An interesting detail is that this confluence has been moved downstream by connecting a bastion of the Citadel of 's-Hertogenbosch to the central pier of the bridge.

One of the urgent problems faced by motor traffic moving from north to south, was the situation in the medieval center of 's-Hertogenbosch.

However, the city center had to be traversed in order to cross the Zuid-Willemsvaart and river Aa (Meuse), just east of the citadel, because there was no road bridge over the Dieze.

The solution was to project the motorway to the west, i.e. through the city quarter 'Het Zand' between the old center and the railway.

The first and major part was the construction of a broad and high bridge over the Dieze, with the required access ramps.

As the motorway concept was something new, the plan mentioned that no bicycles, wagons or other non-motorized traffic would be allowed on the main road.

[9] In the center of the rivers, it started with the construction of a 45 m diameter concrete circle with steel walls.

The piles below the land side of the southern access ramp were 12 m long, because solid ground was deeper over there.

In January 1941, a concrete surface was ordered at Van Drunen en Zonen for 17,455 guilders.

On 16 January 1942 the Dieze Bridge officially became a public road, so it was probably finished by that time.

[14] After admitting defeat, the Germans blew up the southern girder bridge, and the part of the northern central pier where the axis of the bascule was held.

In February 1951 it saw a bizarre accident, where it was claimed to have opened of its own accord, due to an electrical disturbance.

The second part is a fixed girder bridge which spans the Aa and leads to the northern central pier.

[16] The fact that by 1957 100 m of old archives of the North-Brabant division of Rijkswaterstaat were present inside these piers,[17] seems to indicate that by then, the bascule had already been removed.

After World War II road traffic increased again, and the Dieze Bridge route became severely congested.

However, because of the measure by which road traffic had increased, this did not put an end to congestion on the Dieze Bridge route.

It was opened in 2011 and finally put an end to the almost permanent traffic congestion on the southern tip of Dieze Bridge route.

The diversion of the motorways sharply increased the quality of living in the city quarter Het Zand.

It created a new local route for cars, which makes that the Dieze Bridge is no longer needed for traffic inside the city.

This plan had three themes: Places to meet, Space for cyclists and pedestrians, and construction of some very high-rising apartment buildings.