Route du Nord - pabeigts!

(JB)

Readers can be

among the first to

travel (virtually) in a

Luxembourg motorway

tunnel before it opens to the

public thanks to an exclusive

video produced by the Luxemburger Wort.

The tunnel and road stretching 8.5 kilometres

between Waldhof and Lorentzweiler mark the last

link in the chain for the A7 motorway or Route du Nord.

It opens to motorists for the first time on September 23, 2015,

enabling vehicles to access the northern motorway without

passing through congested urban areas. Work began to

extend the northern motorway 18 years ago. A first

section linking Kirchberg and Waldhof opened

in 2002, followed by another linking Mersch

and Lorentzweiler in 2008. The last section

of the 700 million-euro project suffered

a number of setbacks. With the new

section complete, the motorway

will span a total distance

of 31.5 kilometres.    Before the road and tunnel

open to traffic, this Sunday runners participating

in the Tunnellaf can get a sneak peek at the area.