The Canal de Huningue is a canal in eastern France connecting the Rhine at Huningue

Huningue

Huningue is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace in north-eastern France. Huningue is a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel. It also borders Germany . In 2008 it had a population of 6503 people...

 to Niffer

Niffer

Niffer is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

. The locks are no longer operational, but the canal is navigable from Niffer

Niffer

Niffer is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 until Kembs

Kembs

Kembs is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

.

The canal was enlarged in 1961 between Grand Canal d'Alsace

Grand Canal d'Alsace

The Grand Canal of Alsace is a canal in eastern France, channeling the Upper Rhine river. It is 50 kilometers long between Kembs and Vogelgrun, and provides access to the region from the Rhine River, Basel in Switzerland, and the North Sea for barges of up to 1,350 metric tons...

 and Mulhouse

Mulhouse

Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

. At the same time, the canal between Mulhouse

Mulhouse

Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

 and Friesenheim

Friesenheim, Bas-Rhin

Friesenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-Economy:Friesenheim retains a strongly agricultural economy. The sight of old drying racks for tobacco leaves brings to mind just one of the many crops that flourish in the gently warm climate of the alluvial...

 was closed to traffic as it had been duplciated by the Grand Canal d'Alsace

Grand Canal d'Alsace

The Grand Canal of Alsace is a canal in eastern France, channeling the Upper Rhine river. It is 50 kilometers long between Kembs and Vogelgrun, and provides access to the region from the Rhine River, Basel in Switzerland, and the North Sea for barges of up to 1,350 metric tons...

. Parts of the abandoned line are being restored.