Badhoevedorp is a town in the Western Netherlands , located in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer . It has a population of around 14.455.
6-481: The Rijksweg 9 passes near the town. From 8 August 1967, the motorway passed through the town. On 10 April 2017 was diverted, with the original section being closed and demolished to make place for new development in the area. MGA Entertainment 's Benelux division has its headquarters in Badhoevedorp. Sony Corporation 's Benelux and European divisions had their headquarters in Badhoevedorp until its European division
12-626: A motorway. The plan was to build a local link-road for the occupants of the Bijlmermeer . The section between A2/A9 and A1/A6 was never built, although this would have formed a natural connection between A9 and A6 . Because of this, the Gaasperdammerweg has developed into an overflowing connection between A2 and A1. Discussions on extending the A9 in a straight line to the A6 are still going on. Because this part of
18-620: Is a motorway in the Netherlands . The motorway starts off by going from the A1 at Diemen ( junction Diemen) to the A2 at junction 'Holendrecht' (on the 'Gaasperdammerweg'). Here one drives approximately two kilometers south by means of the combined A9/A2 before the A9 heads off to the west again towards Amstelveen , junction 'Badhoevedorp' ( A4 ), junction 'Raasdorp' ( A5 ), junction 'Rottepolderplein' ( A200 ) and on to junction 'Velsen' ( A22 ). Hereafter,
24-503: The A208 . This part still exists but this portion of motorway has been re-numbered to A22 . The part between A1 and A2 is four lanes; between A2 and Rottepolderplein it is six lanes. Hereafter the way is mainly four lanes, with short pieces in the area of the Wijkertunnel that are six lanes. With regard to the Gaasperdammerweg, it is noted in the original plans that this road would not become
30-611: The A9 goes further northward by means of the Wijkertunnel under the North Sea Canal , junction 'Beverwijk' ( A22 ) to Alkmaar . At this point, the A9 motorway becomes the N9 highway and proceeds until De Kooy (at Den Helder ). In 1996, the Wijkertunnel was opened and integrated into the A9. The original route of the A9 ran through the Velsertunnel where there is also a connection with
36-637: Was split between two new headquarters in Berlin ( Sony Center Potsdamer Platz ) and London in the early-2000s, while its Benelux division moved its headquarters to Hoofddorp in 2016. The former Sony Badhoevedorp building was converted into a hotel in 2019. The town's amateur sports club, SC Badhoevedorp , has futsal , baseball and softball division's . Notable residents former Dutch national team footballers Marco van Basten , Jack van Gelder , Tonny Eyk and Toon van Driel . Business parks and airports A9 motorway (Netherlands) The A9 motorway
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