Driving through the scenic Afsluitdijk
Located in Northern Holland, the Afsluitdijk (A7 Road) is a major causeway and dike connecting the provinces of Friesland and North Holland.
![Afsluitdijk](https://www.dangerousroads.org/cache/images/900x/7/afsluitdijk0-d4d449ce.jpg)
The causeway is totally paved. It was constructed between 1927 and 1933. It’s 32 kilometres (20 mi) long with a width of 90 metres (300 ft) running from Zurich (in the community of Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland) and Den Oever, a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Part of the European E22 road, the causeway is so long that drivers can actually lose sight of land. There is a small structure with a restaurant in the middle. The drive is definitely worth it. With 300,000 visitors per year, the Afsluitdijk is one of Holland’s most popular water engineering constructions.