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These are the Netherlands' motorways by their national number, listed with the most important towns at or near the roads. The numbers start with 'A' for 'autosnelweg' (motorway in Dutch). Some of these also carry one or more European E-road numbers on (sections of) their trajectory.
Motorway A15 / A16 near Rotterdam. The busiest Dutch motorway is the A13 between the Hague and Rotterdam, with a traffic volume of 140,000 motor vehicles per day. [24] Utrecht, in the centre of the country, has the busiest motorways on average (almost 100,000 vehicles a day), with major motorways A1, A2, A12, A27 and A28 running through it. [24]
The busiest Dutch motorway is the A13 between The Hague and Rotterdam, with a traffic volume of 140,000 motor vehicles per day. [9] The province of Utrecht in the centre of the country however, has the busiest motorways on average (almost 100,000 vehicles a day), with major motorways A1 , A2 , A12 , A27 and A28 running through it. [ 9 ]
Historical map of 1926 of the Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and the Autostrada A9) opened on 21 September 1924 in Italy, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world. [1] [2] The evolution of motorways construction
This category contains articles related to motorways (freeways) in the Netherlands - indicated with a red, A-prefixed route number. Motorways are controlled-access highways designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated.
The original brown N-numbers on road-signs were since then replaced with red A-numbers, for Dutch motorways, and new yellow N-numbers for other highways. The E-road system was significantly renumbered in 1985, but remains signposted everywhere in the Netherlands. [2] For this road system the numbers 89 to 100 were used.
The busiest Dutch motorway is the A13 between The Hague and Rotterdam, with a traffic volume of 140,000 motor vehicles per day. [16] The widest Dutch motorway is the A15/A16 just south of Rotterdam with 16 lanes in a 4+4+4+4 setup. Traffic congestion is common in the Netherlands. The high population density generates significant traffic volumes ...
Supporters of the planned 12-kilometer-long motorway state that cities like Hoogvliet, Spijkenisse, Barendrecht and Rotterdam would be significantly less congested, and that overall traffic flow would be restored. Opponents, among which are environmentalists, state that the construction of the missing link would only result in more traffic and ...