Juliana Canal

Juliana Canal
Map of the Juliana Canal
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Specifications
Length36 km (22 mi)
History
Date completed1935
Geography
Start pointMaastricht, Netherlands
End pointMaasbracht, Netherlands
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Juliana Canal
Ohé en Laak, bridge across Juliana Canal

The Juliana Canal (Dutch: Julianakanaal [jyliˈjaːnaːkaːˌnaːl]; Limburgish: Julianakanaal [jyliˈjaːnɑkəˌnaːl]),[tone?] 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.