Marne–Rhine Canal

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The Marne–Rhine Canal is a major French waterway linking the Marne and Rhine river basins, historically important for inland navigation and commerce in northeastern France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
waterway
connectsTo Marne River NERFINISHED
Rhine River NERFINISHED
constructionStart 1838
country France
crosses Vosges Mountains NERFINISHED
currentUse recreational boating
tourism
endPoint Strasbourg NERFINISHED
hasLockType Freycinet lock NERFINISHED
hasStructure Arzviller inclined plane NERFINISHED
hasTunnel Falkensteiner Tunnel NERFINISHED
Niederwœrth Tunnel NERFINISHED
historicalImportance link between Paris basin and Rhine corridor
historicalUse commercial freight transport
languageOfName French
lengthInKilometres 313
locatedIn northeastern France
majorCityAlongRoute Nancy NERFINISHED
Strasbourg NERFINISHED
majorTownAlongRoute Bar-le-Duc NERFINISHED
Lunéville NERFINISHED
Sarrebourg NERFINISHED
Toul NERFINISHED
Vitry-le-François NERFINISHED
managedBy Voies navigables de France NERFINISHED
maximumBoatBeamInMetres 5.05
maximumBoatDraftInMetres 1.8
nativeName Canal de la Marne au Rhin NERFINISHED
navigationClass Freycinet gauge
numberOfLocks 154
openingDate 1853
partOf French inland waterway network
passesThrough Alsace NERFINISHED
Bas-Rhin department NERFINISHED
Champagne-Ardenne NERFINISHED
Lorraine NERFINISHED
Meurthe-et-Moselle department NERFINISHED
Meuse department NERFINISHED
Moselle department NERFINISHED
primaryUse inland navigation
regionServed Grand Est NERFINISHED
replacedStructure Arzviller lock staircase NERFINISHED
riverBasinLinked Marne river basin NERFINISHED
Rhine river basin NERFINISHED
startPoint Vitry-le-François NERFINISHED
status operational
waterwayType artificial canal

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Saverne traversedBy Marne–Rhine Canal