Zaan

J. the Uylbrug ( Named after the former Dutch Prime Minister Joop den Uyl )

The Zaan is a ten- kilometer long river, which runs through the municipality of Zaanstad, taking the limit of the municipality Wormerland forms in the first kilometers: from Oostknollendam ( to Wormerland ) and West Knollendam ( to Zaanstad ) in the north to the dam in Zaandam in the south.

From the dam is called the watercourse Voorzaan and forms a connection with the North Sea Canal.

The Zaan was originally a Fehnkanal and ran from the Star Sea to the IJ.

Bridges over the Zaan

The bridges for motorized vehicles on the Zaan from north to south:

  • Clausbrug ( Wormer )
  • Zaanbrug ( between Wormerveer and Wormer )
  • Julianabrug ( between Zaandijk and Zaanse Schans )
  • Coenbrug ( Rijksweg 8)
  • Willem Alexanderbrug ( between Koog aan de Zaan and Zaandam )
  • Bernhardbrug ( Zaandam )
  • Beatrixbrug ( Zaandam )
  • Wilhelminabrug ( Zaandam )
  • J. the Uylbrug ( Zaandam )
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