Marker 35 - Haagweg 311 - Breda, the Netherlands
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N 51° 34.740 E 004° 44.839
31U E 621072 N 5715662
This is one of the many historical markers which indicated the distance to Sleeuwijk (35km)
Waymark Code: WM1B9AR
Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Date Posted: 12/30/2024
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"In 1683, the Haagweg was paved and traced again by the government of the Princenhage estate. This makes it one of the oldest paved roads in the Netherlands. Elm trees had been planted along the road. Tolls were collected at the Duitenhuis at Duitenhuisstraat. From 1810 to 1813, Emperor Napoleon built the road (Napoleonsweg) from Antwerp via Breda to Gorinchem, Utrecht and Amsterdam. The Haagweg was included. Milestone number 35 (35 kilometers from Sleeuwijk) at house number 311 is a reminder of this. The Haagweg can therefore also be regarded as an old national road."
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"Milestones on National Highways In the early nineteenth century, major thoroughfares were constructed in the Netherlands. Before that time, such roads were not paved, but these roads were constructed as stone roads. Emperor Napoleon commissioned the construction of the main road from Paris to Amsterdam via Brussels, Antwerp, Breda, Oosterhout, and Utrecht, now known as Rijsbergseweg and Oosterhoutseweg. The existing Haagweg and Teteringsedijk were included in this route. King William I commissioned the road from The Hague via Rotterdam and Moerdijk to Breda and the road from Bergen op Zoom via Roosendaal and Breda to Tilburg, Den Bosch, and Nijmegen. These are the current Terheijdenseweg, Liesboslaan, and Tilburgseweg. All these roads were laid out on a perfectly straight route, which not infrequently led directly to a church tower. They were lined with oaks or beeches. On the Oosterhoutseweg and Liesboslaan, these can still be found, but elsewhere they have disappeared. On the Terheijdenseweg, there were still trees after the Second World War! Along the highways, there were milestones indicating the distances. This is a typical phenomenon of the nineteenth century. They increasingly tried to gain control over spatial planning. The cadastre dates back to this time, topographic maps were created, stone roads were constructed, canals were built, and not long after, the first railways appeared. Along the Oosterhoutseweg, we found around 1900 Milestone number 26 at the corner with the Tilburgsebaan, number 27 approximately at the height of the Heistraat, number 28 approximately at the Hoolstraat, and number 29 slightly north of the railway line. Milestone number 30 is still located on the Teteringsedijk. Milestone number 31 was located on Ceresstraat. The route of the National Road ran via Hoge Steenweg, Ceresstraat, Terheijdenstraat, Mauritsstraat, Korte Boschstraat, Boschstraat, Veemarktstraat, the Brugstraten, and Haagdijk to Haagweg. Apparently, there were no milestones in the city. Milestone number 34 was located on Haagweg, near Duitenhuisstraat. Milestone number 35 is still located on Haagweg."
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