A5 motorway (Netherlands)

The A5 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. With a length of only 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), it is one of the shortest motorways in the country.

The A5 serves as a connection between the A4 motorway at the (incomplete) interchange De Hoek and the A9 motorway at the interchange Raasdorp. The road was opened on November 8, 2003, and was built to relieve the A4 motorway near the exit to Schiphol Airport and the Schipholtunnel underneath the same airport. Also the busy intersection Badhoevedorp between the A4 and A9 motorways was relieved from traffic by the opening of the A5.

The entire A5 motorway does not have any regular exits. The only object one comes across when driving on the road, is a short tunnel (the Rolbaantunnel) underneath the section connecting Schiphol Airport's Polderbaan runway (the most western runway of Schiphol) to the rest of the airport. Directly parallel to the A5 motorway, on its east, is another runway, the Zwanenburgbaan. The A5 is the only Motor/Freeway in hole The Netherlands without any exits.

Future extension

According to current plans, the A5 motorway will be extended from the northern terminus, interchange Raasdorp, towards the A10 motorway, to which it is to be connected just south of the interchange Coenplein and the Coentunnel Work is underway and is expected to be completed by 2013.

Speed limit

The speed limit on the A5 is 120km/h (75mph). However, the speed limit of the newer Westrandweg (under construction) will at first be 80km/h (50mph), and later being 100km/h (62mph).

Exit list