Dutch Motorways with Construction Dates from 1937 to Present

Motorways data from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations includes national highways built between 1937 and today. The dataset likely contains route segments between nodes with associated construction dates and years. It is published under a CC-PDM-1.0 license via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze the historical expansion of the highway network based on construction dates mentioned in the description
• Model infrastructure age and potential maintenance needs based on the year of construction
• Perform geospatial analysis of route connectivity based on the network of nodes and segments

Strengths

• Includes construction dates for routes built over a period spanning from 1937 to the present
• Published by the authoritative Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including WFS and WMS

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

1937 to present

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Netherlands