A6 motorway (Netherlands)

A6 motorway
Rijksweg 6
Location of the A6 motorway
Location
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes

The A6 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It is just over 100 kilometers in length and it connects the A1 motorway 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 bridge to the Noordoostpolder and connects to highway N50 at the interchange Emmeloord. After this interchange, the road goes north to the city of Joure, 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 and most parts of the northern provinces of Friesland 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

Province	Municipality	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
North Holland	Muiden	42	26	—	A 1 – Muiden, Naarden
	Naarden	43	27	1	IJsselmeerweg
Flevoland	Almere	46	29	2	N 701 northwest (Poortdreef) / Elementendreef – Almere Poort
		48	30	3	N 702 north / S 101 north – Almere Stad-West
		51	32	4	S 102 – Almere Haven, Almere Stad-West
		53	33	5	N 305 north / S 103 south – Almere Stad, Vogelhorst
		56	35	6	N 703 northwest / S 104 northwest – Almere Stad-Oost, Almere Buiten-West
		57	35	—	A 27 southeast – Vogelhorst, Huizen
		59	37	7	S 105 northwest – Almere Buiten
		61	38	8	N 702 northwest (Buitenring) / S 106 northwest (Buitenring) – Almere Buiten-Oost
	Lelystad	75	47	10	N 309 northwest / N 302 – Harderwijk, Lelystad
		87	54	11	N 302 west (Houtribweg) / N 307 east (Houtribweg) – Lelystad, Swifterbant, Dronten
	Dronten	98	61	12	N 711 southeast – Swifterbant	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
	Urk	103	64	13	N 352 – Urk, Nagele, Ens
	Noordoostpolder	109	68	14	N 717 – Emmeloord
		111– 280	69– 170	—	N 50 southeast – Ens, Kampen
		283	176	15	N 331 east / N 351 – Marknesse, Emmeloord
		287	178	16	N 715 – Bant, Luttelgeest, Kuinre
Friesland	Lemsterland	297	185	17	N 359 west (Rondweg) / N 712 southwest (Zeedijk) – Lemmer
		300	190	18	N 354 northwest (Herenweg) / N 924 east (Herenweg) – Oosterzee-Gietersebrug, Woudsend
	Scharsterland	305	190	19	N 927 west – Sint Nicolaasga
		311	193	—	A 7 / Geert Knolweg – Joure, Heerenveen, Sneek
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

References

Media related to Rijksweg 6 at Wikimedia Commons