Afsluitdijk
Sign in to savethumb|Afsluitdijk with the Wadden Sea (a part of the North Sea) on the left and the [[IJsselmeer on the right]]
Key facts
- Dam.name
- Afsluitdijk
- Dam.image
- Afsluitdijk kaart OSM.jpg
- Dam.image_caption
- Afsluitdijk in red
- Dam.image_alt
- Afsluitdijk
- Dam.country
- Netherlands
- Dam.purpose
- flood protection and land reclamation
- Dam.construction_began
- 1927
- Dam.opening
- 1932
- Dam.dam_elevation_crest
- above sea level
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Construction history
- Reasons for construction
- Building the dyke
- Post-construction developments
- World War II
- Post-war modernization
- Highway
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Afsluitdijk with the Wadden Sea (a part of the North Sea) on the left and the [[IJsselmeer on the right]]
The Afsluitdijk (; ; "closure dyke") is a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. It was constructed between 1927 and 1932 and runs from Den Oever in North Holland province to the village of Zurich in Friesland province, over a length of and a width of , at an initial height above Amsterdam Ordnance Datum of between along the section at Friesland, and where it crosses the deep channel of the Vlieter. The height at the greater sea depths west of Friesland was required to be a minimum of 7 metres everywhere when originally constructed.