A13 motorway (Luxembourg) explained

Country:LUX
Type:A
Route:13
Alternate Name:Liaison avec la Sarre
Collectrice du Sud
Map:Luxembourg A13.png
Length Km:42.310
Length Round:3
Direction A:West
Terminus A:Pétange
Direction B:East
Terminus B: Bundesautobahn 8 for Saarlouis
Junction:Sanem
Differdange
Schifflange
Frisange
Mondorf-les-Bains
Schengen
Formed:December 1990
History:Completed on 24 July 2003

The Autoroute 13, abbreviated to A13, is a motorway in southern Luxembourg. It is 42.31km (26.29miles) 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.

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), or Saar Autobahn (Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch: Saarautobunn).

In all, the A13 was opened in eight separate sections:

Route

Junctions and structures
Biff roundabout /
(J1)Bascharage
(J2)Sanem
(J3)Differdange
Aessen Tunnel
Ehlerange Tunnel
(J4)Ehlerange
Lankelz Junction
(J5)Lallange
Esch Junction
(J6)Schifflange
(J7)Kayl
(J8)Burange
Croix de Bettembourg
(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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evolution du réseau autoroutier . 29 December 2008 . Administration des Ponts et Chaussées . 24 January 2008 . fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303095145/http://www.pch.public.lu/reseau_routier/autoroutes/evolution/index.html . 3 March 2009 .