What is there to see and do?
Non-alcoholic drinks will be available during this public event, and there will be information stands where you can find out more about Zuidasdok. You can get answers to all your questions about the widening of the A10 Zuid, the regeneration of Amsterdam Zuid station and the construction of the A10 Zuid tunnel. TriAX construction consortium will be there with a 3D model showing what the area around the Schinkel will look like in the future. Waternet will provide more information about its work and its involvement in the Schinkelbrug project. Friesland-based steel construction company Solidd and Rijkswaterstaat will also be there. During the afternoon and evening, we will be holding various lectures, for which you can register below.
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Time event: 15.30 – 22.00
- Time lectures: 15.00 – 19.30
- Location: Nieuwe Meersluis | IJsbaanpad near houseboat no. 135
Lectures (in Dutch)
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Two additional lanes on the A10 Zuid, a new layout for Amstelveenseweg and a new S108 access road connecting to the new flyover towards A4 Schiphol. But how will we get there, and what will this mean for traffic and accessibility in the meantime?
Jaap Buitink, Traffic Manager at Zuidasdok, will take you through the plans for 2027. What work is scheduled? When will the new lanes open? What will change for road users, and what can you expect over the coming year?
A look ahead at a year of major changes at the De Nieuwe Meer junction.
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Times:
15.00–15.40 (doors open: 14.45)
17.15–17.55 (doors open: 17.00)
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start (when the doors open). - Location: Nieuwe Meersluis | IJsbaanpad, near no. 135. We will meet at the catering van (east side).
- Places available: 30
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Building four new bridges and demolishing one, while keeping the Schinkel operational throughout. How do you tackle a project like that? A great deal will change around the Schinkel over the coming years. New bridges will be built, existing structures will disappear, and traffic will need to keep moving throughout.
Meindert Verwoerd, Lead Structural Engineer at TriAX construction consortium, will take you behind the scenes of the construction of the new Schinkelbrug bridges. How do you build a bridge while everything around it remains in use? What does the planning and construction involve? And when is a new bridge ready to carry traffic?
A unique behind-the-scenes look at the construction of the new Schinkelbrug.
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Times:
15.45–16.25 (doors open: 15.30)
18.00–18.40 (doors open: 17.45)
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start (when the doors open). - Location: Nieuwe Meersluis | IJsbaanpad, near no. 135. We will meet at the catering van (east side).
- Places available: 30
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Building a motorway tunnel while traffic continues to flow above it. How do you tackle a project like that? Over the coming years, Zuidasdok will put part of the A10 Zuid underground. Where are we now, what are the next steps and what is involved in building the tunnels?
Marcel Floor, Spatial Planning Advisor at Zuidasdok, and Hille Drenth, Traffic Manager at AXZ construction consortium, will take you behind the scenes. They will explain the current situation, the challenges of building in a busy urban environment and what will be happening over the coming period.
A unique behind-the-scenes look at the construction of the Zuidasdok tunnel.
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Times:
16.30–17.10 (doors open: 16.15)
18.45–19.30 (doors open: 18.30)
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start (when the doors open). - Location: Nieuwe Meersluis | IJsbaanpad, near no. 135. We will meet at the catering van (east side).
- Places available: 30
Please note: the event is weather-dependent. If the wind is too strong, installation of the bridge deck will be postponed until later that week. We will inform everyone who has registered for the lectures by email as soon as possible about when the event and lectures will take place.
What is the ‘steel bascule deck’?
The steel bascule deck is the movable part of the new Schinkelbrug bridges. It is so large that it cannot possibly be built on site: it is around 24 metres high, almost 14 metres wide and weighs no less than 235 tonnes – the equivalent of 47 adult elephants. For this reason, the bridge deck is prefabricated in Friesland and then transported by ship to Amsterdam via the Wadden Sea and IJsselmeer.
What route will the steel bascule deck take?
The vessel carrying the steel bascule deck will enter Amsterdam via the Oranjesluizen on 22 September. It will then take around four and a half hours to travel the following route: Brug Westerkeersluis > Willemspoorbrug > Kattenslootbrug > Van Halbrug > Beltbrug > Wiegbrug > Kinkerbrug > Overtoomse Sluis > Kabouterbrug > Zeilstraatbrug, after which the vessel will moor at Park Schinkeleilanden. The steel bascule deck will arrive at Nieuwe Meersluis between 16.00 and 16.30 on Tuesday, 24 September.
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How will we lift the steel bascule deck into position?
Keeping the lifting operation bat-friendly
Road users, local residents and vessels are not the only ones using the area around the Schinkel. Bats also fly along the water towards De Nieuwe Meer in the evenings and at night. We will take them into account while lifting the bridge deck into position. While we work on the western side of the Schinkel, we will ensure that a clear, dark passage remains available on the eastern side. We will shield lighting as much as possible and prevent unnecessary light from shining onto the water. An ecologist will check the situation beforehand and monitor how the flight route is being used before, during and after the works. This way, we aim to keep the bats’ established flight route intact as much as possible during this special lifting operation.
In April 2026, we installed the first new bridge deck:
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VideoBilal Akdeniz (TriAX): 'Het kost een jaar om deze operatie te plannen' -
VideoErik Boontjes (Waternet): 'Grote transporten als dit zijn altijd mooi' -
VideoJan Willem Stob (Solidd): 'Dit is een van de grootste die we gebouwd hebben' -
VideoBrugdek van Sumar (Friesland) naar de Kop van Jut (Amsterdam) | april 2026