Nieuwe Maas - Nieuwe Maas

At the Nieuwe Maas lies the city Rotterdam. The river is created at Slikkerveer from the confluence of Lek and North and ends 24 km further west at Vlaardingen, where he joins the Oude Maas meets and over Het Scheur and finally the Nieuwe Waterweg flows further into the North Sea.

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Originally, the Nieuwe Maas continued from the Oude Maas through what is now the Botlek area, past Brielle to the North Sea. Because both the mouth of Het Scheur as the Nieuwe Maas silted up, the Nieuwe Waterweg was dug between 1866 and 1872. The original mouth of the Nieuwe Maas (there also Brielse Maas called) was cordoned off near Oostvoorne in 1950. The former course of the river can still be seen in the Botlek and the Brielse and Oostvoornse Meer.

Het Scheur used to turn south at the height of the Maeslant storm surge barrier to flow into the sea via today's Oostvoornse Meer. During the construction of the Nieuwe Waterweg, the approximately 4.3 km long passage through the dunes, was Het Scheur dammed.

The main tributary is the Hollandse IJsselwhich flows into the NIeuwe Maas around 4 km after the start of the Nieuwe Maas at Kralingseveer. They come further west Rotte and the Shoot added.

Cities

Ferries

  • Water bus Dordrecht - Rotterdam (Catamaran pedestrian / bicycle ferry) Tel: 0900-8998998 www.waterbus.nl
Ferry times: All year round. Every half hour. Mon-Fri 7 a.m.-7.30 p.m., Sat 9.30 a.m.-7.30 p.m., Sun 11.30 a.m.-6.30 p.m.
Landing points: Rotterdam Erasmusbrug, Krimpen a / d IJssel Stormpolder, Ridderkerk De Schans, Alblasserdam Kade, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Veerweg, Papendrecht Westeind, Dordrecht Merwekade.
  • Rotterdam Willemskade - Heijplaat (Catamaran pedestrian / bicycle ferry) Tel: 036-5359600 (Aqualiner shipping company).
Ferry times: All year round. Every day. Mon-Sun 10 am-5pm.
Operating times: Mon-Thu 7 a.m.-midnight; Friday 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. sat 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Sun 9.00-24.00 h.
Landing points:
North bank: Water tower De Esch, Maasboulevard Kralingen Oost, Admiraliteit Kralingen West, Metro Oostplein Kralingen West, Boompjes Station Blaak, Leuvehaven Centrum, Veerhaven Wereldmuseum, Euromast Park, Mullerpier Lloydkwartier, Schiemond Delfshaven, Schiedam Zuid Mathenesse, Zalmingenhotel Rivium, Zalmingenhotel Vla,
South bank: Stadium Feyenoord De Veranda, Station Zuid Oranjeboomstraat, Feyenoord Passenger Port, Feyenoord, Maaskade Noordereiland, van der Takstraat Noordereiland, Entrepot Kop van Zuid, Luxor Wilhelminaplein, Hotel New York Wilhelminapier, Katawissoferts, Katendrechtseho Hoofsel, Charwan Maashissewocht, Africa, Charwan Maashewocht Wereldhaven Sluisjesdijk Oud Charlois, Smit pier 3 Wielewaal, Heyplaat Heyplaat, Spijkenisse haven;
outside of Rotterdam: IJsselmondse Hoofd, Kinderdijk Windmühlen, Krimpen aan de Lek pedestrian ferry, Ridderkerk Fast Ferry, Stormpolder Fast Ferry.

Bridges and tunnels

The Nieuwe Maas crosses one of the most densely populated areas in the Netherlands and is therefore provided with bridges or tunnels in many places. There is an extensive port and industrial area, especially on the south side. The most important bridges and tunnels include:

  • Van Brienenoordbrug important bridge on the A16 (Rotterdam - Antwerp). Its total length is 1320 m and the headroom around 24 m. The bridge consists of two arched bridges next to each other and three bascule bridges in their extension. With six lanes in each direction and over a quarter of a million vehicles a day, it is one of the widest and busiest roads in the country. Outside the arches there is also a two-lane cycle path on the east side.
  • Willemsspoortunnel In 1993, the 2796 m long, four-track railway tunnel opened instead of the 116-year-old one Willemsspoorbrug. The main problem with this bridge was its movable lifting part, which had to be opened regularly and thus significantly restricted rail traffic to and from Rotterdam. The bridge was demolished after completion of the tunnel, the lifting part (De Hef) but left as a listed building.
  • Willemsbrug 318 m long cable-stayed bridge standing on two pylons, which was inaugurated in 1981 and for a long time was known as the "Golden Gate" of Rotterdam. Its red color contributed to this, as did the fact that it was the last bridge before the Nieuwe Maas flows into the North Sea until the Erasmus Bridge was built. The bridge connects downtown Rotterdam with Noordereiland. This is done via the Koninginnebrug connected to the district of Feijenoord.
  • Erasmusbrug The 802 m long bridge, completed in 1996, that forms the new district Kop van Zuid with the city center on the north side of the Nieuwe Maas. The cable-stayed bridge rests on an asymmetrical steel pylon, from which the bridge is nicknamed "The Swan". Between the Kop van Zuid and the pylon is an 89 m long bascule bridge, which is the largest and heaviest bascule bridge in Western Europe.
  • Meuse tunnel The tunnel consists of four tubes: two for cars, one for cyclists and one for pedestrians. Construction began in 1937 and was completed in 1942 - during the German occupation. Around 75,000 vehicles and a large number of cyclists and pedestrians use the tunnel every day.
  • Benelux tunnel Opened in 1967 and 713 m long tunnel between Vlaardingen and Hoogvliet. The A4 motorway runs through this tunnel. A second Benelux tunnel was opened in 2002, which also includes tubes for a bicycle tunnel and a metro tunnel.

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