A58 motorway (Netherlands)

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NL-A58.svg
A58 motorway
Rijksweg 58
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Motorways in the Netherlands with A58 bold
A58 Breda 2006 002.jpg
A58 near Breda
Route information
Part of NL-E312.svg E312
Maintained by Rijkswaterstaat [1]
Length145 km (90 mi)
Major junctions
East endNL-E312.svgNL-E25.svgNL-A2.svg E312  / E25  / A 2 in Eindhoven
Major intersections
West endNL-E312.svgNLD-N58.svgNLD-N288.svg E312  / N 58  / N 288 in Vlissingen
Location
Country Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country Netherlands
Provinces North Brabant, Zeeland
Highway system
NLD-N57.svg N 57 NL-A59.svg A 59

The A58 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It is approximately 145 kilometres (90 miles) in length. The A58 is located in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Zeeland.

Contents

The A58 connects North Brabant's three major cities Eindhoven, Tilburg and Breda with the cities Goes, Middelburg and Vlissingen in Zeeland.

History

With the reconstruction works of the Randweg Eindhoven, the beltway of the city, nearing completion, the A58 motorway has been shortened by a few kilometers. The road now only starts at the interchange Batadorp. The section between its former eastern terminus (interchange Ekkersrijt/John F. Kennedylaan) and the interchange Ekkersweijer has now become part of the A50, while the section between interchanges Ekkersweijer and Batadorp is now only a part of the A2, and is no longer shared with the A58.

Traffic jams

The motorway 58 is congested everyday, especially between Oirschot - Tilburg and between Roosendaal - Bergen Op Zoom.

In 2011, experiments with "snelheidsdekens" (lower speed limits) of 90 km/h (55 mph) or even just 70 km/h (45 mph) were set to reduce the amount of traffic jams. It had a counterproductive effect: more traffic jams occurred in January–March 2011. [2]

In 2011, the BZW (Brabant-Zealandic Employers association) got involved with the widening of the roads, while companies located near the motorway complain about the national government's "neglecting and pointing too much to the Randstad". The target is to widen the motorway in Brabant everywhere to at least 2x3 lanes, [3] around Tilburg to 4x2 (with local- express-)lanes and relocate the section through Roosendaal. [4]

Route description

Speed limit

The speed limit on the eastern half is 120 km/h (75 mph), whereas the shared section with the A16, and in Zeeland, the speed limit is 130 km/h (80 mph).

Western terminus near Vlissingen

The A58 motorway section ends just east of the city of Vlissingen. From the intersection where the motorway ends, drivers can go straight ahead towards the N288 road, which brings them to the centre of the city or to a number of towns further to the west on the island.

European routes

Between interchange Batadorp, the future start of the A58, and the western end of the motorway near Vlissingen, the European route E312 follows the road. The shared section of the A58 and the A16 is also part of the European route E19.

Exit list

ProvinceMunicipalitykmmiExitDestinationsNotes
North Brabant Eindhoven 138.1Eastern end of E 312 concurrency
Best 148.77
Oirschot 20128
Oisterwijk 30199
Tilburg 3421
Hilvarenbeek 352210
Goirle 402511
Gilze en Rijen 472912
Breda 543413
5635Eastern end of A27 concurrency
593714
62–
67
39–
42
Western end of A27 concurrency; southern end of A16 / E 19 concurrency
633915+16
6239
16
Etten-Leur 764718
805019
Rucphen 835220
855321
885522
Roosendaal 905623
925724
9458
986125
1016326
Bergen op Zoom 1036427
104–
234
65–
145
Northern end of A4 concurrency
23514628
23614729
Woensdrecht 24115030
243–
119
151–
74
Southern end of A4 concurrency
Zeeland Reimerswaal 1257831
1348332
1388633
Kapelle 1428834
Borsele 1459035
Goes 15093
Borsele1559636
Middelburg, Zeeland 16410237
16610338
16810439
Vlissingen 17011040
171106Western end of E 312 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. "Wegbeheerders". Rijkswaterstaat. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. "Snelheidsdeken zorgt voor langere files, lagere snelheid". 24 January 2011.
  3. "Omroep Brabant".
  4. "Verbreding A58 is nodig, maar kan het ook?". 3 Apr 2011. Archived from the original on Apr 5, 2012.

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