A58 motorway (Netherlands)

The A58 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It is approximately 145 kilometres (90 miles) in length. The A58 is located in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Zeeland.

A58 motorway
Rijksweg 58
Motorways in the Netherlands with A58 bold
A58 near Breda
Route information
Part of E312
Maintained by Rijkswaterstaat[1]
Length	145 km (90 mi)
Major junctions
East end	E312 / E25 / A 2 in Eindhoven
Major intersections	A 65 in Tilburg E311 / A 27 near Breda E19 / A 16 near Breda A 17 in Roosendaal A 4 in Bergen op Zoom A 4 near Woensdrecht A 256 in Goes
West end	E312 / N 58 / N 288 in Vlissingen
Location
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Provinces	North Brabant, Zeeland
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes
← N 57 → A 59

The A58 connects North Brabant's three major cities Eindhoven, Tilburg and Breda with the cities Goes, Middelburg and Vlissingen in Zeeland.

History

With the reconstruction works of the Randweg Eindhoven, the beltway of the city, nearing completion, the A58 motorway has been shortened by a few kilometers. The road now only starts at the Batadorp interchange. The section between its former eastern terminus (interchange Ekkersrijt/John F. Kennedylaan) and the interchange Ekkersweijer has now become part of the A50, while the section between interchanges Ekkersweijer and Batadorp is now only a part of the A2, and no longer shared with the A58.

Traffic jams

The motorway 58 is congested everyday, especially between Oirschot - Tilburg and between Roosendaal - Bergen Op Zoom.

In 2011, experiments with "snelheidsdekens" (lower speed limits) of 90 km/h (55 mph) or even just 70 km/h (45 mph) were set to reduce the amount of traffic jams. It had a counterproductive effect: more traffic jams occurred in January–March 2011.^[2]

In 2011, the BZW (Brabant-Zealandic Employers association) got involved with the widening of the roads, while companies located near the motorway complain about the national government's "neglecting and pointing too much to the Randstad". The target is to widen the motorway in Brabant everywhere to at least 2x3 lanes,^[3] around Tilburg to 4x2 (with local- express-)lanes and relocate the section through Roosendaal.^[4]

Route description

Speed limit

The speed limit on the eastern half is 120 km/h (75 mph), whereas on the shared section with the A16, and in Zeeland, the speed limit is 130 km/h (80 mph). See also the article on speed limits in the Netherlands.

Western terminus near Vlissingen

The A58 motorway section ends just east of the city of Vlissingen. From the intersection where the motorway ends, drivers can go straight ahead towards the N288 road, which brings them to the centre of the city or to a number of towns further to the west on the island.

European routes

Between interchange Batadorp, the future start of the A58, and the western end of the motorway near Vlissingen, the European route E312 follows the road. The shared section of the A58 and the A16 is also part of the European route E19.

Exit list

Province	Municipality	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
North Brabant	Eindhoven	13	8.1			Eastern end of E 312 concurrency
	Best	14	8.7	7
	Oirschot	20	12	8
	Oisterwijk	30	19	9
	Tilburg	34	21
	Hilvarenbeek	35	22	10
	Goirle	40	25	11
	Gilze en Rijen	47	29	12
	Breda	54	34	13
		56	35			Eastern end of A27 concurrency
		59	37	14
		62– 67	39– 42			Western end of A27 concurrency; southern end of A16 / E 19 concurrency
		63	39	15+16
		62	39
				16
	Etten-Leur	76	47	18
		80	50	19
	Rucphen	83	52	20
		85	53	21
		88	55	22
	Roosendaal	90	56	23
		92	57	24
		94	58
		98	61	25
		101	63	26
	Bergen op Zoom	103	64	27
		104– 234	65– 145			Northern end of A4 concurrency
		235	146	28
		236	147	29
	Woensdrecht	241	150	30
		243– 119	151– 74			Southern end of A4 concurrency
Zeeland	Reimerswaal	125	78	31
		134	83	32
		138	86	33
	Kapelle	142	88	34
	Borsele	145	90	35
	Goes	150	93
	Borsele	155	96	36
	Middelburg, Zeeland	164	102	37
		166	103	38
		168	104	39
	Vlissingen	170	110	40
		171	106	—		Western end of E 312 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "Wegbeheerders". Rijkswaterstaat. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
2. "Snelheidsdeken zorgt voor langere files, lagere snelheid". 24 January 2011.
3. "Omroep Brabant".
4. "Verbreding A58 is nodig, maar kan het ook?". 3 Apr 2011. Archived from the original on Apr 5, 2012.

External links

Media related to Rijksweg 58 at Wikimedia Commons