Westerscheldetunnel

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The Westerscheldetunnel is a major road tunnel in the Netherlands that runs beneath the Western Scheldt estuary, providing a key fixed link between the northern and southern parts of Zeeland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road tunnel
subsea tunnel
toll tunnel
bicyclesAllowed no
connects Borsele
Terneuzen
northern Zeeland
Zeeland
surface form: southern Zeeland
constructionStartDate 1998
country Netherlands
crosses Western Scheldt
endPoint Terneuzen
hasEmergencyExits yes
hasToll yes
hasTrafficControlCenter yes
hasVentilationSystem yes
languageOfSignage Dutch
length 6.6 km
6600 m
locatedIn Zeeland
locatedInBodyOfWater Western Scheldt
locatedUnder Western Scheldt
surface form: Western Scheldt estuary
maximumDepthBelowSurface 60 m
nearbyCity Goes
Middelburg
Vlissingen
numberOfLanes 2 per tube
numberOfTubes 2
openingDate 2003-03-14
operator Westerscheldetunnel self-linksurface differs
surface form: N.V. Westerscheldetunnel
owner Zeeland
surface form: Province of Zeeland
partOf N62
partOfTransportNetwork Dutch national road network
pedestriansAllowed no
regionServed Zuid-Beveland
surface form: Beveland

Walcheren
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
replaced ferry service across Western Scheldt
significance first fixed road link between Zeeuws-Vlaanderen and rest of Zeeland
longest road tunnel in the Netherlands
startPoint Ellewoutsdijk
tollAppliesTo cars
motorcycles
trucks
totalLanes 4
trafficType motor vehicles
yearOpened 2003

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeeland hasMajorInfrastructure Westerscheldetunnel
Westerscheldetunnel operator Westerscheldetunnel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: N.V. Westerscheldetunnel
Borsele hasInfrastructure Westerscheldetunnel
this entity surface form: Western Scheldt Tunnel
Western Scheldt hasImportantStructure Westerscheldetunnel
this entity surface form: Western Scheldt Tunnel
Western Scheldt crossedBy Westerscheldetunnel
this entity surface form: Western Scheldt Tunnel
Terneuzen hasNotableStructure Westerscheldetunnel
Ellewoutsdijk hasNearbyInfrastructure Westerscheldetunnel
this entity surface form: Western Scheldt Tunnel (north portal vicinity)
N62 hasPart Westerscheldetunnel
N62 hasTollSection Westerscheldetunnel