N106 7 Kontich N171 8 Rumst N1 / N1c 9 Mechelen-Noord R6 / N1 / N16 10 Mechelen-Zuid B101 N1 / N109 11 Zemst N227 / N267 The A1 is a major Belgian motorway linking the capital Brussels to Antwerp and then to the Dutch border at Hazeldonk/Meer turning to the A16 in the Netherlands.

Remarkable between Antwerp and Brussels is the exceptional broad central reservation (40 m wide over a length of about 35 km).

The central reservation was meant for eventual lanes for traffic from Brussels to Antwerp (and vice versa), with only ramps in Mechelen (which explains the complex interchange in Mechelen-North and South).

This broad central reservation, including the unnecessarily long bridges over the A1, along with the partly unused interchange in Mechelen and the lamps that light the unused central reservation, is an urban planning blunder.

Thereby, a part of the Witte Kinderbos disappeared and was replaced by green spaces between the A1 and the adjacent residential areas.