A9 (Switzerland)
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The A9 motorway, 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 western Switzerland, is a divided highway connecting from Ballaigues (in northwest) to southwestern Switzerland."Die Schweitzer Autobahnen", web: Autobahnen.ch It is part of the National Road N9. "Rhone-Autobahn A9", 2009, web:
Rhone-Autobahn A9
It is double-tracked as a divided highway (directionally separated) in most sections. The N9/A9 runs from Ballaigues on the French border via
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, Sion, Brig on the
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up to
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on the Italian border. The line
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- Gamsen is still under construction and not passable. The construction of this line will cost 2270 million CHF: it is funded at 4% by the Canton of Valais and at 96% by the Swiss federal government.


Major engineering works

The following are major construction projects underway along A9: * ''Sierre-Gamsen-VS'' line


Junction list


Notes


References

* "Die Schweizer Autobahnen", Autobahnen.ch, 2009, web
Autobahnen.ch
(with sub-webpage for A9). * More sources in "
Motorways of Switzerland Switzerland has a two-class highway system: motorways with separated roads for oncoming traffic and a standard maximal speed limit of , and expressways often with oncoming traffic and a standard maximal speed limit of . Autobahnen in German, aut ...
".


External links


Rhone-Autobahn A9

Photos: A9 on Autobahnen.ch






(traffic-control center) {{Coord, 46.425833, N, 6.929884, E, display=title A09