The A6 motorway is a
motorway
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in the
Netherlands
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. It is just over 100 kilometers in length and it connects the
A1 motorway
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at
interchange Muiderberg with the
A7 motorway at
interchange Joure.
Overview
Just after its start at interchange Muiderberg and the first exit, the A6 motorway crosses the bridge
Hollandsebrug. Next, it passes the city of Almere, which has a total of six exits and an interchange (
interchange Almere to the
A27 motorway). Further to the northeast, just after
Lelystad, the road crosses the
Ketelbrug
The Ketelbrug is bridge spanning the Ketel-lake between the Noordoostpolder and the Eastern Flevopolder in the Dutch province of Flevoland. The motorway A6 runs over it.
A part of it is a Bascule bridge.
The bridge was opened on 15 June 19 ...
bridge to the
Noordoostpolder
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and connects to highway N50 at the
interchange Emmeloord. After this interchange, the road goes north to the city of
Joure
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Residents of Joure a ...
, where it connects to the
A7 motorway using a
semi-directional T interchange.
The A6 motorway, of which the largest part is located in the province of
Flevoland, is the shortest route between the city of
Amsterdam
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and most parts of the northern provinces of
Friesland
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and
Groningen.
Hollandsebrug
In April 2007, it was announced that the bridge Hollandsebrug, the bridge between intersection Muiderberg and the city of Almere, did not meet the quality and safety standards. The Dutch research organization
TNO found out that heavy trucks could cause holes to appear in the road surface. Therefore, as of April 27 of that year, heavy traffic was not allowed to cross the bridge in either direction, and was forced to use the
A1 and
A27 motorways instead, a detour of about 20 kilometers.
Exit list
External links
{{Motorways in the Netherlands
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