Overview
- The A27 Merwedebrug is fully closed in both directions for three days while crews apply a thinner, lighter asphalt layer to the existing roadway.
- Rijkswaterstaat keeps the existing ban on trucks and touringcars in place because inspections found multiple weakened spots in the bridge's steel arch.
- Drivers are being routed along official detours (for example via the A2/A59 or A15/A16/A59) and Rijkswaterstaat warns travel times may increase by about an hour, especially during peak periods.
- The closure overlaps with other major works on the A59 and night closures on the A2, which together are expected to amplify regional congestion and lead Rijkswaterstaat to advise motorists to depart earlier than usual.
- After the work the speed limit over the bridge will be reduced to 70 km/h because the new thin layer may create small height differences between asphalt sections while the permanent replacement bridge is completed alongside the old span.