diff --git a/Contractor/ContractionCleanup.h b/Contractor/ContractionCleanup.h
index c9aa6775f..c198dee92 100644
--- a/Contractor/ContractionCleanup.h
+++ b/Contractor/ContractionCleanup.h
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     void Run() {
-        double time = _Timestamp();
         RemoveUselessShortcuts();
-        time = _Timestamp() - time;
-        cout << "Postprocessing Time: " << time << " s" << endl;
     }
 
     template< class EdgeT >
diff --git a/Contractor/Contractor.h b/Contractor/Contractor.h
index bfc6ca1ce..250a922b0 100644
--- a/Contractor/Contractor.h
+++ b/Contractor/Contractor.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     template< class InputEdge >
-    void checkForAllOrigEdges(std::vector< InputEdge >& inputEdges)
+    void CheckForAllOrigEdges(std::vector< InputEdge >& inputEdges)
     {
         for(unsigned int i = 0; i < inputEdges.size(); i++)
         {
@@ -295,6 +295,29 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+    template< class InputEdge >
+    void ComputeTurnInfoVector(std::vector< InputEdge >& inputEdges, std::vector<bool> * forwardTurnInfo, std::vector<bool> * backwardTurnInfo)
+    {
+        forwardTurnInfo->resize(inputEdges.size(), false);
+        backwardTurnInfo->resize(inputEdges.size(), false);
+        for(unsigned n = 0; n < inputEdges.size(); n++) {
+            if(inputEdges[n].data.forward)
+            {
+                NodeID target = inputEdges[n].target;
+                if(_graph->BeginEdges(target)+1 < _graph->EndEdges(target)) {
+                    forwardTurnInfo->at(n) = true;
+                }
+            }
+            if(inputEdges[n].data.backward)
+            {
+                NodeID source = inputEdges[n].source;
+                if(_graph->BeginEdges(source)+1 < _graph->EndEdges(source)) {
+                    backwardTurnInfo->at(n) = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     void Run() {
         const NodeID numberOfNodes = _graph->GetNumberOfNodes();
         _LogData log;
@@ -480,7 +503,6 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-
     double _Timestamp() {
         return time(NULL);
     }
diff --git a/createHierarchy.cpp b/createHierarchy.cpp
index ec24d5738..898a6d100 100644
--- a/createHierarchy.cpp
+++ b/createHierarchy.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     contractor->Run();
 
     cout << "checking data sanity ..." << flush;
-    contractor->checkForAllOrigEdges(edgeList);
+    contractor->CheckForAllOrigEdges(edgeList);
     cout << "ok" << endl;
     std::vector< ContractionCleanup::Edge > contractedEdges;
     contractor->GetEdges( contractedEdges );
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     std::vector< GridEdge> cleanedEdgeList;
     cleanup->GetData(cleanedEdgeList);
 
+    cout << "computing turn vector info ..." << flush;
+    vector<bool> * forwardTurnInfo = new vector<bool>();
+    vector<bool> * backwardTurnInfo = new vector<bool>();
+    contractor->ComputeTurnInfoVector(cleanedEdgeList, forwardTurnInfo, backwardTurnInfo);
+    assert(backwardTurnInfo->size() == forwardTurnInfo->size());
+    //todo: serialize info somewhere
+    cout << "ok" << endl;
+
     ofstream edgeOutFile(edgeOut, ios::binary);
 
     //Serializing the edge list.
@@ -182,5 +190,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
     delete cleanup;
     delete contractor;
+    delete forwardTurnInfo;
+    delete backwardTurnInfo;
     cout << "finished" << endl;
 }