Luxembourg’s new highway tunnel

Luxembourg’s A7 highway will be connected fully to the rest of the country’s highway network shortly. Work is close to completion on the Strafelter tunnel, which will provide the link. The Nortdstrasse project is costing a total of €680 million and will connect Mersch and Luxembourg.
July 3, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Luxembourg’s A7 highway will be connected fully to the rest of the country’s highway network shortly. Work is close to completion on the Strafelter tunnel, which will provide the link. The Nortdstrasse project is costing a total of €680 million and will connect Mersch and Luxembourg.

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