- A13 motorway (Luxembourg)
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Autoroute 13 Liaison avec la Sarre
Collectrice du SudRoute information Length: 42.310 km (26.290 mi) Existed: December 1990 – present History: Completed on 24 July 2003 Major junctions West end: Pétange Sanem
Differdange
Schifflange
Frisange
Mondorf-les-Bains
SchengenEast end: Bundesautobahn 8 for Saarlouis
Highway system The Autoroute 13, abbreviated to A13, is a motorway in southern Luxembourg. It is 42.310 kilometres (26.290 mi) long and connects Pétange to Schengen, via all the largest towns in the Red Lands. At Schengen, it reaches the German border, whereupon it meets the A8, which crosses southern Germany.
For its western 20.4 kilometres, until it reaches Lankelz, it is known as the Collector road of the South (French: Collectrice du Sud). For its eastern 21.9 kilometres, it is known as the Connection with the Saar (French: Liaison avec la Sarre).
In all, the A13 was opened in eight separate sections:
- December 1990: Bascharage - Sanem
- 1993: Pétange - Bascharage
- October 1993: Kayl - Burange
- January 1994: Schifflange - Kayl
- 3 June 1994: Sanem - Lankelz
- 3 June 1994: Esch-sur-Alzette - Schifflange
- July 1995: Rodange - Pétange
- 24 July 2003: Hellange - Schengen[1]
Route
Junctions and structures Biff roundabout (J1)
Pétange (J2) Sanem (J3)
Differdange Aessen Tunnel Ehlerange Tunnel (J4)
Ehlerange Lankelz Junction A4 (J5)
Lallange Esch Junction A4 (J6)
Schifflange (J7)
Kayl (J8)
Burange Croix de Bettembourg A3 (J9)
Hellange Frisange Tunnel (J10)
Frisange (J11) Altwies Altwies Viaduct Mondorf-les-Bains Tunnel (J12)
Mondorf-les-Bains Markusbierg Tunnel (J13)
Schengen Schengen Viaduct Border with Germany A 8 Footnotes
- ^ (French) "Evolution du réseau autoroutier". Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. http://www.pch.public.lu/reseau_routier/autoroutes/evolution/index.html. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
External links
- (French) Administration des Ponts et Chaussées - Liaison avec le Sarre
- (French) Administration des Ponts et Chaussées - Collectrice du Sud
Motorways in Luxembourg Categories:- Motorways in Luxembourg
- Luxembourg transport stubs
- Europe road stubs
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