2026
• Reason: Complete resurfacing of the road
• Details: The removal of the natural stone paving and the laying of a new bituminous surface course are intended to improve road conditions. The construction project is divided into two phases.
  • Phase 1: House numbers 34 to 23a
  • Phase 2: House numbers 23a to 3
  • The one-way system will be suspended so that properties not located within the construction zone can be accessed.

Tümplingstraße

• Type: Full closure
• Location: From house number 1 to the junction with Tautenburger Straße
• Start: 8 September 2026
• Reason: Underground works (gas and electricity)
• Details: The diversion is via Charlottenstraße and Schlippenstraße.