The European route E 313 is a road in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network. Approximately 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 Flanders and the French speaking Wallonia 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 E 313 is Hasselt, the capital of the Belgian province of Limburg.
Characterised at the end of the 20th century by its poor surface, much of the road was renovated at the start of the 21st century. The E 313 is an autoroute quality road, though east of the split with the E 34 it still has only two lanes in each direction.
The route E 313 Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers) - Liège (Luik, Lüttich)StateNational Road NumberSectionJunction (national numbering) Pan European road connections ......Province Antwerp A13 Antwerp east - Ranst A 13 Antwerp east towards, Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, (Bergen op Zoom and Breda)A 13 18 WommelgemA 13 RanstA 13 Ranst east towards (Eindhoven) E 19 & doubling with E 34 AntwerpLimburg A13 Ranst - Lummen A 13 19 MassenhovenA 13 20 Herentals westA 13 21 Herentals Industrial zoneA 13 22 Herentals eastA 13 23 Geel westA 13 24 Geel eastA 13 25 HamA 13 25a TessenderloA 13 TessenderloA 13 26 BeringenA 13 Lummen towards Brussels, Leuven, Genk and (Heerlen) E 314 Limburg A13 Lummen - Tongeren (Tongres) A 13 26bis Lummen & ZolderA 13 27 Hasselt westA 13 28 Hasselt southA 13 29 Hasselt eastA 13 30 Diepenbeek westA 13 31 Bilzen & Hoeselt A 13 32 Tongeren (Tongres) Liège A13 Tongres (Tongeren) - Vottem A 13 33 BoirsA 13 Fexhe-Slins A 13 34 LiersA 13 Vottem towards Brussels Leuven, Namur, Charleroi, (Luxembourg City), (Maastricht), Eupen, Verviers and (Aachen and Trier)A 13 35 Vottem E 25, E 40, E 42
References
External links UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)