The Autoroute 3, abbreviated to A3 or otherwise known as the Dudelange motorway ( lb, Diddelenger Autobunn, french: Autoroute de Dudelange), is a

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in southern

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. It is long and connects

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to Dudelange. At Dudelange, it reaches the

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border, whereupon it meets the A31, which leads to

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Overview

The A3 was opened in three separate sections: * 1978:

Croix de Gasperich The Croix de Gasperich ( lb, Gaasperech Kräiz, german: Gaspericher Kreuz) is a motorway Interchange (road), interchange in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the junction between three of List of motorways in Luxembourg, Luxembourg's s ...

- Dudelange * 1981: Dudelange - French Autoroute 31 * 21 June 1995: Hesperange -

The motorway has two lanes in both directions for its entire length, with the exception of a 1.3 km section on the northbound carriageway, where there are three lanes between the Livange/Bettembourg entry slip road (J2) and the Berchem service station entry slip road, where it again merges to become two lanes.

Route

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Administration des Ponts et Chaussées
Motorways in Luxembourg {{Europe-road-stub