Craeybeckx tunnel | |
Status: | In use |
Route: | A1 (E19) |
Opened: | 1981 |
Traffic: | cars |
Toll: | no |
Length: | 1600 m |
Lanes: | 4 (per tube) |
The Craeybeckx tunnel (in Dutch Craeybeckxtunnel and fully Lode Craeybeckxtunnel) is a road tunnel in Antwerp built in 1981 to reduce the noise from the traffic, for the benefit of the Sint-Augustinus hospital and the Middelheim hospital.The tunnel is 1600 m long and is the widest in Belgium. The construction is named after Lode Craeybeckx, the mayor of Antwerp between 1947 and 1976.Approximately 120.000 vehicles pass the tunnel every day. [1]