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).

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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.

City routes in Amsterdam

NumberLength (km)Length (mi)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
NLD-S100.svg S 100 127.5 S 102 S 102 Amsterdam central ring road
NLD-S101.svg S 101 42.5 S 102 S 152
NLD-S102.svg S 102 138.1 S 100 N202
NLD-S103.svg S 103 85.0 S 100 S 102
NLD-S104.svg S 104 3.32.1 S 103 S 103/N200
NLD-S105.svg S 105 4.62.9 S 100 S 104
NLD-S106.svg S 106 10.46.5 A9 S 100
NLD-S107.svg S 107 7.74.8 S 106 S 106
NLD-S108.svg S 108 A9 S 100
NLD-S109.svg S 109 A9 S 108
NLD-S110.svg S 110 A2 S 100
NLD-S111.svg S 111 S 112 A2/A9
NLD-S112.svg S 112 S 100 S 111
NLD-S113.svg S 113 A9 S 100
NLD-S114.svg S 114 S 100 A1
NLD-S115.svg S 115 A10 S 116
NLD-S116.svg S 116 S 100 A10
NLD-S117.svg S 117 S 115 A10
NLD-S118.svg S 118 S 116 A8/N516
NLD-S207.svg S 207 S 104 S 106
NLD-S211.svg S 211 S 113 A2/N522
  •       Former

City routes in Almere

NumberLength (km)Length (mi)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
NLD-S101.svg S 101
NLD-S102.svg S 102
NLD-S103.svg S 103
NLD-S104.svg S 104
NLD-S105.svg S 105
NLD-S106.svg S 106

City routes in The Hague

NumberLength (km)Length (mi)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
NLD-S100.svg S 100 116.8 S 101/A12 S 101/A12 The Hague center ring
NLD-S101.svg S 101 3.62.2S100N14 (The Hague Ring)Much of route was N44 before November 2010
NLD-S102.svg S 102 0.50.31S100S200 (The Hague Ring)
NLD-S103.svg S 103 0.40.25S100S200 (The Hague Ring)
NLD-S104.svg S 104 6.23.9S100N211 (The Hague Ring)
NLD-S105.svg S 105 5.33.3S100N211 (The Hague Ring)
NLD-S106.svg S 106 31.9S104A4 (The Hague Ring)Only city route that does not connect to the S100
NLD-S107.svg S 107 3.82.4S100A4 (The Hague Ring)Originally ran along the Rijswijkseweg and the Haagweg until 2021; now runs along the Rotterdamsebaan
NLD-S108.svg S 108 1.91.2S100A12
NLD-S200.svg S 200 148.7 N211/S 105 N44 Portion of The Hague Ring

City routes in Nijmegen

NumberLength (km)Length (mi)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
NLD-S100.svg S 100 159.3 N325 at Keizer Traianusplein N842
NLD-S101.svg S 101 2.51.6S 103/S 105 at Keizer KarelpleinS 100
NLD-S102.svg S 102 21.2QuackpleinS 100 at Industrieplein
NLD-S103.svg S 103 2.81.7Keizer KarelpleinS 100/N326Formerly signed as N326
NLD-S104.svg S 104 2.71.7S 100St. Annastraat (S 105)
NLD-S105.svg S 105 3.72.3S 100/N844S 101/S 103 at Keizer Karelplein
NLD-S106.svg S 106 3.72.3 S 100/N842St. Annastraat (S 105)
NLD-S110.svg S 110 1.60.99S 100 at Splitsingspunt LentN325
NLD-S111.svg S 111 2.51.6S 100 at Graaf AlardlaanN325

City routes in Rotterdam

NumberLength (km)Length (mi)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
NLD-S100.svg S 100
NLD-S101.svg S 101
NLD-S102.svg S 102
NLD-S103.svg S 103
NLD-S104.svg S 104
NLD-S105.svg S 105
NLD-S106.svg S 106
NLD-S107.svg S 107
NLD-S108.svg S 108
NLD-S109.svg S 109
NLD-S110.svg S 110
NLD-S111.svg S 111
NLD-S112.svg S 112
NLD-S113.svg S 113
NLD-S114.svg S 114
NLD-S115.svg S 115
NLD-S118.svg S 118
S 120
S 121
S 122
S 123
S 124
S 125
S 126
S 127

City routes in Zaanstad

NumberLength (km)Length (mi)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
NLD-S150.svg S 150 10.76.6S118 in AmsterdamRoundabout at the N246 in Buitenhuizen
S 151 2.21.4A8/A7, Zaandam junctionS152
S 152 9.86.1N203 and N246 in WormerveerHempont ferryFormerly a portion of the N203
S 153 7.14.4N246A7Concurrent with the N515
S 154 21.2A8/N8/N246Roundabout in Assendelft
S 155 7.54.7S150/N516A7Concurrent with the S153

References

  1. "Via nieuwe wegwijzers beter de weg vinden naar een adres in de stad". De waarheid. 1977-06-07. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  2. "Wijkcijfers op verkeersborden onbegrijpelijk". Het Parool. 1982-06-19. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  3. "Wegwijzers Amsterdam van de baan". NRC Handelsblad. 1985-03-29. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  4. "NEDERLAND IS BIJNA KLAAR In de doolhof van wegwijzers en postcodes". NRC Handelsblad. 1979-04-21. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  5. "bewegwijzering". Cityportal Rotterdam. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2024-11-11.