Amsterdam–Rhine Canal

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canal waterway

The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that connects Amsterdam to the Rhine River, serving as an important route for inland shipping and transport.

Aliases (2)

Amsterdam-Rhine Canal ×2
Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal → waterway →
alsoKnownAs	Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal →
basinCountry	Netherlands →
connects	Amsterdam → Lek → Rhine River → Waal →
connectsToPort	Port of Amsterdam →
constructionStart	1930s →
country	Netherlands →
endPoint	Tiel →
flowsThrough	Randstad region →
hasBridge	Hogeweidebrug → Prins Clausbrug → Prinses Irenebrug →
hasFunction	bypass for river bends on the Rhine → connection between Amsterdam and German inland waterways →
hasLock	Prinses Beatrixsluis → Prinses Irenesluizen → Weurt lock →
length	approximately 45 miles → approximately 72 kilometres →
locatedIn	Netherlands →
maintainedBy	Rijkswaterstaat →
maxVesselBeam	approximately 17 metres →
maxVesselDraught	approximately 4 metres →
maxVesselLength	approximately 135 metres →
maxVesselTonnage	approximately 4000 tonnes →
navigationClass	Class Vb waterway →
nearCity	Breukelen NERFINISHED → Maarssen NERFINISHED → Nieuwegein NERFINISHED →
opened	1952 →
partOf	European inland waterway network →
passesThrough	Utrecht NERFINISHED → province of Gelderland → province of North Holland NERFINISHED → province of Utrecht NERFINISHED →
primaryUse	freight transport → inland shipping →
regionServed	central Netherlands → western Netherlands →
startPoint	Amsterdam →
status	navigable →
waterwayType	inland shipping canal →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal ("Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal") →	alsoKnownAs
IJmeer ("Amsterdam-Rhine Canal") →	connectedTo
Lek →	connectedViaCanalsTo
Port of Amsterdam ("Amsterdam-Rhine Canal") →	connectsTo
European inland shipping network →	hasComponent
Province of Utrecht →	hasMajorCanal
Utrecht →	locatedOn
Weespertrekvaart →	nearbyWaterBody