A13 motorway (Luxembourg)

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Autoroute 13
Autobunn 13
Liaison avec la Sarre
Collectrice du Sud
Route 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
Schengen
East end: Germany Bundesautobahn 8 for Saarlouis
Highway system
Motorways in 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.

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
(J1) Pétange 5 / 31
(J2) Sanem
(J3) Differdange
Aessen Tunnel
Ehlerange Tunnel
(J4) Ehlerange
Lankelz Junction
(J5) Lallange 4
Esch Junction
(J6) Schifflange
(J7) Kayl
(J8) Burange 31
Croix de Bettembourg
(J9) Hellange 13
Frisange Tunnel
(J10) Frisange 3
(J11) Altwies 16
Altwies Viaduct
Mondorf-les-Bains Tunnel
(J12) Mondorf-les-Bains 16
Markusbierg Tunnel
(J13) Schengen 10
Schengen Viaduct
Germany Border with Germany

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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