The A20 motorway is a

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in the

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. It is approximately 39 kilometers (25 miles) in length. The A20 is entirely located in the Dutch province South Holland and connects the N213 road from the

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municipality with the cities of

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and Gouda, where it connects to the A12 motorway at the interchange Gouwe.

Rotterdam

The section near Rotterdam, between the interchanges with the A4 and A16 motorways, is the northern part of the so-called ''Ring Rotterdam'', the

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around the city. On a part of this section, the maximum speed is reduced to 80 km/h (50 mph), which is being enforced by

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s calculating the average speed of a vehicle on the stretch between the cameras.

European routes

From the first exit, exit 6 (Maasdijk), the

European route E25 European route E25 is a north–south European route from Hook of Holland in the Netherlands, to Palermo in Italy which includes ferry crossings from Genoa to Bastia (Corsica), from Bonifacio to Porto Torres (Sardinia) and from Cagliari to Pal ...

follows the A20 motorway all the way to its terminus at interchange Gouwe. Besides, the

European route E19 European route E19 is a long European route. It connects the Netherlands to France via Belgium. Among the places included in its itinerary are: * ''Netherlands:'' Amsterdam - The Hague - Rijswijk - Rotterdam - Breda * ''Belgium:'' Antwerp - M ...

follows the A20 along the 6 kilometers (4 miles) short stretch between interchanges Kleinpolderplein and Terbregseplein, just north of Rotterdam.

Exit list

The entire route is in South Holland.

External links

{{Motorways in the Netherlands Motorways in the Netherlands Motorways in South Holland