Two New Segments for the Highway A16

Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard opened on November 11, 2011, the 4.6-km Bure-Boncourt segment at a ceremony held in the Neu Bois tunnel and a few days later, on November 25, the Bernese Councillor of States Barbara Egger-Jenzer and Federal Highway Office Vice-Director Juerg Roethlisberger, opened the 2.7-km Moutier Nord – Moutier Sud segment to traffic. The 1200-metre-long Moutier tunnel is the main engineering feat of this segment.

On these segments, especially their two tunnels, BG substantially contributed to the studies and managed the work for the operating and safety equipment.

Four segments remain to be opened, after which—by 2016—it will finally be possible to cross the entire historic Jura area on expressways.

For more information:

• Brochure on the Boncourt-Bure segment
• Brochure on the Moutier Tunnel