The N4 road in Belgium is a national road connecting Brussels to Luxembourg. It starts as chaussée de Wavre at Porte de Namur on the Brussels inner ring and runs south east through Wavre and Namur, Marche-en-Famenne, Bastogne, Martelange and Arlon before terminating as route de Luxembourg at the Luxembourg border. On its route is crosses the Meuse and Lessive Rivers and the Belgian Ardennes.
Before the development of motorways the N4 was a main artery for traffic going south east from Brussels and it was dotted with many friteries, cafes and petrol stations.
From the 1960s to the end of the 1980s, it has been superseded by the completion of the A4 motorway which runs from Delta in Brussels down past Arlon where shortly after it enters Luxembourg where it becomes part of the Luxembourg by-pass system until it reaches the south of the city where it turns south continuing down to Thionville and Metz in France and onwards. By diverting the traffic away from the N4 the motorway has caused the closure of most of these traditional Belgian friteries.
Outside of major towns the N4 mostly consists of dual carriageway with the opposing lanes separated by a central reservation or concrete blocks, but certain sections are still without any form of physical separation and have been the scene of many fatal accidents.
The N4 still offers a more pleasurable and scenic route to the south of Belgium for the less pressed driver and for bicyclists. The end sections remain busy routes during the rush hour due to the high number of commuters travelling to and from Brussels and Luxembourg from residential communities all over the area. Stretches of the road continue to be renovated.
The N4 crosses or borders 29 municipalities in total. 4 of them in the Brussels Capital Region, 2 in Flemish Brabant, 5 in Walloon Brabant, 7 in Namur and 11 in Luxembourg. Full municipality list below, with main municipalities in bold. +RegionProvinceMunicipalityPopulationLength of N4 (km)/City of Brussels1887370.2Ixelles870521.4Etterbeek485351.9Auderghem349862.1Tervuren228520.1Overijse258888.7Wavre351118.7Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve313632.9Mont-Saint-Guibert80812.5Walhain74853.9Chastre77270.3Gembloux2633012.6La Bruyère93163.1Namur11255917.6Assesse727411.7Hamois73867.5Ciney170078.1Somme-Leuze59756.5Marche-en-Famenne177589.0Nassogne563212.1Tenneville288412.7Bertogne52336.9Sainte-Ode26558.9Bastogne1661810.1Vaux-sur-Sûre60231.9Fauvillers236810.4Martelange19319.1Attert56248.1Arlon3081811.8
Junction list
ProvinceMunicipalitySectionJunctionNorthbound destinationsSouthbound destinationsBrussels-capital RegionCity of BrusselsBrussels- Auderghem Brussels (188.737 inh.) R20 Brussels inner ring roadBrusselsWavre NamurIxelles Ixelles (87.052 inh.)Etterbeek N228a Cinquantenaire Etterbeek (48.535 inh.)
N205 Cinquantenaire, Schuman railway station
R21 Watermael-Boitsfort, Uccle, Schaerbeek, EvereAuderghem Auderghem (34.986 inh.) R22 Watermael-Boitsfort, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Airport
Interruption by E411 motorway with a connection to the R0 Brussels Ring Road.Flanders
Flemish BrabantTervurenTervuren - Overijse 2 (Hoeilaart) E411 Brussels, Wavre, NamurOverijse Jezus-Eik (5.921 inh.) Overijse (25.888 inh.)
N253 Huldenberg, Leuven, Maleizen, La Hulpe, Braine-l'Alleud
N218 Maleizen, La Hulpe, Braine-l'Alleud
N4b Tombeek-Center
Tombeek (1.396 inh.)Wallonia
Walloon BrabantWavreWavre - Walhain N257 Bierges-les-Wavre, Brussels (E411), Namur (E411) Wavre (35.111 inh.)
Dyle
N268 Basse-Wavre, Grez-Doiceau, Leuven
N239 Wavre-Center, Walibi Belgium, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
N243 Wavre-Center, Chaumont-Gistoux, Perwez
7 E411 Brussels, Namur, Arlon
N25 Chaumont-Gistoux, Grez-Doiceau, Leuven
Start of cocurrence with N25Gembloux NamurOttignies-Louvain-la-Neuve N250 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 8a (Louvain-la-Neuve) E411 Brussels, Wavre, Namur, Arlon
N233 Louvain-la-Neuve-Centre, OttigniesWavre BrusselsMont-Saint-Guibert N25, N25a Court-Saint-Étienne, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Genappe, Nivelles, Chaumont-Gistoux, Brussels (E411), Namur (E411) End of cocurrence with N25
Corbais (1.351 inh.)Walhain Nil-Pierreux N273 Chastre, SombreffeWalhain / ChastreThe N4 forms the border between Walhain and ChastreWalhain/Wallonia NamurGemblouxGembloux - Namur Ernage (1.301 inh.) N29 Tienen, Jodoigne, Sombreffe, Charleroi
Orneau
Gembloux (26.330 inh.)
Lonzée (1.944 inh.)
Beuzet (1.304 inh.)NamurLa Bruyère N912 Meux, Éghezée, Sambreville, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre Bovesse (882 inh.)
N904 Rhisnes, Saint-Servais
12 (Gembloux) E42 Charleroi, Mons, Liège, Brussels (E411), Arlon (E411)Gembloux BrusselsNamurNamur N958 Suarlée, Floreffe N93 Sombreffe, Nivelles
Belgrade (4.828 inh.)
Saint-Servais (9.544 inh.)
N934 La Bruyère, Saint-Marc, Vedrin-Daussoulx
Namur (112.559 inh.)
N91 Champion, Bouge, Éghezée, Leuven
N90 Floreffe, Sambreville, Charleroi, Mons
Start of cocurrency with N90
N80 Fernelmont, Hannut, Sint-Truiden
N92 Wépion, Profondeville, Dinant
Meuse
N947 Jambes, Yvoir
End of cocurrency with N90
N90 Andenne, Huy, Liège
Erpent (2.823 inh.)
Naninne (1.609 inh.)
N941 Wierde, Mozet, Ohey, Brussels (E411), Arlon (E411), (Luxembourg City) (E411)Marche-en-Famenne BastogneAssesseNamur - Somme-Leuze Sart-Benard (1.399 inh.) 18 E411 Namur, Brussels, Arlon, Libramont-Chevigny, Dinant, Arlon, (Luxembourg City)
N931 Courrière, Maillen, Lustin, Andenne
Gesves, Sorinne-la-Longue, Assesse
Assesse, Gesves, Ohey, Huy
N946 Florée, Gesves, Natoye, YvoirNamurHamois N921 Ohey, Andenne, Huy, Ciney, Emptinne Emptinne (989 inh.)
N97 Liège, Havelange, Hamois, Dinant, Ciney, Emptinne
Monin, CineyCiney N938 Pessoux, Leignon, Achêne, Barbaux-Condroz, Maffe, MéanSomme-Leuze N929 Durbuy, Rochefort, Houyet, Somme-Leuze, Haversin, Heure Sinsin
Sinsin (685 inh.)
Hogne (798 inh.) Wallonia LuxembourgMarche-en-FamenneMarche-en-Famenne - Bastogne Aye zone industrielle Aye, Humain
N839 Liège, Rochefort, Hotton, Marloie
N873 Marloie, Aye, Vivalia hospital
N86, N63 Marche-en-Famenne, Rochefort, Hotton, Durbuy, Liège
Marche-en-Famenne (17.758 inh.)
N856, N888 Waha, La Roche-en-Ardenne, NassogneBastogne ArlonNassogne N856 Nassogne, Harsin, Charneux N896 Harsin, Hargimont, Rochefort, Nassogne
Bande, Lignières, GruneMarche-en-Famenne NamurTenneville N89 Champlon, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Vielsalm, Saint-Hubert, Libramont-Chevigny, Bouillon, (Charleville-Mézières, Reims) Champlon (1.141 inh.)
Tenneville (1.309 inh.)
Baconfoy
N829 Lavacherie, Sainte-Ode, Berguème
Ortheuville (75 inh.)
OurtheTenneville / BertogneThe N4 forms the border between Tenneville and Bertogne.Sainte-Ode / BertogneThe N4 forms the border between Sainte-Ode and Bertogne.Sainte-Ode Lavacherie, Roumont N826 Amberloup, Bertogne, Houffalize, Libramont-ChevignySainte-Ode / BertogneThe N4 forms the border between Sainte-Ode and Bertogne. Flamierge
Tillet, Houmont, FlamisoulBertogne Mande-Sainte-EtienneBastogneBastogne 54 (Bastogne) E25 Liège, Neufchâteau, Arlon, (Luxembourg City) N84 Bastogne-Center, (Wiltz, Diekirch)
Bastogne-Center, Senonchamps
N85 Bastogne-Center, Vaux-sur-Sûre, Sibret
Bastogne (16.618 inh.)
Bastogne-Center, Assenois
N30 Bastogne-Center, Houffalize, (Wiltz, Diekirch)
RemoifosseArlon (Luxembourg City)Bastogne / Vaux-sur-SûreThe N4 forms the border between Bastogne and Vaux-sur-Sûre.Bastogne NamurFauvillersBastogne - Arlon Hollange, Sainlez, Honville Sainlez
Malmaison
Fauvillers, Tintange, Warnach, BodangeMartelange Martelange (1.931 inh.) N848 Fauvillers, Vaux-sur-Sûre, Neufchâteau
Sûre
Luxembourgish N23 (Rambrouch, Ettelbruck, Diekirch)
N805 (Perlé)Attert N87 Parette, Heinstert, Habay, Étalle, Virton Rodenhoff (41 inh.)
Schockville (187 inh.)
Attert (5.624 inh.)
Attert, Schadeck, Post, (Redange-sur-Attert)
Schadeck (116 inh.)
Tontelange (922 inh.)
Metzert (531 inh.)ArlonArlon N82 Virton, Étalle, Bouillon, Habay, Neufchâteau, Saint-Léger N881 Arlon-Center
N882 Arlon-Center, (Oberpallen, Redange-sur-Attert, Diekirch, Ettelbruck)
Arlon (30.818 inh.)
N884 (Eischen, Mersch)
N81, N881 Arlon-Center, Messancy, Aubange, (Longwy), (Pétange)
Stehnen (35 inh.) (Luxembourg City)Continuation by N6 towards Steinfort, Capellen and Luxembourg City.
See also
Province of Luxembourg Province of Namur Province of Walloon Brabant
References
External links Traffic information in Belgium