A10 motorway (Netherlands)

A10 motorway
Rijksweg 10
Location of the A10 motorway
Major junctions
Orbital around Amsterdam
Location
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Provinces	North Holland
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes

The A10 near exit s116.

The A10 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. This motorway is the ring road around the city of Amsterdam. It has a length of 32 km. Five other motorways connect to the A10: motorway A8 at interchange Coenplein (north), motorway A5 at interchange Coenplein (south), A4 at interchange De Nieuwe Meer, A2 at interchange Amstel, and A1 at interchange Watergraafsmeer. Part of the A10 is the Coentunnel, crossing the Noordzeekanaal ("North Sea Canal"). This twin tube tunnel is notorious for traffic jams for decades, reason why another two tubes have been built. These new tubes opened May 13, 2013 and the old tubes were closed for extensive renovation. It is expected that mid 2014 all four tubes will be available for traffic.

The city of Amsterdam has a network of numbered stadsroutes (city routes). These routes are indicated with an "s" prefix followed by a three digit number starting at 100. Since these s-routes are connected to the A10 motorway and each s-route only crosses the motorway once, these numbers can be considered as the first exit numbers on Dutch motorways. Recently, regular exit numbering has been implemented based on the numbers of the s-routes. For example, the junction leading towards the s106 used to be exit number s106 and is now numbered as exit 6.

History

Construction started in 1962 and the first part was completed four years later. The Coentunnel was opened on June 21, 1966. The western part of the A10 (the Einsteinweg) was finished April 2, 1975, and the southern part on July 7, 1981. The eastern and northern part were finished in 1990, with the completion of another tunnel under 'het IJ', the Zeeburgertunnel.

Speed limit

The western part of the A10, between interchange De Nieuwe Meer and exit 2 the speed limit is 100 km/h (62 mph) during daytime (6 am - 7 pm). During nighttime the speed limit is reduced to 80 km/h (50 mph). The rest of the A10 is permanently 100 km/h (62 mph).

Exit list

Province	Municipality	km.	#	Name	Roads	Notes
North Holland	Amsterdam	32/0		Interchange Coenplein north	A8
		28		Interchange Coenplein south	A5	Southbound entrance, northbound exit
		28	1	Westpoort 2000-3000	N203 s101
		27	2	Westpoort 3000-9000	s102
		26	3	Westerpark	s103	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		25	4	Slotermeer	s104	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		24	5	Geuzenveld	s105
		23	6	Osdorp	s106
		22	7	Sloten	s107
		21		Interchange De Nieuwe Meer	A4
		20	8	Oud-Zuid	s108
		18	9	RAI	s109
		16	10 /	Interchange Amstel	A2 s110
		15	11	Amstel Business Park	s111
	Ouder-Amstel	14	12	Duivendrecht	s112
	Diemen	13	13	Diemen	s113
	Amsterdam	12		Interchange Watergraafsmeer	A1
		10	14	Zeeburg	s114
		7	15	Durgerdam	s115
		4	16	Noord / Amsterdam-Centrum	N247 s116
		2	17	Kadoelen	s117
		1	18	Oostzanerwerf	s118
		0/32		Interchange Coenplein	A8

External links

Media related to Rijksweg 10 at Wikimedia Commons