Bicycle highway F29 - Leuven

We will continue building the bicycle route between Tervuursesteenweg, the Plateau of Duisburg, Koning Boudewijnlaan and the Leuven Ring Road, a fast route featuring a limited number of crossings with motorised traffic. The bicycle highway runs across the Duisburg Plateau, which gives cyclists an impressive view of the region while providing them a safe and pleasant ride.

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Doleegstraat to Leuven Campus

We are going to build a bicycle bridge over Doleegstraat. This will give cyclists a fast route on the bicycle highway without having to stop for intersecting traffic. In addition, there will be a local connection to the bicycle highway via the slow lane on Doleegstraat.

The bicycle highway will then follow the bend in the E314 to the Koning Boudewijnlaan (N264). On Termunckdreef, cyclists will remain at the same level as the Koning Boudewijnlaan owing to a new cycle bridge.

Artist's rendering of future bridge over Termunckdreef

A bicycle tunnel under Sint-Jansbergsesteenweg will connect Velstraat and Gaston Geenslaan. There will be a local link to the bicycle highway on both sides of the bicycle tunnel. On Gaston Geenslaan, we will be widening the existing bicycle path and so cyclists can continue to enjoy the greenery until they reach the IMEC site.

Artist's rendering of future tunnel under Sint-Jansbergsesteenweg 

A new tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians will be built under Celestijnenlaan. Where you will also be able to easily transfer to the bus. The bicycle highway then continues along the Arenberg site adjacent to Koning Boudewijnlaan and connects to the existing bicycle paths of the Leuven Ring at Stadspoort Bodart.

Timing

The section of the F29 bicycle highway along the south side of Koning Boudewijnlaan is almost 3 kilometres long. The section shielded from the E314 to the cable bridge over the E40 is a good kilometre long. A number of sub-phases are planned for the realisation of this 4 km of new cycling infrastructure:

1. Koning Boudewijnlaan zone between Celestijnenlaan and the Leuven Ring: construction of a bicycle highway and refurbishment of roadway halfway to Leuven with the construction of a dedicated bus lane (from mid-February to August 2024).

2. Zone Koning Boudewijnlaan between the E314 and Celestijnenlaan: construction of bicycle highway excluding tunnel and bridge structures (from August to November 2024).

3. Construction of bicycle highway along the E314 with installation of noise barriers and crossing Doleegstraat + construction of bicycle bridge over the Termunckdreef (from August 2024 to May 2025). 

4. Construction of bicycle tunnel under Sint-Jansbergsesteenweg (from September 2024 to October 2025).

5. Construction of bicycle tunnel under Celestijnenlaan (from October 2024 to December 2025).

6. Construction of cable-stayed bridge over the E40 (from March 2024 to the end of 2025).