# Person on bridge closes A15 near Rotterdam

> The A15 main carriageway is shut between Knooppunt Vaanplein and Charlois, and drivers coming from Ridderkerk face a 50-minute delay, Rijkswaterstaat says.

Society · published 2026-11-10 22:13 · https://nlnow.nl/a/person-on-bridge-closes-a15-near-rotterdam/

The main carriageway of the A15 is closed between Knooppunt Vaanplein and Charlois because a person is in a dangerous position on a bridge over the motorway, Rijkswaterstaat, the national roads agency, said. Several emergency services are at the scene.

Traffic coming from Ridderkerk faces a delay of 50 minutes, Rijkswaterstaat said.

The parallel carriageway is also closed, on the orders of the emergency services, because of the security incident above the A15, Rijkswaterstaat said.

For traffic heading towards Den Haag and Europoort, Rijkswaterstaat said the better route is via the A16, A20 or A4.

With the main and parallel carriageways both shut, the A15 cannot be used between Knooppunt Vaanplein and Charlois in either lane set.

The agency's traffic information currently lists the A15 delay from Ridderkerk at 50 minutes.

## Background

- **Rijkswaterstaat**: Rijkswaterstaat is the Dutch national executive agency for water and infrastructure, part of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. It builds, manages and maintains the national motorways, main roads, bridges and tunnels, and the major rivers, canals and coastal waterways. When a national road is closed or an incident occurs on a motorway, Rijkswaterstaat is usually the body that announces the closure and manages the traffic response.

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