Brabantstunnel
Belgium · N1 · 0.4 km
What this restriction means
ADR assigns every tunnel a restriction category from A (no restrictions) to E (the strictest).
The strictest — closed to almost all dangerous goods, except a short listed set and small limited-quantity loads. Marked with an 'E' sign.
Official ADR wording
Restriction for the carriage of all dangerous goods other than those for which '(-)' is marked in column (15) of Table A of Chapter 3.2, and for all dangerous goods in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.4 (limited quantities) if the quantities carried exceed 8 tonnes total gross mass per transport unit. NOTE: for goods assigned to UN 2919 and 3331, tunnel-passage restrictions may instead form part of a special arrangement approved by the competent authority on the basis of 1.7.4.2.
Which cargo is affected
Category E tunnels are the strictest — virtually every dangerous good is restricted, with only a handful of narrow exemptions.
Restrictions & provenance
ADR tunnel category E per AWV tunnels table (accessed 31.07.2026). Not in the 2014 UNECE notification — letter assigned by AWV (Flanders competent road authority). Operaplein tunnel on the N1, operated by Stad Antwerpen (listed as such in the AWV table).
Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer (AWV), Vlaamse overheid
Source ↗Plan compliant routes, end to end
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