The Canal de Huningue is a canal in eastern France connecting the

Rhine The Rhine ; french: Rhin ; nl, Rijn ; wa, Rén ; li, Rien; rm, label=Sursilvan, Rein, rm, label=Sutsilvan and Surmiran, Ragn, rm, label=Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader and Puter, Rain; it, Reno ; gsw, Rhi(n), including in Alsatian dialect, Al ...

at Huningue to Niffer. The locks are no longer operational, but the canal is navigable from Niffer until Kembs. The canal was enlarged in 1961 between

Grand Canal d'Alsace The Grand Canal of Alsace (, ) is a canal in eastern France, channeling the Upper Rhine river. It is 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) long between Kembs and Vogelgrun, and provides access to the region from the Rhine River, Basel in Switzerl ...

and

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...

. At the same time, the canal between

and Friesenheim was closed to traffic as it had been duplicated by the

. Parts of the abandoned line are being restored.

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{{coord, 47, 40, 00.0, N, 7, 30, 18.17, E, display=title, region:FR_type:river Huningue Canals opened in 1828

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