The A14 motorway, an

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in central

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, is a divided highway connecting the A2 with the A4,"Die Schweitzer Autobahnen", web: Autobahnen.ch within the

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. The A14 is congruent with the

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N14 and part of the main traffic artery between the Innerschweitz and the metropolitan area

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. It runs mostly along the

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, which it twice crosses. The second bridge on the Reuss is the second highest bridge in the

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Notes

References

* "Die Schweitzer Autobahnen", Autobahnen.ch, 2009, web
Autobahnen.ch
(with sub-webpage for A14). * More sources in " Motorways of Switzerland".

External links

Photo-series: A14 on Autobahnen.ch

Buchrain Connection/Shuttle Rontal (Canton Lucerne)
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