A15 motorway (Netherlands)

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A15 motorway
Rijksweg 15

Location of the A15 and A18 motorways
Location
Provinces: South Holland, Gelderland
Highway system

The Dutch A15 motorway (Rijksweg 15) is a set of two motorways in the Netherlands, the A15 and the A18. The map on the right-hand side shows these two parts of this Rijksweg 15.

Connection between A15 and A18

In governmental plans, the A15 and A18 together were meant to be one long motorway from the Europoort harbor near Rotterdam towards the town of Varsseveld in the east of the country. However, the section of this road between the interchange Ressen and Arnhem has never been constructed. To avoid confusion for drivers, the eastern part of the road has been given a different number: 18.

Section A15 (and N15)

The westernmost part of the road, between exits 8 and 14, is officially not an Autosnelweg (motorway), and is therefore called N15. However, it has most characteristics of a motorway, such as a central barrier and a hard shoulder. As of exit 14, the road becomes an official motorway, called A15. Together with the Betuweroute, which runs parallel on several stretches, the A15 is a main transport corridor from the Port of Rotterdam to the east.

Reconstruction works

From 2010, the A15 motorway near Rotterdam is being widened between the exit Brielle and the interchange Vaanplein. To the western part, between Brielle and Spijkenisse, one lane in each direction will be added, making it a 2x3 road. As for the eastern part of the section, between Spijkenisse and the Vaanplein, the current 2x3 road will be upgraded to a 2x5 road. The construction works are planned to be executed between 2010 and 2016. [1] The complex project in this highly industrialized part of Rotterdam caused an extensive loss of € 103,0 million to one of the main contractors of the project, Ballast Nedam, over the year 2014.[2]

Section A18 (and N18)

The A18 motorway is a short motorway, with only 5 exits and 20 kilometers. The western terminus, interchange Oud-Dijk, can only be used by traffic to and from the western part of the A12. Traffic to/from the A12 east of this interchange (most likely from the German BAB 3 road) will have to use local roads to get from the A18 to the A12 or vice versa.

After its eastern terminus near Varsseveld, road number 18 continues as a regional non-motorway road, therefore being called N18. This road passes the towns Harreveld, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, and Eibergen on its way to the city Enschede.

Exit list

Exit list: A15 Europoort-Bemmel

Province Municipality Km. # Name Roads Notes
South Holland Rotterdam
As local road Europaweg to/from Maasvlakte.
Westvoorne - 8 Oostvoorne N218
Rotterdam - 9 Havens 6200-7000 Haven means harbor
- 10 Engeland Exit to the ferry to Hull, England
- 11 Havens 5500-5700
Brielle - 12 Brielle N57
Rotterdam - 13 Rozenburg
39 14 Rozenburg-Centrum Centrum means center
43 15 Havens 4100-5200
Spijkenisse 45 16 Spijkenisse N218
Rotterdam 49 17 Hoogvliet
50 Interchange Benelux A4
53 18 Pernis / Heijplaat
54 19 Charlois
60 19a / Interchange Vaanplein A29
62 20 IJsselmonde
Ridderkerk 63 Interchange Ridderkerk(-Noord) A16, A38 Noord means north
69 Interchange Ridderkerk(-Zuid) A16 Zuid means south
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht 72 21 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
Alblasserdam 76 22 Alblasserdam
Papendrecht 78 23 Papendrecht N3, N214
Sliedrecht 81 24 Sliedrecht-West
86 25 Sliedrecht-Oost Oost means east
Hardinxveld-Giessendam 88 26 Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Gorinchem 95 27 Gorinchem N216
96 Interchange Gorinchem A27
Giessenlanden 100 28 Arkel
Leerdam 106 29 Leerdam N848
Gelderland Geldermalsen 115 Interchange Deil A2
118 30a Meteren For eastbound traffic only
121 30 Geldermalsen N327
Tiel 124 31 Wadenoijen
127 32 Tiel-West N834
131 33 Tiel N835
Neder-Betuwe 135 34 Echteld N323
141 35 Ochten N233
147 36 Dodewaard
Overbetuwe 151 37 Zetten N836
154 Interchange Valburg A50
160 38 Elst
Lingewaard 162 Interchange Ressen A325, N325
Continues as road N839 around Bemmel.

Exit list: A18 Zevenaar-Varsseveld

Province Municipality Km. # Name Roads Notes
Gelderland Montferland 189 Interchange Oud-Dijk A12 Exit from eastbound A12, entrance to westbound A12
191 1 Didam N335
Doetinchem 196 2 Wehl
200 3 Doetinchem N316, N317
202 4 Doetinchem-Oost N317
Oude IJsselstreek 211 5 Varsseveld N18 (N318, N330)
Road continues as regional road N18 along Varsseveld, Harreveld, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, and Eibergen towards Enschede.

References

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  1. ↑ A15: verbreding Maasvlakte-Vaanplein, Rijkswaterstaat (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ de Voogt, Sam (1 May 2015). "Dramatic loss of 103 million euro". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 May 2015.