Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Traffic in the rain
Traffic in the rain - Credit: Photo: Madrabothair/DepositPhotos
Business
traffic
ANWB
traffic jam
A2
A28
A58
A1
Tuesday, 19 November 2019 - 08:06
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Road traffic clogged up even before morning rush hour

Traffic piled up on Dutch roads even before morning rush hour started on Tuesday morning. By 8:00 a.m. there were 172 traffic jams covering 862 kilometers throughout the Netherlands, according to travelers' association ANWB.

Accidents on the A2, A58, A1, and A28 highways contributed to the pileups on Tuesday morning. 

Traffic was backed up in both directions between Amsterdam and Liege, in Belgium on the A2. Motorists stuck in the 90 kilometers of traffic on that highway can expect to be there for up to 187 minutes longer than usual, according to ANWB. The 42 kilometers of traffic jams on the A1 are causing a delay of 127 minutes, particularly between Apeldoorn and Amsterdam, but also in the east of the country near Germany. And 43 kilometers of traffic jams on the A15 are keeping road users stuck for 107 minutes. 

At 6 a.m., national weather service KNMI cautioned drivers and commuters that the roads could be wet or icy in parts of the Netherlands. Temperatures overnight fell to -3 degrees Celsius in parts of the country, and just barely above freezing along the far northern coastal area of Noord-Holland.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Five young children seriously injured in head-on crash
  • Former cop accused of handling €4.2 million in money laundering scheme
  • Police break-up doctors’ protest at Parliament; Cabinet looking for work pressure solutions
  • Dutch inflation down to 9.9 percent in June
  • Facebook completely withdraws plan for controversial data center
  • Man, 35, arrested in Lelystad girl's Amber Alert case

Top stories

  • Five young children seriously injured in head-on crash
  • Many new rules in effect from July 1 in the Netherlands
  • Cabinet wants to ban protests in front of politicians’ homes after farmers incidents
  • Schools will remain open even during a severe Covid outbreak
  • Abolition of slavery commemorated in Amsterdam; Many companies give a day off
  • Girl named in Amber Alert found safe, police say

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content