A1 motorway (Luxembourg)

The Autoroute 1, abbreviated to A1 or otherwise known as the Trier motorway (Luxembourgish: Tréierer Autobunn, French: Autoroute de Trèves), is a motorway in Luxembourg. It is 36.203 kilometres (22.496 mi) long and connects Luxembourg City, in the south, to Wasserbillig, in the east. A few hundred metres to the north of Wasserbillig, it reaches the German border, whereupon it becomes the A64, which leads to Trier.

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Autoroute 1
Autobunn 1
Autoroute de Trèves
Route information
Part of E44
Length36.203 km (22.496 mi)
Existed1969–present
HistoryCompleted: 23 September 1996
Major junctions
Western endCroix de Gasperich for
Luxembourg City, A3, A6
Major intersectionsKirchberg
Luxembourg Airport
Munsbach
Mertert
Wasserbillig
Eastern endGermany
Sauer Valley Bridge & Bundesautobahn 64
for Trier
Location
CountryLuxembourg
Highway system

Overview

Originally a connection from Luxembourg City to Luxembourg Airport, at Senningerberg, in 1969, the A1 was extended in three stages from 1988 to 1992 to connect to the German border. From 1994 to 1996, two more sections were opened, bypassing the south-east of Luxembourg City and connecting the A1 to the Croix de Gasperich, where it meets the A3 (to Dudelange) and A6 (towards Arlon, in Belgium).

In all, the A1 was opened in six separate sections:

Route
Junctions and structures
Croix de Gasperich A 3 / A 6
Howald Tunnel
Victor Bodson Bridge
(J7) Hamm / Sandweiler N 2
Cents Tunnel
Neudorf Viaduct
/ (J8) Kirchberg / Grunewald Junction N 51 / A 7
(J9) Senningerberg / Airport
(J10) Cargo Centre
(J11) Munsbach
Syre Viaduct
(J12) Flaxweiler
(J13) Potaschbierg N 1
(J14) Mertert
(J15) Wasserbillig
/ Wasserbillig services
Germany Border with Germany A 64

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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