Road Cycling Highlight
Recommended by 312 out of 330 road cyclists
Bommelsebrug The first road bridge at this location was the historic Bommelsebrug, this bridge was built as part of the National Road Plan 1927 and was one of the first fixed road bridges over the major rivers in this part of the Netherlands. The bridge opened to traffic on 18 November 1933.[1][2] The bridge was 913 metres long and cost 4 million guilders. This was a large steel truss bridge. This bridge had four lanes without a central divider and was nicknamed "The Narrow Bridge". Due to the absence of a central divider and the narrow lanes, the bridge was perceived as dangerous. The Bommelsebrug was one of the biggest bottlenecks for traffic outside the Randstad in the 1980s. Martinus Nijhoffbrug Due to the congestion, substandard width and aging of the bridge, planning for the replacement of the bridge was started in the 1980s. A cable-stayed bridge was chosen, which was originally planned as one of two future cable-stayed bridges at this location.[3] Construction of the bridge started in September 1992 west of the Bommelsebrug. The new bridge was opened to traffic on 18 January 1996.[4] This did not solve the bottleneck, because the A2 narrowed to 2x2 lanes at the Zaltbommel junction. From 2000 onwards, the narrowing grew into the largest traffic jam bottleneck in the Netherlands. After the A2 was widened to 2x3 lanes between Zaltbommel and the Empel junction in 2010, the traffic jams had almost completely disappeared. The old Bommelsebrug was not demolished until 2008, so that for 12 years there were three parallel bridges over the Waal. Source
wegenwiki.nl/Martinus_Nijhoffbrug
September 9, 2021
From the bridge a beautiful view of Zaltbommel and the river Waal.
April 16, 2019
Sign up for a free komoot account to get 3 more insider tips and takes.