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Road in Belgium
The N3 road in Belgium is a national road connecting the capital city Brussels to Aachen in Germany via Leuven, Tienen, Sint-Truiden and Liège. Its course is quite similar to that of European route E40 between Brussels and Aachen, which it intersects 3 times. The road runs through the 3 Belgian regions (Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia) and the 3 communities (Dutch-speaking, French-speaking and German-speaking).
Starting at the small Brussels ring road crossroad Arts-Loi in the City of Brussels, the road is first named Rue de la Loi (direction Brussels centrum) or Rue Belliard (direction Aachen), then enters the Belliard tunnel under the Cinquantenaire park before it becomes the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan past the Tervuren gate in Etterbeek. The Avenue de Tervueren then crosses the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre from the Montgomery Place, passes along the Woluwe and Parmentier parks before it joins the Chaussée de Tervueren/Tervuursesteenweg in Auderghem. Past this intersection, the N3 road comes back to Woluwe-Saint-Pierre where it crosses the Brussels Ring after which it leaves the region of Brussels for Flanders in Tervuren, Flemish Brabant.
Before it arrives to Leuven where it joins the N2 road on the Leuven Ring, the road crosses highways E40 in Bertem and E314 in Heverlee, a borough of Leuven. Between Leuven and Tienen the N3 road runs parallel to the E40 and the railroad Leuven-Tienen. Arriving in Sint-Truiden, the road enters the province of Limburg and leaves it for the Walloon province of Liège at Oreye. It intersects the E40 highway again at Loncin and then runs through the city centre of Liège and crosses the river Meuse there. Going north-east the road intersects the E40 for the 3rd time in Soumagne. The N3 finally crosses 2 municipalities of the German-speaking community (Lontzen and Kelmis). From Kelmis the German city of Aachen can be joined via the German road B264.
The N3 crosses or borders 31 municipalities in the country. 4 of them are in the Brussels Capital Region, 12 in Flemish Brabant, 2 in Limburg and 14 in Liège. Full municipality list[1] below, with main municipalities in bold.
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Municipality
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Section
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Junction
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Eastbound destinations
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Westbound destinations
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Brussels-capital Region
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City of Brussels
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Brussels- Auderghem
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 Brussels (188.737 inh.)
 R20 Brussels inner ring road
N295 Merode, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
 Belliard Tunnel
N23, E40 Brussels Ring, Liège, Antwerp (E19), Leuven, Brussels Airport
Cinquantenaire Tunnel
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Tervuren
Leuven
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Brussels
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| Etterbeek
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| Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
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R21 Atomium, Schaerbeek, Evere, Etterbeek
Tervurentunnel
N226 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (42.216 inh.)
R22 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Auderghem, Watermael-Boitsfort, Kraainem, Zaventem, Brussels Airport
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| Auderghem
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N281 Auderghem
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Brussels-capital Region /
Flanders
Flemish Brabant
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Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Tervuren
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The N3 forms the border between Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and Tervuren and between the Brussels Capital Region and Flanders.
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Flanders
Flemish Brabant
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Tervuren
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Tervuren - Leuven
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R0, Brussels Ring Waterloo, Brussels Airport, Liège (E40), Leuven (E40), Ghent (E40), Antwerp (E19), Charleroi (E19), Mons (E19), Namur (E411), Tournai (E429)
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Leuven
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| Kraainem
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| Tervuren
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Tervuren (22.852 inh.)
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| Tervuren / Wezembeek-Oppem
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The N3 forms the border between Tervuren and Wezembeek-Oppem.
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| Tervuren
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Vossem (3.810 inh.)
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| Bertem
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Leefdaal (4.487 inh.)
 22 (Bertem) E40 Brussels, Leuven, Liège, Genk (E314), Hasselt (E314)
Bertem (10.258 inh.)
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Tervuren
Brussels
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| Leuven
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Leuven
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N253 Egenhoven, Korbeek-Dijle, Huldenberg, Overijse
Terbank
R23, Leuven ring road Leuven, Brussels, Tervuren, Wavre, Namur, Tienen, Diest, Aarschot, Mechelen
Start of concurrency with R23
Leuven (102.236 inh.)
N264 Egenhoven, Brussels (E40), Genk (E314), Hasselt (E314)
 Dijle
N251 Heverlee, Oud-Heverlee, Wavre (N25), Namur (N91)
End of concurrency with R23
R23, Leuven ring road Leuven, Brussels, Tervuren, Wavre, Namur, Tienen, Diest, Aarschot, Mechelen
N292 Leuven railway station, Diest
N25 Haasrode, Oud-Heverlee, Wavre, Namur (N91)
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Tienen
Liège
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| Bierbeek
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Leuven - Tienen
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Korbeek-Lo (3.676 inh.)
Lovenjoel (2.206 inh.)
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Leuven
Brussels
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| Boutersem
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Boutersem (8.386 inh.)
N234 Tielt-Winge, Opvelp, Beauvechain
Roosbeek (1.892 inh.)
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Sint-Truiden
Liège
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| Tienen
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Tienen
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Kumtich (2.913 inh.)
R27 Sint-Truiden, Linter, Hoegaarden, Hannut, Charleroi, Namur
Tienen (35.973 inh.)
N223 Vissenaken, Lubbeek, Tielt-Winge, Aarschot
N29 Glabbeek, Bekkevoort, Diest
Start of concurrency with N29
End of concurrency with N29
N29 Hoegaarden, Jodoigne, Charleroi
R27 Hoegaarden, Hannut, Charleroi, Leuven, Namur
Hakendover (1.385 inh.)
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| Linter
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Tienen - Zoutleeuw
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Orsmaal-Gussenhoven (915 inh.)
N279, N283 Hélécine, Landen, Hannut
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Tienen
Leuven
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| Zoutleeuw
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Dormaal (780 inh.)
Halle-Booienhoven (1.943 inh.)
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| Flanders
Limburg
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Sint-Truiden
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Sint-Truiden - Heers
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Wilderen (1.464 inh.)
N3e Sint-Truiden-Center
Sint-Truiden (40.845 inh.)
N80 Gingelom, Landen, Hannut, Namur, Hasselt
N3e Sint-Truiden-Center
Brustem (2.679 inh.)
N759 Brustem, Zepperen
N789 Aalst, Jeuk
Engelmanshoven (409 inh.)
Gelinden (1.492 inh.)
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Liège
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| Heers
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Klein-Gelmen (519 inh.)
N743 Mechelen-Bovelingen, Waremme
Heers (7.457 inh.)
N784 Opheers, Veulen, Waremme, Borgloon
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Sint-Truiden
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Wallonia
Liège
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Oreye
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Oreye - Liège
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N69 Tongeren, Waremme
Oreye (4.001 inh.)
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| Crisnée
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Crisnée (3.517 inh.)
N614 Herstappe, Tongeren, Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse
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| Awans
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Villers-L'Évêque (1.796 inh.)
Hognoul (1.294 inh.)
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| Ans
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Loncin (3.060 inh.)
Ans (28.625 inh.)
N682 Saint-Nicolas
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| Liège
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Liège
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Glain (3.075 inh.)
N637 Glain, Saint-Nicolas, Grâce-Hollogne, Liège Airport
N617a Liège-Center, Liège-Guillemins railway station, Seraing, Flémalle, Huy
Liège (192.278 inh.)
N671 Herstal, Liège-Center
Meuse
N610 Droixhe, Liège-Guillemins railway station
Meuse
N90 Visé, Verviers, Seraing, Huy, Namur
Bressoux (12.214 inh.)
Grivegnée (21.034 inh.)
N665 Grivegnée, Chênée, Chaudfontaine
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 Germany (Aachen)
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| Beyne-Heusay
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Liège - Kelmis
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Beyne-Heusay (11.948 inh.)
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Liège
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| Fléron
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N621 Romsée, Vaux-sous-Chèvremont, Chaudfontaine
Fléron (16.235 inh.)
N673 Trooz
N621 Ayeneux, Olne, Soumagne-Bas
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| Soumagne
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Micheroux (1.590 inh.)
N604 Barchon, Visé
Soumagne (17.287 inh.)
37 (Herve) E40, E42 Liège, Brussels, Verviers, Eupen, Germany (Aachen)
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| Herve
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N621 Soumagne-Bas, Olne
Herve (17.674 inh.)
Battice (5.685 inh.)
N627 Dison, Verviers, Visé
N648 Aubel
E42 Verviers, Malmedy, St. Vith, Germany (Trier, Saarbrücken)
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| Thimister-Clermont
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Thimister (3.141 inh.)
Clermont-sur-Berwinne (2.467 inh.)
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| Welkenraedt
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Henri-Chapelle (2.780 inh.)
N67 Welkenraedt-Center, Eupen
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| Welkenraedt / Lontzen
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The N3 forms the border between Welkenraedt and Lontzen.
Mützhagen
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| Plombières / Lontzen
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The N3 forms the border between Plombières and Lontzen.
Birken
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| Plombières / Kelmis
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The N3 forms the border between Plombières and Kelmis. N613 Plombières, Moresnet
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| Kelmis
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Kelmis (11.229 inh.)
Neu-Moresnet (2.798 inh.)
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Continuation by B264 towards Aachen
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See also
References
50°46′39″N 5°14′51″E / 50.77754°N 5.24751°E / 50.77754; 5.24751
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