A50 motorway (Netherlands)
{{Short description|Motorway in the Netherlands}}
{{Infobox road
| country = NLD
| type = A
| route = 50
| map = Rijksweg50.svg
| map_notes = Motorways in the Netherlands with A50 and N50 bolt
| e-road = {{Jct|country=NLD|E|31|E|35}}
| maint = Rijkswaterstaat{{cite web|title=Wegbeheerders|url=http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/geotool/wegbeheerders.aspx?cookieload=true|publisher=Rijkswaterstaat|accessdate=14 December 2014}}
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|country=NLD|E|25|A|2}} in Eindhoven
| junction = {{plainlist|
- {{Jct|country=NLD|A|59}} near Oss
- {{Jct|country=NLD|A|326}} near Wijchen
- {{Jct|country=NLD|E|31|A|73|N|322}} near Beuningen
- {{Jct|country=NLD|E|31|A|15}} near Elst
- {{Jct|country=NLD|A|12}} in Arnhem
- {{Jct|country=NLD|E|30|A|1}} in Apeldoorn
}}
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{Jct|country=NLD|E|232|A|28|N|50}} in Hattem
| previous_type = A
| previous_route = 44
| next_type = A
| next_route = 58
| provinces = North Brabant, Gelderland
| photo =Hattem A50 exit Hattem seen from Hessenweg to the north 2.jpg|photo_alt=Exit Hattem
}}
A50, the section of Rijksweg 50 that is constructed as controlled-access highway, is a north–south motorway in the Netherlands, running from Eindhoven in the province of North Brabant, northwards passing by the cities of Oss, Nijmegen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn, to its northern terminus in the province of Gelderland near the city of Zwolle.
The highway is maintained by Rijkswaterstaat.
Route description
History
During the Second World War the Highway was known as Highway 69. Since 1969, it is known as N69 and has that name now only between the border of North Brabant and European route E34.
The highway was an important and only avenue of advance during Operation Market Garden, and after the fighting along its length between Allied and Wehrmacht forces it was named "Hell's Highway"p.87, Koskimaki so named because of the effective artillery fire directed at it by the German forces in the area.p.125, Ambrose During the fighting some {{convert|16|km|mi}} of the highway south of Eindhoven was jammed with wrecks of vehicles being attacked by up to 200 Luftwaffe bombers requiring bulldozers and blade-equipped tanks to roam the length, pushing them off the surface to keep traffic moving. The wrecks on the soft shoulders of the highway prevented its use by other vehicles, in effect converting the highway into a narrow corridor, and slowing the movement on it to a crawl for the Allied drivers.
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Exit list
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{{Jctbridge|exit
|river=Zuid-Willemsvaart
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De Gagel rest area northbound
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{{Jctbridge|exit
|river=Meuse
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|bridge=Maasbrug Ravenstein
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|pspan=2
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|road={{Jct|country=NLD|A|326|dir1=east|city1=Wijchen}}
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|notes=Southern end of E 31 concurrency
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|river=Waal
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|bridge=Tracitusbrug
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|notes=Northern end of E 31 concurrency
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Meilanden rest area northbound
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|river=Nederrijn
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Northbound exit and entrance
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|notes=Western end of A12 / E 35 concurrency
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Westbound exit and entrance
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|type=HOV
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Transit buses and vehicle breakdown only
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{{Jctplace|exit
|municipality_special=Apeldoorn
|mspan=8
|type=HOV
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|restarea=North and southbound rest area
Transit buses and vehicle breakdown only
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|restarea=North and southbound rest area
Transit buses and vehicle breakdown only
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|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|788|dir1=north|name1=Arnhemseweg|city1=Beekbergen}}
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|restarea=De Brink rest area southbound
De Somp rest area northbound
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|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|345|location1=Apeldoorn|location2=Voorst}}
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|road=Oost Veluweweg
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|municipality=Epe, Netherlands{{!}}Epe
|mspan=2
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|exit=26
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|792|dir1=east|name1=Geerstraat|city1=Vaassen|city2=Terwolde|road|Eekterweg}}
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|exit=27
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|309|dir1=west|location1=Epe}}
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{{NLDint|exit
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Heerde
|mspan=3
|type=
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|exit=28
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|794|name1=Eperweg|location1=Epe|city2=Heerde}}
|notes=
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{{Jctplace|exit
|type=
|km=
|restarea=Het Veen rest area southbound
Kolthoorn rest area northbound
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|exit=29
|road=Kamperweg
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{{NLDint|exit
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Hattem
|mspan=2
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|exit=30
|road=Hessenweg / Keizersweg
|notes=
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|exit=—
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|50|E|232|A|28|dir1=north–west|location1=Kampen|city2=Zwolle|city3=Wezep}}
|notes=
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete,hov}}
See also
- List of motorways in the Netherlands
- List of E-roads in the Netherlands
- {{portal-inline|Netherlands}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
References
=Footnotes=
{{reflist}}
=Works cited=
- Koskimaki, George E., Hell's highway: chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944, Casemate, Havertown, 2003
- Ambrose, Stephen E., Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, Part One, Chapter 4, Touchstone, New York, 1997
External links
{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Motorways in the Netherlands}}
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Category:Motorways in the Netherlands
Category:Motorways in Gelderland
Category:Motorways in North Brabant