A37 motorway (Netherlands)

The A37 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It is approximately 42 kilometers in length. The A37 is located entirely in the Dutch province of Drenthe.

A37 motorway
Rijksweg 37
Location of the A37 motorway
Major junctions
West end	A28/N48 in Hoogeveen
East end	Emmen B 402 border with  Germany
Location
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes

A37 seen from the viaduct "Erica".

The A37 connects the city of Hoogeveen with Emmen and the German border (Twist, Germany) near Zwartemeer. At the border, the road continues as the German road B402, which connects to the German A31 a few kilometers east of the border.^[1]

Along the entire length of the motorway, the European route E233 follows the A37.

History

Until 2003, the main connection between Hoogeveen and the German B402 road was the two-laned N37 highway. In that year, construction of the motorway finished on the section between interchanges Hoogeveen and Holsloot and that part of the road, now upgraded from 'N37' to 'A37', was opened to traffic. Since October 2007, the remaining stretch between Holsloot and the German border has also been upgraded from highway N37 to motorway A37.

Exit list

Province	Municipality	Km.	#	Name	Roads	Notes
Drenthe	Hoogeveen	0		Interchange Hoogeveen	A28, N48
		4	1	Hoogeveen-Oost		Oost means east
		10	2	Nieuwlande
	Coevorden	19	3	Oosterhesselen
		23		Interchange Holsloot	N34
	Emmen	26	4	Veenoord	N376
		29	5	Schoonebeek
		36	6	Klazienaveen
		40	7	Zwartemeer	N379
Border with Germany; this road continues as the German B402.

External links

Media related to Rijksweg 37 at Wikimedia Commons