A4 motorway (Netherlands)
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The A4 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands from Amsterdam to the Belgian border near Zandvliet. Some parts of the motorway are still not completed. The completed route as of 2006 is divided into three parts: from Amsterdam via The Hague to Delft, from Vlaardingen (knooppunt Kethelplein) to Pernis, and finally from Bergen op Zoom to the Belgian border. The total length of the completed route is 115 kilometers.
The construction of the missing link from Delft to Vlaardingen has always been very controversial, but minister of Transport and Waterworks Karla Peijs authorised the construction of this link on 14 May 2006. Some of the roadbed preparation has been completed in this section, starting in 1968. A further extension was planned for this motorway from its southern terminus to the A29 near Klaaswaal. Very little roadwork has been completed in this section, though right-of-way has been acquired for the A29 interchange.
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[edit] A4 Midden Delfland missing link
The A4 connects three of the four most important cities in The Netherlands, but there are still sections missing. Especially between Delft and Schiedam, a notorious gap is in the A4, which causes huge traffic jams on the adjacent A13 Motorway, connecting The Hague and Rotterdam. Plans are made to solve this gap decades ago, but there isn't any construction yet for this 7000 meter gap.
Overview
1957: Road 19 adopted in the national highway plan of 1957.
1965: Route set by the government.
1968: Start of the construction of the dike where the road is supposed to lead on.
1976: Government stopped the construction of the A4.
1985: Government voted in favour of construction.
1998: Finances for A4 disappeared to construction of railwaytunnels.
2006: Costs of the construction have risen to 700 million for the 7 kilometers.
[edit] A4 Benelux - Klaaswaal missing link
This section should connect the existing A4 section west of Rotterdam towards Belgium. The Benelux junction is build so construction for this part of the A4 would be easy. This missink link creates heavy traffic jams on the nearby A29 and A15 motorways. This section is about 12 kilometres long. However cities like Hoogvliet, Spijkenisse, Barendrecht and Rotterdam would be relieved from its longliving traffic jams, environmentalists are still oppose the A4, saying it would only create more traffic.
Overview
1961: Route approved as national road 19 by the government.
2005: Space reserved in the mobility vision of the government.
[edit] A4 Dinteloord - Bergen op Zoom missing link
This section will connect the now named A29 motorway (national road 4) to the city of Bergen op Zoom and the Belgium region of Antwerp. Constructing these gmissink link would relieve the A16 from its notorious traffic jams near Dordrecht, the Moerdijkbridge and adjacent roads like the A17 motorway. However, as of 2007 there is still a 16 kilometer section missing, but road construction is likely underway, as there are 2 possible routes; east and west of the small city of Steenbergen. An eastern bypass would be shortest, but it is said that it would through the Mark river area, which is seen as an important natural aspect in the region by some. A western route is longer and would require an aqueduct which is much more expensive. The actual Minister of Transport, Camiel Eurlings, opened the Halsteren bypass at December 15th 2007.
Overview
1971: Route approved as national road 19 by the government
2005: Finances saved, there is a budget of 218 million euros available
2006: bypass construction near Halsteren awarded to construction companies.
2007: Government chooses to construct the A4 west of Steenbergen.
[edit] Detailed route
[edit] Amsterdam to Delft
- Motorway junction De Nieuwe Meer (interchange with A10)
- Exit ramp 1 to Sloten
- Motorway junction Badhoevedorp (interchange with A9)
- Exit ramp 2 to Schiphol Airport
- Motorway junction De Hoek (interchange with A5)
- Exit ramp 3 to Hoofddorp
- Exit ramp 4 to Nieuw-Vennep
- Motorway junction Burgerveen (interchange with A44)
- Exit ramp 5 to Roelofarendsveen
- Exit ramp 6 to Hoogmade
- Exit ramp 6a to Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk
- Exit ramp 7 to Zoeterwoude-Dorp
- Exit ramp 8 to Leidschendam
- Motorway junction Prins Clausplein (interchange with A12)
- Motorway junction Ypenburg (interchange with A13)
- Exit ramp 9 to Rijswijk (centre)
- Exit ramp 10 to Plaspoelpolder
- Exit ramp 11 to Rijswijk
- Exit ramp 12 to The Hague (south)
- Exit ramp 13 to Den Hoorn
- Exit ramp 14 to Delft (south)
[edit] Vlaardingen to Pernis
- Motorway junction Kethelplein (interchange with A20)
- Exit ramp 16 to Vlaardingen (east)
- Exit ramp 17 to Pernis
- Motorway junction Benelux (interchange with A15)
[edit] Bergen op Zoom to Belgian border
- Exit ramp 26 to Halsteren/Tholen
- Exit ramp 27 to Bergen op Zoom (north)
- Motorway junction Zoomland (interchange with A58)
- Exit ramp 28 to Bergen op Zoom
- Exit ramp 29 to Bergen op Zoom (south)
- Exit ramp 30 to Hoogerheide
- Motorway junction Markiezaat (interchange with A58)
- Belgian border near Zandvliet
