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Juliana Canal

Echt-Susteren, Netherlands

The Juliana Canal (Julianakanaal [jyliˈjaːnaːkaːˌnaːl], Limburgish: Julianakanaal [jyliˈjaːnɑkəˌnaːl]), named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, is a 36 km (22 mi) long canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a bypass of an unnavigable section of the river Meuse between Maastricht and Maasbracht. It is an important transport connection between the ports of the Rhine delta and the industrial areas of southern Limburg and southern Belgium.

Canal data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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