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

motorway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...

in southern

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. It is long and connects

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

Dudelange Dudelange (; lb, Diddeleng , german: Düdelingen) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 19,734 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France. , the town of Dudela ...

. At Dudelange, it reaches the French border, whereupon it meets the A31, which leads to

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

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 in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the junction between three of Luxembourg's six motorways: the western terminus of the A1 conti ...

* 1981:

- French Autoroute 31 * 21 June 1995:

Hesperange Hesperange (; lb, Hesper ; german: Hesperingen) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City. The total population of the commune is 14.701 people. This breaks down into 6.909 Luxembourgers, 2.021 Fren ...

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 Berchem service station (known locally in all languages as the ''Aire de Berchem'') is a service station on the A3 motorway in Luxembourg. It is located nearby the village of Berchem, 5 km (3 miles) south of Luxembourg City and 8 km (5 miles) no ...

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