N1 road (Belgium)

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National Route 1
Dutch: Nationale Weg 1 French: Route nationale 1
Route information
Length	73 km (45 mi)
Location
Country	Belgium
Major cities	Brussels, Vilvoorde, Mechelen, Antwerp, Brasschaat, Wuustwezel
Highway system
Highways of Belgium Motorways National Roads

The N1 is a national route that connects Brussels with Antwerp and the Dutch border near Wuustwezel.

Like all the nine major routes, the N1 conventionally begins at the Grand-Place (Grote Markt) in central Brussels and leads to the Porte d'Anvers (Antwerpsepoort), on the R20/N0 Small Ring Road. The actual trunk road starts off at Sainctelette Square. From there it follows the Avenue du Port (Havenlaan) and Chaussée de Vilvorde (Vilvoordsesteenweg) to connect with the R21 Second Ring Road at Van Praet. The road continues its way through the Port of Brussels on the Avenue de Vilvorde (Vilvoordselaan) and passes underneath the R0's tall bridge at Vilvoorde.

The N1 then proceeds through Vilvoorde and leaves the agglomeration. Between Vilvoorde and Antwerp the road is called Brusselsesteenweg, Antwerpsesteenweg and Grote Steenweg. It passes through Zemst, crosses the E19 motorway and connects to the R12 Mechelen ring road. From Mechelen the road passes through the municipalities of Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Rumst, Kontich, Hove, Edegem, Mortsel (R11 ring road), Wilrijk and Berchem (R1 motorway and R10 ring road).

From there the N1 enters the city of Antwerp as Mechelsesteenweg and joins the central ring road (Britselei/Frankrijklei/Italiëlei). Leaving Antwerp to the northeast on the Noorderlaan and IJzerlaan, it enters Merksem and continues to Kleine Bareel junction, where it crosses the E19 once again. The final part of the N1 is known as Bredabaan and passes through Brasschaat and Wuustwezel, before crossing the border with the Netherlands near Zundert.

In the Netherlands it ought to continue as National Route 8, but the trunk road system has been declassified long ago, leaving the provincial road number N263.

The total length of National Route 1 is 73 km.

The N1 crosses or borders 15 municipalities. 1 in the Brussels-capital Region, 2 in Flemish Brabant and 11 in the province of Antwerp. A full list of municipalities^[1] can be found below. Major municipalities are in bold.

Region	Provinces	Municipality	Population	Length of N1 (km)
Brussels Capital Region	/	City of Brussels	188737	4.3
Flanders	Flemish Brabant	Vilvoorde	46354	7.1
		Zemst	23306	5.3
	Antwerp	Mechelen	86996	7.8
		Sint-Katelijne-Waver	21391	0.7
		Rumst	15254	3.2
		Kontich	21340	5.5
		Hove	8311	1.6
		Edegem	22386	2.1
		Mortsel	26189	2.0
		Antwerp	530630	13.9
		Schoten	34157	1.0
		Brasschaat	38237	9.8
		Wuustwezel	21523	11.4