N14, or Rijksweg 14, is a
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands.
It goes from the end of N440 (western interchange with dual carriageway N44, from
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
city center to motorway
A44 A44 may refer to :
* A44 road (Great Britain), a road connecting Oxford, England and Aberystwyth, Wales
* A44 motorway (Germany), a road connecting Aachen at the German-Belgian border and Kassel
* A44 motorway (Netherlands), a motorway in the Nethe ...
) and ends in Motorway
A4 and the Hague district Leidschenstad.
It is a part of the
Ring
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* Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry
* To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell
:(hence) to initiate a telephone connection
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Den Haag (The Hague), together with local roads, a part of the A4 and the short N440.
In
Leidschendam-Voorburg
Leidschendam-Voorburg () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water.
Origin
The municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg is the resu ...
the N14 runs through the three Sijtwende tunnels, which together are just named Sijtwendetunnel ''(as if it is just one tunnel!)''. These tunnels crosses a railway a local road and a canal, but the longest part runs under residential neighbourhoods, partly alove ground in a "
levee
A levee (), dike (American English), dyke (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure that is usually soil, earthen and that often runs parallel (geometry), parallel to ...
".
External links
Pictures of N14 (with Dutch descriptions)
References
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