A13 motorway (Luxembourg)

(Redirected from South collector road)

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.

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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
Major intersectionsSanem
Differdange
Schifflange
Frisange
Mondorf-les-Bains
Schengen
East endGermany Bundesautobahn 8 for Saarlouis
Location
CountryLuxembourg
Highway system

Overview

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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: Saarautobunn).

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

Route

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Junctions and structures
  Biff roundabout   N 5 /   N 31
  (J1) Bascharage   N 31
  (J2) Sanem
  (J3) Differdange
  Aessen Tunnel
  Ehlerange Tunnel
  (J4) Ehlerange
  Lankelz Junction   A 4
  (J5) Lallange   N 4
  Esch Junction   A 4
  (J6) Schifflange
  (J7) Kayl
  (J8) Burange   N 31
  Croix de Bettembourg   A 3
  (J9) Hellange   N 13
  Frisange Tunnel
  (J10) Frisange   N 3
  (J11) Altwies   N 16
  Altwies Viaduct
  Mondorf-les-Bains Tunnel
  (J12) Mondorf-les-Bains   N 16
  Markusbierg Tunnel
  (J13) Schengen   N 10
  Schengen Viaduct
  Border with Germany   A 8

References

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  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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