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.

A16 motorway
Rijksweg 16
Location of the A16 motorway
Major junctions
North end	Interchange Terbregseplein
South end	Hazeldonk
Location
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Provinces	South Holland, North Brabant
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes

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 bridges 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	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
South Holland	Rotterdam	16	9.9	—	Interchange Terbregseplein	E19 / E25 / A 20	North end of E 19 overlap
		17	11	27	Prins Alexander	S 109	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
		18	11	26	Kralingen	Jacques Dutilhweg
		19	12	25	Centrum	N 210 east (Abram van Rijckevorselweg) / Kralingseplein
		22	14	24	Feijenoord	S 106 west (John F Kennedylaan) / S 126 south (Adriaan Volkerlaan) / Van Hoochstratenweg / Arthurweg
	Ridderkerk	23	14	—	Interchange Ridderkerk-Noord	A 15 / A 38	West end of A15 overlap
		27	17	—	Interchange Ridderkerk-Zuid	E31 / A 15	East end of A15 overlap
	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	30	19	23	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	Hendrik Ydenweg
	Zwijndrecht	33	21	22	Zwijndrecht	Pieter Zeemanstraat / H.A. Lorentzstraat / Plantageweg
	Dordrecht	35	22	21	Dordrecht-Centrum	Laan der Verenigde Naties / Mijlweg
		38	24	20	Randweg Dordrecht	N 3 northeast (Randweg) / N 217 west (Provincialeweg) / Laan van Europa
North Brabant	Moerdijk	46	29	—	Interchange Klaverpolder	A 17 / A 59	North end of A59 overlap
		48	30	18	Zevenbergschen Hoek	Hoofdstraat
		54	34	—	Interchange Zonzeel	A 59	South end of A59 overlap
	Breda	59	37	17	Breda-Noord / Prinsenbeek	Backer en Ruebweg
		61	38	—	Interchange Princeville	E312 / A 58	North end of E 312 and A58 overlap. Including southbound exit 16
		61.1	38.0	16	Breda-West	Ettensebaan / (Industrial area) Breda 5000 - 6000	Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
		63	39	15 (16)	Breda / Rijsbergen	Graaf Engelbertlaan N 263 southwest	Northbound dual exit 15 & 16
		67	42	—	Interchange Galder	E312 / A 27 east / A 58	South end of E 312 and A58 overlap
		71	44	14	(Industrial area) Breda 6000 - 7000 / Transportzone Meer	Rietvelden, Hazeldonk
				—	Hazeldonk/Meer	E19 / A1 south	Border with Belgium; this road continues as the Belgian A1; south end of E 19 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

External links

Media related to Rijksweg 16 at Wikimedia Commons