A16 motorway (Netherlands)
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|---|---|
| Rijksweg 16 | |
 Location of the A16 motorway | |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Interchange Zestienhoven |
| South end | Hazeldonk |
| Location | |
| Country | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Constituent country | Netherlands |
| Provinces | South Holland, North Brabant |
| Highway system | |
The A16 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It runs from the Interchange Zestienhoven in the northwestern part of Rotterdam, towards the Belgian border near Hazeldonk.[1] The motorway has 22 exits including 8 interchanges.
To relieve the southern part of A13 motorway from traffic, a major by-pass for the city of Rotterdam was constructed, extending the A16 was extended from its former terminus at interchange Terbregseplein towards a new interchange with the A13 between exits Berkel en Rodenrijs and Delft-Zuid. This extension was completed in October 2025.[2]
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.
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.[3]
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.
