A16 motorway (Netherlands)

The A16 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It runs from the interchange Terbregseplein in the northeastern part of Rotterdam, towards the Belgian border near Hazeldonk. The motorway has 19 exits including 7 interchanges.

Speed limit

Nearly the entire A16 motorway, including both the local and express lanes near Rotterdam, featured a maximum speed of 100 km/h. The only exception to this were two short sections: between Dordrecht and Klaverpolder as well as the section between the intersection Princeville, west of Breda and the Belgian border, where a speed of 120 km/h is allowed. At the section between the Moerdijk Bridge and the Belgian border the maximum speed changed to 130 km/h as of 2011.

Northbound express (l) and local (r) lanes.

Local-express lanes near Rotterdam

Near Rotterdam, a system of collector-express lanes is used. The exits 24 through 26 are only accessible through the outer (collector) lanes. The inner lanes serve as express lanes and do not have any exits.

In the northern direction, there are three express lanes of which one lane is reserved for buses and trucks, while on the southbound express lanes three regular lanes are available, of which none is reserved for special vehicles.

Shared road sections

On two sections of the road, other Dutch motorways run along the north-south motorway A16. Between interchanges Klaverpolder and Zonzeel, the east-west A59 motorway follows the route of the A16 for about 8 kilometers. Further south, between interchanges Princeville and Galder, the same goes for the (also east-west) A58 motorway, for a distance of about 6 kilometers.

Besides, European route E19 (Amsterdam - Paris) follows the complete route of the A16 motorway between the Terbregseplein in Rotterdam and the Belgian border near Breda.

Exit list

Province	Municipality	Km.	#	Name	Roads	Notes
South Holland	Rotterdam	16		Interchange Terbregseplein	A20
		17	27	Prins Alexander		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		18	26	Kralingen
		19	25	Centrum	N210	Centrum means center
		22	24	Feijenoord
	Ridderkerk	23		Interchange Ridderkerk(-Noord)	A15, A38	Noord means north
		27		Interchange Ridderkerk(-Zuid)	A15	Zuid means south
	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	30	23	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
	Zwijndrecht	33	22	Zwijndrecht
	Dordrecht	35	21	Dordrecht-Centrum
		38	20	Randweg Dordrecht	N3, N217	Randweg means beltway
North Brabant	Moerdijk	46		Interchange Klaverpolder	A17, A59
		48	18	Zevenbergschen Hoek
		54		Interchange Zonzeel	A59
	Breda	59	17	Prinsenbeek
		61	16 /	Interchange Princeville	A58
		63	15	Breda	N263
		67		Interchange Galder	A58
		71	14	Hazeldonk
Border with Belgium; this road continues as the Belgian A1.

External links

Media related to Rijksweg 16 at Wikimedia Commons

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