A13 motorway (Luxembourg)

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.

Autoroute 13
Autobunn 13
Liaison avec la Sarre
Collectrice du Sud
Route information
Length42.310 km (26.290 mi)
ExistedDecember 1990–present
HistoryCompleted on 24 July 2003
Major junctions
West endPétange
 Sanem
Differdange
Schifflange
Frisange
Mondorf-les-Bains
Schengen
East end Bundesautobahn 8 for Saarlouis
Highway system
Motorways in Luxembourg

Overview

For its western 20.4 kilometres, until it reaches Lankelz, it is known as the South collector road (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:

Route
Junctions and structures
Biff roundabout N5 / N31
(J1) Bascharage N31
(J2) Sanem
(J3) Differdange
Aessen Tunnel
Ehlerange Tunnel
(J4) Ehlerange
Lankelz Junction A4
(J5) Lallange N4
Esch Junction A4
(J6) Schifflange
(J7) Kayl
(J8) Burange N31
Croix de Bettembourg A3
(J9) Hellange N13
Frisange Tunnel
(J10) Frisange N3
(J11) Altwies N16
Altwies Viaduct
Mondorf-les-Bains Tunnel
(J12) Mondorf-les-Bains N16
Markusbierg Tunnel
(J13) Schengen N10
Schengen Viaduct
Border with Germany A8

References
  1. "Evolution du réseau autoroutier" (in French). Administration des Ponts et Chaussées. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2008.


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