These are 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 ...
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motorway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...
s 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. Although
E-roads in the Netherlands are virtually all motorways, the trajectories are frequently not the same.
Motorways
Source:
Former motorways
The following routes lost their motorway-status:
* A22: Utrecht (current Waterlinieweg)
* A33: Assen (current )
* A68:
Haelen
Haelen (; ) is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1224 as "Gregorio (de) Haele", and means "bend of the highland". Haelen developed along the Haelense Beek. It used to belong to the County of Hor ...
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Roermond
Roermond (; or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received City rights i ...
-West (current )
* A76: Heerlen - Bocholtz (current )
* A205: A9 -
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...
-West (current )
* A261:
Tilburg
Tilburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. With a population of 22 ...
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Loon op Zand
Loon op Zand () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a village in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in .
The western part of national park the Loonse en Drunense Duinen is located in the municipality of Loon op ...
(current )
See also
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Transport in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is both a very densely populated and a highly developed country in which transport is a key factor of the economy. Correspondingly it has a very dense and modern infrastructure, facilitating transport with road, rail, air and ...
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List of controlled-access highway systems
Many countries have national networks of controlled-access highways, the names of which vary from one country to another e.g. freeway or motorway. The networks do not always include all such highways, or even all the major ones in the country.
Asi ...
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Evolution of motorway construction in European nations
The evolution of motorways construction in European countries by total number of kilometers existing in that year.
This is a list of the total number of controlled-access highway, Motorways by country in Europe. It includes motorways (controlled ...
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List of E-roads in the Netherlands
This is a list of the European Routes, or ''E-road'' highways, that run through the Netherlands. The current network is signposted according to the 1985 system revision, and contains seven Class A roads and six Class B roads within the country. ...
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References
External links
Rijkswaterstaat
{{Motorways in Europe
Motorways
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...