European route E313

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colspan="2" | A-wegBE|13
"Koning Boudewijnsnelweg"
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colspan="2" | Afritten & knooppunten

The European route E313 is a road in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network. Approximately 120 kilometers (75 miles) long, it connects the Belgian port city of Antwerp to Liège, the commercial and industrial centre of Wallonia. It runs thus entirely within Belgium: however, it does cross the language frontier within Belgium between the Dutch speaking north and the French speaking south which affects the roadside route signs and safety-message posters. From the junction at Ranst where it splits from the E34, it follows the Belgian A13.

It also serves the same industrial belt as the Albert Canal, the route of which generally runs close to the E 313. For much of the western end of the road the width of the strip of land between the road and the waterway is too narrow for residential use, and the land has instead been put to good use for industrial developments, notably in the area of Herentals. The other major city served by the E313 is Hasselt, the capital of Belgian Limburg.

The road is also known as the Boudewijnsnelweg (King Baudoin motorway). This name has been given less prominence in recent years, however, especially since the death in 1993 of King Baudoin.

Characterised at the end of the twentieth century by its poor surface, much of the road was renovated at the start of the twenty-first century. The E313 is an autoroute quality road, though east of the split with the E34 it still has only two lanes in each direction.

The route

ources and further reading

*Dutch|Europese weg 313|2008-05-17
*Dutch|A13 (België)|2008-05-17