State of national motorway network, 2009. Fedro

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A new 2.8km stretch of the national motorway network south of Zurich has opened, filling a gap that connects northeastern Switzerland with Lucerne. Lucerne  is now 35 minutes by road from Zurich on a good day. The federal roads office (Fedro) says the new road through the region of Knonau, southwest of Zurich, will lighten traffic on the cantonal and local roads in that area, and generally make traffic between northeastern Switzerland and the southern parts of the country easier.

But it will also have a negative impact on some parts of the autoroute, with the new connection likely to attract more traffic on Zurich’s northern A1 bypass which will only later be widened to six lanes, as well as on access roads to Lucerne.

Western bypass of Zurich, recently opened. Fedro

The A4 addition and the recently opened western bypass of the city of Zurich means a total of 26km of new roads have opened in 2009. Fedro says that the national road network conceived and begun in 1960 will be completed over the next 15 years.

Federal Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger opened the new section of A4 Friday 13 November.

Links to other  sites: Fedro, Le Temps

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