European route E231
{{Short description|Road in trans-European E-road network}}
{{Infobox road
| country = EUR
| type = E
| route = 231
| map_notes = European routes in the Netherlands with E 231 in dark green
| maint = Rijkswaterstaat{{cite web|title=Wegbeheerders|url=http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/geotool/wegbeheerders.aspx?cookieload=true|publisher=Rijkswaterstaat|access-date=12 January 2017}}
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = Amsterdam
| junction =
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = Amersfoort
| countries = {{flag|Netherlands}}
}}
The E 231 is a European B class road in the Netherlands, connecting the cities of Amsterdam and Amersfoort.
The highway is maintained by Rijkswaterstaat.
Route description
{{flag|Netherlands}}
- {{Jct|country=NLD|E|35|A|10}} in Amsterdam
- {{Jct|country=NLD|A|9}} in Diemen
- {{Jct|country=NLD|A|6}} in Muiderberg
- {{Jct|country=NLD|A|27}} near Hilversum
- {{Jct|country=NLD|E|30|E|232|A|1|A|28}} in Amersfoort
History
The route that E 231 follows was originally called E 35 in 1950 in the Declaration on the Construction of Main International Traffic Arteries. That route started in Amsterdam, passed by Amersfoort, E 231's current eastern terminus, Groningen and Bremen, and ended in Hamburg. In the 1950 version of that declaration, there were no routes numbered E 230 and E 231 yet.{{Cite web|url=https://verdragenbank.overheid.nl/en/Treaty/Details/007616.html|access-date=31 January 2017|date=16 September 1950|title=Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries}}
In 1975, E 230, a new route in the system, was defined and proposed as a road between Amsterdam and Amersfoort, the same route as it follows today. The 1975 version of E 231 followed today's E 232's route from Amersfoort to Groningen. E 35 was also laid down on a new course, running from Hook of Holland, passing by Rotterdam, Utrecht, Oberhausen, Cologne, and Basel, to Rome. These plans were put into force on 15 March 1983.{{Cite web|publisher=United Nations Economic Commission for Europe|title=European Agreement on main international traffic arteries|date=15 November 1975|language=en, fr, ru|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201302/volume-1302-I-21618-English.pdf|access-date=31 January 2017}} In 1987, E 230, defined in 1975, was renumbered to E 231. E 231 was renumbered to E 232. E 35 was also rerouted again, now starting in Amsterdam, but following the same route once arrived in Utrecht. {{Cite web|title=Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden - Jaargang 1987 Nr. 13|trans-title=Treaty Series of the Kingdom of the Netherlands - Volume 1987 No. 13|date=19 January 1987|url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/trb-1987-13|publisher=Overheid.nl|language=nl, en|access-date=31 January 2017}}
In 1950, when E 35 was proposed, much of the underlying road wasn't constructed yet. The first part of the motorway to be completed was the Merwedebrug in 1933, now replaced with the Muiderbrug, with only one lane in each direction. Before 1942, construction started on embankments from Baarn to Amersfoort, but construction was discontinued due to World War II. In 1948 planning was continued and in 1952 Rijksweg 1, now also known as A1, was opened between Baarn and E 231's current eastern terminus Hoevelaken, which was merely a roundabout back then, compared to the cloverleaf interchange that is located there now. That part of the road had one lane in each direction and at grade intersections, but was already upgraded to have grade separated intersections in 1953.{{Cite web|url=http://www.autosnelwegen.nl/index.php/dossiers/96-dos-a001|title=Dossier A1|trans-title=Dossier A1|language=nl|publisher=Autosnelwegen.nl|date=6 August 2016|access-date=1 February 2017}}
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Exit list
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{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=North Holland
|pspan=12
|municipality=Amsterdam
|mspan=1
|type=concur
|km=4.5
|exit=—
|name=Watergraafsmeer Interchange
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|E|35|A|10|city1=Amsterdam|city2=Rotterdam|city3=Purmerend|city4=Zaanstad}}
|notes=West end of A1 overlap
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Diemen
|mspan=3
|type=incomplete
|km=5.6
|exit=1
|name=Diemen-Noord
|road=Landlust / Diemerpolderweg / Vlinderweg
|notes=Westbound entrance and eastbound exit only
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=6.8
|exit=2
|name=Diemen
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|S|114|dab1=Amsterdam|name1=Weteringweg|road|Diemerpolderweg|city1=Diemen|location2=Amsterdam-IJburg}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=8.0
|exit=—
|name=Diemen Interchange
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|A|9|dir1=south|city1=Haarlem|city2=Schiphol|city3=Amsterdam-Zuidoost|city4=Utrecht}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Gooise Meren
|mspan=5
|type=
|km=11.2
|exit=3
|name=Muiden
|road=Paperlaan
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=15.6
|exit=—
|name=Muiderberg Interchange
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|A|6|dir1=North|city1=Lelystad|city2=Almere}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=incomplete
|km=17.0
|exit=5
|name=Naarden-West
|road=Rijksweg / Churchillstraat
|notes=Westbound entrance and eastbound exit only
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=18.3
|exit=6
|name=Naarden-Vesting
|road=IJsselmeerweg
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=22.6
|exit=7
|name=Naarden
|road=Amersfoortsestraatweg
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Huizen
|mspan=
|type=
|km=24.7
|exit=8
|name=Blaricum
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|527|N|526|to2=2|dir1=North|dir2=East|name1=Crailoseweg|name2=Prins Hendriklaan|road|Amersfoortsestraatweg / Rijksstraatweg|city1=Blaricum|city2=Huizen}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Laren, North Holland
|mspan=2
|type=
|km=27.0
|exit=9
|name=Hilversum-Noord
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|525|dir1=South|name1=Hilversumseweg|road|Hilversumseweg|city1=Hilversum}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=28.6
|exit=9a
|name=De Witte Bergen
|road=Rijksweg / Heidelaan
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province_special=Utrecht
|pspan=6
|municipality=Eemnes
|mspan=2
|type=
|km=29.6
|exit=—
|name=Eemnes Interchange
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|A|27|city1=Hilversum|city2=Utrecht|city3=Almere}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=31.0
|exit=10
|name=Soest, Netherlands
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|221|dir1=South|road|Zandheuvelweg / Wakkerendijk|city1=Soest, Netherlands|city2=Baarn}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Baarn
|mspan=
|type=
|km=34.1
|exit=11
|name=Eembrugge
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|414|city1=Eembrugge|city2=Baarn|name1=Bisschopsweg}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=Amersfoort
|mspan=3
|type=
|km=39.0
|exit=12
|name=Bunschoten-Spakenburg
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|N|199|name1=Bunschoterstraat / Amersfoortsweg|city1=Bunschoten-Spakenburg|city2=Amersfoort}}
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=
|km=42.0
|exit=13
|name=Amersfoort-Noord
|road=Bergpas / Rondweg Oost
|notes=
}}
{{NLDint|exit|name
|province=
|pspan=
|municipality=
|mspan=
|type=concur
|km=44.6
|exit=—
|name=Hoevelaken Interchange
|road={{Jct|country=NLD|E|30|E|232|A|1|A|28|dir3=East|dir2=North|city1=Utrecht|city2=Zwolle|city3=Apeldoorn|city4=Arnhem}}
|notes=East end of A1 overlap
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|name|col=9|keys=concur,incomplete}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|Netherlands}}
- {{portal-inline|Roads}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://unece.org/DAM/trans/conventn/MapAGR2007.pdf UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)]
- {{commons category-inline|E231|European route E231}}
{{E-road}}
Category:International E-road network
Category:Motorways in North Holland
Category:Motorways in Utrecht (province)