The A20 motorway is a
motorway in the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. It is approximately 39 kilometers (25 miles) in length.
The A20 is entirely located in the Dutch province
South Holland
South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...
and connects the N213 road from the
Westland municipality with the cities of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
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
beltway 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
speed cameras 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 follows the A20 motorway all the way to its terminus at interchange Gouwe.
Besides, the
European route E19 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
South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...
.
References
{{Motorways in the Netherlands
Motorways in the Netherlands
Motorways in South Holland