A15 motorway (Netherlands)

The Dutch A15 motorway (Rijksweg 15) is a set of two motorways in the Netherlands, the A15 and the A18.

A15 motorway
Rijksweg 15
Location of the A15 and A18 motorways
Location
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Provinces	South Holland, Utrecht, Gelderland
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes

Connection between A15 and A18

In governmental plans, the A15 and A18 together were meant to be one long motorway from the Europoort harbor near Rotterdam towards the town of Varsseveld in the east of the country. However, the section between the interchange Ressen at Lingewaard near Nijmegen and Zevenaar was not completed. To avoid confusion for drivers, the eastern part of the road has been given a different number: A18. In 2018, the Dutch government announced plans to extend the A15 by 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the A325 south of Arnhem to the A12 northwest of Zevenaar as a toll motorway, which will provide a connection onward to the A18; the A12 will also be widened from Westervoort to the Oud-Dijk interchange with the A18, and a new Zevenaar-East exit will be built to replace the existing Zevenaar exit. Construction of the extension began in 2019 and is planned for completion between 2021 and 2023. It is unclear whether the A18 route will be renumbered as the A15 once the connection to the A12 is made.

Section A15 (and N15)

The westernmost part of the road, between the Maasvlakte and exit 8 is officially not an Autosnelweg (motorway), and is therefore known as the N15. However, it has most characteristics of a motorway, such as a central barrier and a hard shoulder until it crosses the Coloradoweg on the Maasvlakte. As of exit 8, the road becomes an official motorway, called A15. Together with the Betuweroute, which runs parallel on several stretches, the A15 is a main transport corridor from the Port of Rotterdam to the east.

Reconstruction works

In 2010, the A15 motorway near Rotterdam has been widened between the exit Brielle and the interchange Vaanplein. To the western part, between Brielle and Spijkenisse, one lane in each direction will be added, making it a 2x3 road. As for the eastern part of the section, between Spijkenisse and the Vaanplein, the current 2x3 road has been upgraded to a 2x5 road. The complex project in this highly industrialized part of Rotterdam caused an extensive loss of €103 million to one of the main contractors of the project, Ballast Nedam, in the year 2014.

Section A18 (and N18)

The A18 motorway is a short motorway, with only 5 exits and 20 kilometers. The western terminus, interchange Oud-Dijk, can only be used by traffic to and from the western part of the A12. Traffic to/from the A12 east of this interchange (most likely from the German BAB 3 road) will have to use local roads to get from the A18 to the A12 or vice versa.

After its eastern terminus near Varsseveld, road number 18 continues as a regional non-motorway road, therefore being called N18. This road passes the towns Harreveld, Lichtenvoorde, Groenlo, and Eibergen on its way to the city Enschede.

Exit list

Province	Municipality	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
South Holland	Rotterdam			N15 crosses multiple intersections as local road from Maasvlakte
	Westvoorne	26	16	8	Oostvoorne	N 218 south	East end of N15 designation
	Rotterdam	27	17	9	Havens 6200-7000	D'arcyweg / Markweg
		30	19	10	Engeland	Rijnweg / Elbeweg	Exit for Rotterdam Europoort
		33	21	11	Havens 5500-5700	Merwedeweg / Europaweg
	Brielle	36	22	12	Brielle	N 57 southwest / Saarweg
	Rotterdam	37	23	13	Rozenburg	Droespolderweg / Merseyweg
		39	24	14	Rozenburg-Centrum	Trentweg
		43	27	15	Havens 4100-5200	Welplaatweg / Clydeweg
	Nissewaard	45	28	16	Spijkenisse	N 218 south / Botlekweg / Oude Maasweg
	Rotterdam	49	30	17	Hoogvliet	Gaderingviaduct / Hoefsmidstraat / Vondelingenweg / Aveling
		50	31	—	Interchange Benelux	A 4
		53	33	18	Pernis / Heijplaat	S 101
		54	34	19	Charlois	N 492 southwest / S 102
		60	37	19a	Interchange Vaanplein	A 29 south / S 103 northwest
		62	39	20	IJsselmonde	S 104 northwest
	Ridderkerk	63	39	—	Interchange Ridderkerk-Noord	E19 / A 16 / A 38	West end of E 19 and A16 overlap
		69	43	—	Interchange Ridderkerk-Zuid	E19 / E31 / A 16	East end of E 19 and A16 overlap; west end of E 31 overlap
	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	72	45	21	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	N 915 east
	Alblasserdam	76	47	22	Alblasserdam	N 915 west / Edisonweg
	Papendrecht	78	48	23	Papendrecht	N 3 south / N 214 northeast
	Sliedrecht	81	50	24	Sliedrecht-West	Parallelweg / Ouverture
		86	53	25	Sliedrecht-Oost	Sportlaan / Peulenlaan / Buitendams
	Hardinxveld-Giessendam	88	55	26	Hardinxveld-Giessendam	Nieuweweg
	Gorinchem	95	59	27	Gorinchem	N 216 southwest / Banneweg
		96	60	—	Interchange Gorinchem	A 27
	Molenlanden	100	62	28	Arkel	Spijksesteeg
Utrecht (province)	Vijfheerenlanden	106	66	29	Leerdam	N 848
Gelderland	West Betuwe	115	71	—	Interchange Deil	E25 / A 2
		118	73	30a	Meteren	N 830 southwest / Rijksstraatweg	Eastbound exit and entrance only
		121	75	30	Geldermalsen	N 327 north / Blankertsestraat
	Tiel	124	77	31	Wadenoijen	Lingedijk
		127	79	32	Tiel-West	N 834
		131	81	33	Tiel	N 835 north / Westroijensestraat
	Neder-Betuwe	135	84	34	Echteld	N 323 south
		141	88	35	Ochten	N 233 north / Cuneraweg
		147	91	36	Dodewaard	Dodewaadsestraat
	Overbetuwe	151	94	37	Zetten	N 836 / Wanraaij
		154	96	—	Interchange Valburg	E31 / A 50	East end of E 31 overlap
		160	99	38	Elst	Rijksweg Zuid / Griftdijk
	Lingewaard	162	101	—	Interchange Ressen	A 325 / N 325
	Gap in route
	Montferland	189	117	—	Interchange Oud-Dijk	E35 / A 12	West end of A18 designation; only accessible from A12 from the west
		191	119	1	Didam	N 335 southeast / Bievankweg
	Doetinchem	196	122	2	Wehl	N 815
		200	120	3	Doetinchem	N 316 / N 317 north	West end of N317 overlap
		202	126	4	Doetinchem-Oost	N 317 south / Terborgseweg	East end of N317 overlap
	Oude IJsselstreek	211	131	5	Varsseveld	N 18 east / Twente-Route	East end of A18 designation
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition