R1 ring road (Belgium)

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BE-R1.svg
Ring R1
Autoroute R1 (BE).svg
Route information
Maintained by the Roads and Traffic Agency of the Flemish government
Length17 km (11 mi)
Major junctions
From Antwerpen-Noord junction
Major intersections AB-Kreuz.svg Antwerpen-Noord junction
BE-E19.svgBE-A1.svg E19  / A1, BE-A12.svg A12

AB-AS.svg 1 Merksem BE-N129.svg N129
AB-Brucke.svg Merksem Viaduct
AB-AS.svg 2 Deurne
BE-N129.svg N129, BE-N120.svg N120
AB-Kreuz.svg Antwerpen-Oost junction BE-E313.svgBE-E34.svgBE-A13.svg E313  / E34  / A13
AB-AS.svg 3 Borgerhout BE-N184.svg N184
AB-AS.svg 4 Berchem BE-N1.svg N1
AB-Kreuz.svg Antwerpen-Zuid junction
BE-A12.svg A12, BE-E19.svgBE-A1.svg E19  / A1, BE-N155.svg N155
AB-AS.svg 5 La Grellelaan BE-N150.svg N150
AB-Kreuz.svg Antwerpen-Centrum junction BE-A122.svg A122
AB-AS.svg 5a Het Zuid BE-N113.svg N113
AB-Tunnel.svg Kennedytunnel
AB-AS.svg 6 Linkeroever BE-N70.svg N70
AB-Kreuz.svg Antwerpen-West junction BE-E17.svgBE-A14.svg E17  / A14

AB-AS.svg 7 Sint-Anna Linkeroever BE-E34.svgBE-A11.svg E34  / A11 BE-N49a.svg N49a
ToSint-Anna Linkeroever
Location
Country Belgium
Highway system
  • Highways of Belgium

The R1 is the ring road around the city of Antwerp, Belgium.

The ring road is not complete; however, its completion is planned with the long running proposed construction of the Oosterweel Link which would cross the Scheldt river. The existing Scheldt crossing is via the Kennedy Tunnel.

The road is largely built on the area of the former Brialmont Fortress around the city of Antwerp, which was constructed between 1859 and 1863. [1]

In the course of planning the procurement of the construction works, the Flemish authorities raised several queries with the European Commission, intending to ensure that their plans did not conflict with EU public procurement law. One query related to their proposal to award a concession contract, without market consultation, to SA Tunnel Liefkenshoek for the construction and operation of a new link from the River Scheldt to Antwerp, in reply to which it was confirmed that the proposed concession was "unlikely to give rise to problems of compatibiloty with European public procurement law". [2]

In order to diminish particulate matter and noise disturbance, the non-governmental organization Ringland has demanded that the ring road should be fully roofed. [3]

Antwerp ring road Ring Antwerpen 4juni2006.jpg
Antwerp ring road

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References

  1. "Berchem - Inventaris Bouwkundig Erfgoed" (in Dutch). Inventaris Onroerend Ergoed. January 1975. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. European Commission, Joint press release from Commissioner Barnier and Kris Peeters, Minister-President of the Government of the Flemish Region, concerning the Oosterweel project (completion of the Antwerp Ring), published 4 November 2013, accessed 24 December 2020
  3. wer; jvt (4 May 2014). "Overkappen Antwerpse ring redt mensenlevens". De Standaard. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

See also

Liefkenshoektunnel