EU support will help pay for upgrades to Germany’s A3 autobahn

EU support will help pay for work to the German A3 autobahn between the major cities of Frankfurt and Nürnberg. Co-financing worth just over €6 million will come from the TEN-T Programme a project to expand and upgrade the busy A3 autobahn. The initiative, which was selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Annual Call, involves the upgrade of nearly 8km of the A3 Frankfurt-Nürnberg autobahn to three lanes in each direction - from east of the Kauppen Bridge to west of junction 64 (at Rohrbrunn). Presently t
January 30, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
EU support will help pay for work to the German A3 autobahn between the major cities of Frankfurt and Nürnberg. Co-financing worth just over €6 million will come from the TEN-T Programme a project to expand and upgrade the busy A3 autobahn. The initiative, which was selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Annual Call, involves the upgrade of nearly 8km of the A3 Frankfurt-Nürnberg autobahn to three lanes in each direction - from east of the Kauppen Bridge to west of junction 64 (at Rohrbrunn). Presently the route has just two lanes in each direction and features a standard width of 30m. In the future, the A3 will have a six-lane cross-section with an expanded width of 36m. Once finalised, the project is expected to raise the safety and capacity of a key German and European east-west road link. The project will be monitored by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) and is set to be completed by the end of 2015.
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