Craeybeckx Tunnel
Appearance
Overview | |
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Status | In use |
Route | A1 (E19) |
Operation | |
Opened | 1981 |
Traffic | cars |
Toll | no |
Technical | |
Length | 1600 m |
No. of lanes | 4 (per tube) |
Route map | |
The Craeybeckx tunnel (in Dutch Craeybeckxtunnel and fully Lode Craeybeckxtunnel) is a road tunnel in Antwerp built in 1981 to reduce the noise from the traffic, for the benefit of the Sint-Augustinus hospital and the Middelheim hospital. The tunnel is 1600 m long and is the widest in Belgium. The construction is named after Lode Craeybeckx, the mayor of Antwerp between 1947 and 1976. Approximately 120.000 vehicles pass the tunnel every day. [1]