List of city routes in the Netherlands

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City routes in the Netherlands
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City routes in the Netherlands is a traffic management system to improve the flow of motor vehicles in and out of city centres. It uses three digit road numbers preceded by the letter S (for stad, the Dutch word for city).

The system was first developed in Amsterdam in 1977, as part of an urban planning effort in which traffic signs used numbers, similar to postal codes, for neighbourhoods.[1] The system was considered incomprehensible.[2] In 1985, traffic signs with neighbourhood numbers were abandoned but the numbering of city routes was preserved.[3]

An inner ring road around the city center was defined as a hub and given the number S 100. The city routes are the spokes that connect this hub with the outer ring road, in the case of Amsterdam the A10 motorway. Each city route is in principle numbered according to the exit it connects with at the outer ring road. For example, the S110 connects inner ring road S100 with exit 10 of motorway A10.

Other cities followed the Amsterdam example.[4] Seven cities make use of city routes in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Almere, The Hague, Heerlen, Nijmegen, Rotterdam,[5] and Zaanstad.

Number Length (km) Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
S 100 127.5 S 102S 102 —— Amsterdam central ring road
S 101 42.5 S 102S 152 ——
S 102 138.1 S 100N202 ——
S 103 85.0 S 100S 102 ——
S 104 3.32.1 S 103S 103/N200 ——
S 105 4.62.9 S 100S 104 ——
S 106 10.46.5 A9S 100 ——
S 107 7.74.8 S 106S 106 ——
S 108 —— A9S 100 ——
S 109 —— A9S 108 ——
S 110 —— A2S 100 ——
S 111 —— S 112A2/A9 ——
S 112 —— S 100S 111 ——
S 113 —— A9S 100 ——
S 114 —— S 100A1 ——
S 115 —— A10S 116 ——
S 116 —— S 100A10 ——
S 117 —— S 115A10 ——
S 118 —— S 116A8/N516 ——
S 207 —— S 104S 106 ——
S 211 —— S 113A2/N522 ——
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City routes in Almere

Number Length (km) Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
S 101 —— —— ——
S 102 —— —— ——
S 103 —— —— ——
S 104 —— —— ——
S 105 —— —— ——
S 106 —— —— ——

City routes in The Hague

Number Length (km) Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
S 100 116.8 S 101/A12S 101/A12 —— The Hague center ring
S 101 3.62.2 S100N14 (The Hague Ring) —— Much of route was N44 before November 2010
S 102 0.50.31 S100S200 (The Hague Ring) ——
S 103 0.40.25 S100S200 (The Hague Ring) ——
S 104 6.23.9 S100N211 (The Hague Ring) ——
S 105 5.33.3 S100N211 (The Hague Ring) ——
S 106 31.9 S104A4 (The Hague Ring) —— Only city route that does not connect to the S100
S 107 3.82.4 S100A4 (The Hague Ring) —— Originally ran along the Rijswijkseweg and the Haagweg until 2021; now runs along the Rotterdamsebaan
S 108 1.91.2 S100A12 ——
S 200 148.7 N211/S 105N44 —— Portion of The Hague Ring

City routes in Nijmegen

Number Length (km) Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
S 100 159.3 N325 at Keizer TraianuspleinN842 ——
S 101 2.51.6 S 103/S 105 at Keizer KarelpleinS 100 ——
S 102 21.2 QuackpleinS 100 at Industrieplein ——
S 103 2.81.7 Keizer KarelpleinS 100/N326 —— Formerly signed as N326
S 104 2.71.7 S 100St. Annastraat (S 105) ——
S 105 3.72.3 S 100/N844S 101/S 103 at Keizer Karelplein ——
S 106 3.72.3 S 100/N842St. Annastraat (S 105) ——
S 110 1.60.99 S 100 at Splitsingspunt LentN325 ——
S 111 2.51.6 S 100 at Graaf AlardlaanN325 ——

City routes in Rotterdam

City routes in Zaanstad

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