Rijksweg 4

Autosnelweg A4 in the Netherlands
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Basic data
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Overall length:	124 km
Provinces :	North Holland South Holland North Brabant
Course of the road Knooppunt De Nieuwe Meer   (1)  Sloten Knooppunt Badhoevedorp Schiphol tunnel (2)  Schiphol Knooppunt De Hoek (3)  Hoofddorp (3a)  Hoofddorp -Zuid The Ruygen Hoek (4)  Nieuw-Vennep Knooppunt Burgerveen Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer polder (5)  Roelofarendsveen (6)  Hoogmade Bospoort Aurora Oude Rijn (6a)  Zoeterwoude- Rijndijk (7)  Zoeterwoude -Dorp (8th)  Sorry Start of the Hague ring road Knooppunt Prins Clausplein   Knooppunt Ypenburg   (9)  Rijswijk Center (10)  Rijswijk -Plaspoelpolder (11)  Rijswijk Peulwijk-West Peulwijk-Oost (12)  The Hague Zuid  End of the Hague ring road (13)  The horn Gaag-aquaduct (14)  Delft Zuid Aquaduct / Ecoduct Land tunnel Knooppunt Kethelplein   Beginning of the Rotterdam motorway ring (16)  Vlaardingen- East Benelux tunnel (17)  Pernis Knooppunt Benelux End of the Rotterdam motorway ring (18)  Hoogvliet Oude Maas (19)  Spijkenisse Spui (20)  Oud Beijerland (21)  Klaaswaal Knooppunt Klaaswaal (22)  Numansdorp Buttervliet Haringvliet Knooppunt Hellegatsplein Volkerak (23)  Willemstad Knooppunt Sabina (24)  Dinteloord (25)  Steenbergen (26)  Tholen (27)  Bergen op Zoom -Noord Knooppunt Zoomland   Common route with A58 (28)  Bergen op Zoom (29)  Bergen op Zoom -Zuid (30)  Hoogerheide End of shared route with A58 Knooppunt Markiezaat   Woensdrecht border crossing Further on

The Rijksweg 4 is a Dutch Rijksweg that of Amsterdam according Woensdrecht runs. From there it continues as the Belgian A12 past Antwerp to Brussels . The currently 124 km long motorway was planned from 1950 to create a direct connection between Amsterdam and Brussels. In addition, the A4 forms the direct connection to Schiphol Airport . Between the Knooppunt Benelux near Rotterdam and Klaaswaal there is still a gap of approx. 11 km.

Current course

Knooppunt Burgerveen - Leiden

In September 2007 the 14 km long section between the Knooppunt Burgerveen and Leiden was completely extended. The northern section was completed as planned in 2010. The southern section could not be completed, however, as the work had to be interrupted again and again due to incorrect particulate matter measurements and other environmental reasons. According to the latest plans, the southern part should be completed in 2014 ^[obsolete] .

Delft - Schiedam

The 7 km long stretch between the Delft- Zuid exit and the Knooppunt Kethelplein could not be built as planned in 2006 because the planning was repeatedly disrupted by nature conservationists. To this end, the neighboring municipality of Midden-Delfland repeatedly objected to the plans of the Rijkswaterstaat because they saw their nature reserve endangered.

The latest plans envisage that almost the entire A4 in the area between Delft and Schiedam will be tunnelled to protect the nature reserve. Construction began on April 26, 2012, and approval was granted on December 18, 2015.

Interruption between Hoogvliet and Klaaswaal

The section between the Knooppunt Benelux and the Numansdorp exit is the only missing piece of the A4. According to the current plans, the motorway should run past Hoogvliet , Poortugaal and Oud-Beijerland . It should cross the rivers Oude Maas and Spui .

The Rijkswaterstaat intends that the 11 km long section will be built by a private construction company from 2020 and then operated as a toll road.

Dinteloord - Halsteren

The four-lane motorway was opened to traffic on November 24, 2014. The construction time lasted about 3 years from 2011 to 2014 and was carried out by the Rijkswaterstaat . The diversion of the A4 at this point via the N259 is no longer necessary.

Halsteren - Woensdrecht

The section between Halsteren and Woensdrecht is the last section of the A4. The motorway between Halsteren and Bergen op Zoom was only rebuilt in 2007. Between the Knooppunt Zoomland and the Knooppunt Markiezaat, the route is numbered twice, as it forms a common street with the A58 .

Picture gallery

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  The A4 at the exit to Schiphol Airport , 2010

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  The entrance of the A4 into the Schiphol tunnel, 2010

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  The bridge restaurant at the Den Ruygen Hoek rest stop , 2005

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  The trough bridge of the Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer polder , before 2005

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  Construction of the knooppunt Prins Clausplein , 1980s

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  Knooppunt Prins Clausplein with five bridges (photo 2011)

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  First interruption of the A4 near Delft, 2007

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  Entrances C, D and E of the A4 into the Benelux tunnel in Rotterdam, 2006

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  The A4 at knooppunt Zoomland , 2007

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  The A4 with the “Zelden van Passe” windmill near Zoeterwoude

Web links

Commons : Rijksweg 4  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Page to Rijksweg A4 from Rijkswaterstaat
• Historical data on the Rijksweg A4
• Motorways - Exits List (A4 (Netherlands))

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.wegenwiki.nl/A4_%28Nederland%29