The Autoroute 6, abbreviated to A6 or otherwise known as the Arlon motorway ( lb, Areler Autobunn, french: Autoroute d'Arlon), 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 and western

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. It is long and connects

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, in the south, to Kleinbettingen, in the west. At Kleinbettingen, it reaches the Belgian border, whereupon it meets the A4, which leads to

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

via Arlon and

Namur Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namu ...

Overview

The A6 forms part of the E25 from Hook of Holland in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

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. The A6 was opened in three separate sections: * 1976:

Croix de Cessange The Croix de Cessange ( lb, Zéissenger Kräiz, german: Zessinger Kreuz) is a motorway interchange in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the junction between two of Luxembourg's six motorways: the A6, on the bypass around the southw ...

- Strassen * 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 ...

* 1982: Strassen - Belgian Autoroute 4 at Kleinbettingen

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