Grevelingendam

The is a dam located in the Grevelingen sea inlet between Schouwen-Duiveland and Goeree-Overflakkee in The Netherlands. The Grevelingendam was the fourth structure constructed as part of the Delta Works.

Key facts

Bridge.bridge_name: Grevelingendam
Bridge.native_name_lang: nl
Bridge.image: Grevelingedam-01.jpg
Bridge.caption: The Grevelingendam
Bridge.carries: N59 motorway
Bridge.owner: Rijkswaterstaat
Bridge.engineering: Deltadienst
Bridge.begin: 1958
Bridge.complete: 1965
Bridge.open: 1965

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Feasibility, planning and design
Construction: Southern channel caisson closure
Construction: Northern channel closure using cable-way
The Grevelingenmeer (Lake Grevelingen)
Road and bridge over the dam
Media
See also
References
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The dam is six kilometres in length. Construction began in 1958 with the aim of delivering it in 1964. Due to several setbacks, the construction of the dam took seven years and was opened on 1 April 1965 by Minister of Transport and Water Management, Jan van Aartsen. There is a navigation lock at the southern end of the dam near Bruinisse, and nearby a control lock using a siphon system, known as the , which connects the Eastern Scheldt with the Grevelingenmeer.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grevelingendam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.