Canal through Zuid-Beveland
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The Canal through Zuid-Beveland (Dutch: ''Kanaal door Zuid-Beveland'') in the southwest
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is the westernmost of two
canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...
s crossing the
Zuid-Beveland Zuid-Beveland (; "South Beveland") is part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Western Scheldt and south of the Eastern Scheldt. Topography It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Bevelan ...
peninsula. It connects the
Western Scheldt The Western Scheldt ( nl, Westerschelde) in the province of Zeeland in the southwestern Netherlands, is the estuary of the Scheldt river. This river once had several estuaries, but the others are now disconnected from the Scheldt, leaving the W ...
near
Hansweert Hansweert is a village in the southwest Netherlands. It is located on the Zuid-Beveland peninsula, in the municipality of Reimerswaal, Zeeland.ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. History The first mention of ...
(to the south of the canal) via sluices and the
Eastern Scheldt The Eastern Scheldt ( nl, Oosterschelde) is a former estuary in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands, between Schouwen-Duiveland and Tholen on the north and Noord-Beveland and Zuid-Beveland on the south. It also features the largest nation ...
(to the north) has an open connection. The canal is crossed by a movable railroad bridge (between the railroad stations Kapelle-Biezelinge on the west and Kruiningen-Yerseke on the east), a motor-road tunnel (the in the A58 motorway) and two movable road bridges.
Additionally, at the south side the canal has two parallel
sluice Sluice ( ) is a word for a channel controlled at its head by a movable gate which is called a sluice gate. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway and can be considered ...
s that ''can'' carry road traffic, but are just accessible by pedestrians, cyclists and horseman.


External links


Canal through Zuid-Beveland - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management


References

{{reflist Canals in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta Canals opened in 1866 1866 establishments in the Netherlands Canals in Zeeland Transport in Reimerswaal Kapelle Zuid-Beveland