Oude Maas

The Oude Maas ( Old Meuse ) is a tidal body of water between the island and Ijsselmonde island of Dordrecht in Holland.

It begins in Dordrecht, where the Beneden Merwede branches off into the Noord -, and ends at Vlaardingen in the Nieuwe Maas, which they then the New Waterway forms. The Oude Maas is about 30 kilometers long and has two tributaries, the Dordtsche Kil and the Spui. The Oude Maas was once the mouth of the Maas, today it is a branch of the river in the Rhine delta. Since 1973, the Oude Maas is connected via the Hartelcanal with the Hartelhafen the Maasvlakte.

The Oude Maas is being crossed by three highway tunnels, a railway tunnel ( Botlektunnel ) and a metro tunnel. In addition to the Botlektunnel is a road bridge for the slow transport and transport of dangerous goods on the Oude Maas between Hoogvliet and Spijkenisse is the Spijkenisser bridge. Wrong for pedestrians and cyclists between Oegstgeest and Oud Beijerland a ferry. A water bus between Zwijndrecht and Dordrecht, during the tourist season after Oud Beijerland.

Places on the Oude Maas

Dordrecht, Zwijndrecht, Puttershoek, Heerjansdam, Barendrecht, Heinenoord, Oud Beijerland Potugaal, Hoogvliet and Spijkenisse.