Nieuwe Maas

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Satellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta. The Nieuwe Maas is marked "n."
Satellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta. The Nieuwe Maas is marked "n."
The Erasmusbrug ("Erasmus Bridge") across the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam.
The Erasmusbrug ("Erasmus Bridge") across the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam.

The Nieuwe Maas ("New Meuse") is a river branche in the Netherlands, in the Rhine-Meuse delta. It runs from the meeting of the rivers Noord and Lek, and flows west through Rotterdam. It ends west of the city where it meets the Oude Maas, near Vlaardingen, to form Het Scheur. The total length is approximately 24 kilometers (13 nm.)

Originally, the Nieuwe Maas and its sibling Oude Maas ("Old Meuse") were brances in the Meuse delta. Near Vlaardingen, these two met to form an estuary known as Maasmond ("Mouth of Meuse.") But Meuse and Rhine both shifted their courses southwards. As a result, today the Nieuwe Maas is a branch in the Rhine delta. Only its name reminds of the former situation.

From west to east:

  • Beneluxtunnel (tunnel; motor vehicles, cyclists and metro)
  • Maastunnel (tunnel; motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians)
  • Erasmusbrug (bridge; motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, trams)
  • Maastaxi (ferry; pedestrians)
  • Metrotunnel (tunnel; metro)
  • Willemstunnel (tunnel; train)
  • Willemsbrug (bridge; motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians)
  • Van Brienenoordbrug (bridge; motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians)
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