Roadworks in the port
The port's accessibility is important to companies, customers and employees. To optimise this accessibility, roadworks are planned over the coming months in and around the port area which may cause some disruption in the short term. Here we present a list of the main projects, to help you reduce the impact on goods transport and commuter traffic.
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List of roadworks in the port area.
- Kieldrecht lock out of order for shipping
- Roadworks on the Scheldelaan between Lillo and Zandvliet: March 2017 - spring 2019
- Temporary delays Ekeren entrance to A12 (direction of the Netherlands) at Schoonbroek-Dragonderstraat: 1 October - 20 December 2018
- Resurfacing of E19 between Loenhout and Brecht in direction of Netherlands: 19 October - 26 November 2018
- Temporary delays at Berendecht and Zandvliet locks due to replacement of bridge locking mechanisms: 1 March - 31 May 2019
- Other wharfs in the city of Antwerp
- Real-time info about roadworks and traffic disruption in Antwerp
Attention! the websites containing more info on the roadworks are referred to in the links below yet are only available in Dutch.
Kieldrecht lock out of order for shipping
Project: Railworks on the Ketenis and Prosper bridges and in the approach to these bridges. Installation of two extra bridges (St-Anna and Arenberg bridge).
Timing: March 18 until May 5, 2019
Diversion: Road traffic can use either Ketenis or Prosper bridge during the whole period. Mutli-trailer traffic on both bridges will be impossible from April 8 until April 12.
Roadworks on the Scheldelaan between Lillo and Zandvliet
Project: Construction of new high-voltage wiring under the Scheldelaan (Elia Brabo-project) & renovation of entire road surface on the Scheldelaan between Lillo and Zandvliet (Roads and Traffic Agency).
Period: 1 March 2017 - 31 September 2018.
Wharf zone: Scheldelaan heading towards the Netherlands between the North Sea Terminal and the Lillo interchange - traffic running in one direction only (towards Antwerp).
Temporary delays at the Ekeren entrance to the A12 in the direction of the Netherlands at Schoonbroek-Dragonderstraat
Project: extension of the existing noise barriers along the A12 in Ekeren as far as the Transcontinental bridge.
Period: Spring 2019
Diversion: traffic for the Transcontinental bridge will be single-lane on the Ekeren entrance (16) to the A12 in the direction of the Netherlands.
Resurfacing of E19 between Loenhout and Brecht in direction of Netherlands
Project: renovation of road surface and replacement of safety barrier on the median strip of the E19 in the direction of the Netherlands (work carried out by Agentschap Wegen & Verkeer) over a distance of 5.5 km, from the Brecht slip road complex (exit N° 3) until just past the Loenhout complex (N° 2).
Period: 19 October – 26 November 2018
Diversion:
- Traffic in the direction of Antwerp will still have two narrower lanes available (hard shoulder and right-hand lane).
- Traffic in the direction of the Netherlands will have two narrower lanes available (lane through works area + borrowed lane) on weekdays during the day. Traffic will be diverted through gaps in the median strip onto the borrowed lane on the other side.
- During the night (2100 – 0600 hours) and at weekends traffic in the direction of the Netherlands will only have one lane available (the borrowed lane).
- Work will be suspended on weekends during the autumn vacation (26-29/10 and 2-5/11) in order to reduce hindrance, with traffic on two lanes in both directions.
- In the direction towards Antwerp all entrances and exits will still remain available.
- In the direction towards the Netherlands the Brecht exit will be open at all times. The Brecht entrance and the Loenhout exit will be available during the day but will be closed at night and during weekends. However the Loenhout entrance will nearly always be open, except for one day.
Temporary delays at the Berendecht and Zandvliet locks due to replacement of the bridge locking mechanisms
Project: replacement of the locking mechanisms of the two western bridges at the Berendrecht and Zandvliet locks. This will have an impact on the traffic situation on the Scheldelaan (N101).
Periode: 1 March - 31 May 2019
Diversion: only one of the two crossings over the locks will be available, except when a vessel is passing one of the two bridges in which case the bridges at both ends of the lock will be open and traffic will have to stop.
Cars and light vans (below 3.5 tonnes): will still be able to cross over the lock gates.
Trucks (over 3.5 tonnes): temporary diversion via the A12.
Other wharfs in Antwerp
Some major roadworks are also planned in the city of Antwerp and on the access roads to the port.
Download the map of the Antwerp city wharfs