Road sections in the National Road Database by road authority: municipality is the largest part, 92% in October 2026

Breakdown in October 2026: municipality 92%, province 4.3%, national government 1.2%, water authority 1.2%, other authority (ports, forestry service and others) 0.9%. Total: 1,667,080 road sections.

Source: Rijkswaterstaat, Nationaal Wegenbestand (wegvakken) via PDOK (WFS) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026 · selection: telling: wegvakken (stukken weg tussen twee kruisingen), niet kilometersOpen the table Single block

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National Road Database (NWB) and road data

Rijkswaterstaat

Rijkswaterstaat's National Road Database is the national road network as lines: every road with a street name or number, from motorway to residential street, split into road sections with road authority, municipality and hectometre markers. On 16 October 2026 that was 1,667,080 road sections and 162,114 hectometre points. Plus NWB Waterways (4,825 waterway sections) and Road Data (WEGGEG) with speed limits and lanes on national roads, linked to the road sections. Via PDOK as OGC API, WFS and WMS.

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Table: nwbwegen:wegvakken
Latest figure: oktober 2026
Fetched: 25 October 2026

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curl "https://service.pdok.nl/rws/nationaal-wegenbestand-wegen/wfs/v1_0?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&resultType=hits&typeNames=wegvakken&FILTER=%3CFilter%3E%3CPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3CPropertyName%3Ewegbehsrt%3C%2FPropertyName%3E%3CLiteral%3EG%3C%2FLiteral%3E%3C%2FPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3C%2FFilter%3E"

curl "https://service.pdok.nl/rws/nationaal-wegenbestand-wegen/wfs/v1_0?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&resultType=hits&typeNames=wegvakken&FILTER=%3CFilter%3E%3CPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3CPropertyName%3Ewegbehsrt%3C%2FPropertyName%3E%3CLiteral%3ER%3C%2FLiteral%3E%3C%2FPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3C%2FFilter%3E"

Road sections in the National Road Database by road authority: municipality is the largest part, 92% in October 2026

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