the Jura and the Ajoie. The efficient transport corridor is to ensure, after completion, a much faster connection to the rest of Switzerland. Flora Ruchat-Roncati and Renato Salvi of ETH Zurich won the competition to design the highway in 1988. Even after entering the national motorway network, there was the part of environmentalists strong opposition to the project. In the context of the so-called Clover Initiative, the construction of the A16 should be submitted to the entire Swiss population to vote. Due to the high acceptance of the project in the affected regions, the request was withdrawn before a vote on other controversial motorway cuts (in April 1990). Paleontology During the construction work on the A16, in the vicinity of Courtedoux, workers found a slab with about 500 footprints of dinosaurs, which used to live in the area about 150 million years ago. Junction list Notes References "Die Schweizer Autobahnen", Autobahnen.ch, 2009, web: Autobahnen.ch (with sub-webpage for A16). More sources in "Motorways of Switzerland". External links Official Website (French) Ausgrabung von Saurierfährten (with photos) Photo-series: A16 on Autobahnen.ch A16 Transport in the canton of Jura Transport in the canton of Bern