/ JU), November 2007. Court - Moutier-Nord: Motorway standard section Moutier-Sud to Moutier-Nord opened in November 2011. Mostly one lane in each direction remainder opened in November 2013. Porrentruy-Ouest - Bure: One lane each direction will be created initially; four-lane opened August 2014. Bure - Boncourt: Opened November 2011. Tavannes - Loveresse: The two-lane stretch opened November 2012. Loveresse - Court: With a 4.5 km stretch of standard highway, opened in April 2017. District boundary BE / JU - Delémont-Est: This two-lane section was initially scheduled to open in 2016. Because of the current financial constraints, the Swiss Federal Government can postpone most of the works on new sections. The connection of the A16 to the A36 motorway in France (Mulhouse - Dijon) between Montbéliard and Belfort is to be completed within a time horizon of 2025–2030. Costs Along its course, the A16 has many engineering structures, mainly tunnels but also some bridges. Therefore, the A16 is one of the most expensive road projects in Switzerland. For the whole line, a total cost of 5.6 billion Swiss francs is estimated. Tunnels Because of the difficult terrain in the area of the Jura Mountains, the construction of numerous tunnels was necessary to pass underneath the various Jura chains. The main tunnels (from north to south) with a length of more than are: Tunnel de Bure () Tunnel du Banné (, Bypass Porrentruy) Tunnel de la Perche (, Bypass Porrentruy) Tunnel du Mont Terri () Tunnel du Mont Russelin () Tunnel de Choindez (, Bypass Schlucht von Choindez) Tunnel du Raimeux (, Bypass der Gorges de Moutier) Tunnel de Moutier (, Bypass Moutier) Tunnel de Graitery (, Bypass Schlucht von Court) Tunnel Sous le Mont (, Bypass Tavannes) Tunnel de Pierre Pertuis () There are 16 more tunnels that are less than in length and were partly excavated in open pits. Some tunnels have been built to protect the residents of nearby villages and hamlets from the noise emissions. History The A16 was not one from the start to the national motorway network in Switzerland, although there were initial projects of Jura rapid-traverse between Biel and Belfort, as early as 1964. The inclusion of the A16 in the plan of the national road network came in 1984, after the population had approved construction in the Canton of Jura, with a large majority (71%). The highway should be the favored new project of