List of motorways in Belgium
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In Belgium, the motorways (Dutch: autosnelwegen; French: autoroutes; German: Autobahnen) are indicated by an A and an E (for European) number. The E numbers are used most often. Roads that are (part of) a ring road around a town or city are mostly indicated by an R number.
Since 1989, all highways are built and maintained by the governments of the three regions (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels).
For safety on motorways in Belgium,
60% of killed travelers did not wear their seat-belt;
38% of crash are impacted by speed;
around 30% of accident occur near or on a motorway exit or entry, and 5% of accidents are in a junction;
19% of drivers were stopped at the time of the accident;
13% of accidents occur in a work zone.
A1 - A12 (Radial Motorways)
This first list concerns the motorways that start from the ring of Brussels to other cities and are clockwise: A1 towards the north, A2 towards the north-east, A3 towards the east, etc.
The motorways A5, A6 and A9 have never been built.
A1 (E19)
This motorway links Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerp - to the border of the Netherlands onwards to (Breda)
Length 68 kilometres long.
Location only in the Flemish Region
A2 (E314)
This motorway links Leuven - Aarschot - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen- to the border of the Netherlands onwards to (Geleen)
Length 86 kilometres long.
Location only in the Flemish Region
A3 (E40)
Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Germany (Aachen)
A4 (E411)
Brussels - Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg (Luxembourg (city))
A7 (E19)
Halle - Nivelles - Mons - France (Valenciennes)
A8 (E429 and E42)
Halle - Tournai - France (Rijsel)
A10 (E40)
Brussels - Aalst - Ghent - Bruges - Ostend
A12
Brussels - Boom - Antwerp - Netherlands (Bergen op Zoom)
A11 - A54 (Secondary Motorways)
A11 (E34)
Antwerp - Zelzate
A13 (E34 and E313)
Antwerp - Hasselt - Liège
A14 (E17)
Antwerp - Sint-Niklaas - Ghent - Kortrijk - France (Rijsel)
A15 (E42)
La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège
A16 (E42)
Mons - Tournai
A17 (E403)
Bruges - Kortrijk - Tournai
A18 (E40)
Bruges - Veurne - France (Dunkirk)
A19
Kortrijk - Ypres
A21 (E34)
Antwerp - Turnhout - Netherlands (Eindhoven)
A25 (E25)
Liège - Visé - Netherlands (Maastricht)
A26 (E25)
Liège - Bastogne - Neufchâteau
A27 (E42)
Battice - Verviers - Malmedy - St.
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