Less motorway
Avoiding motorways with a truck in the Netherlands
Sometimes you want to avoid the motorway: to save on the Dutch truck charge (vrachtwagenheffing), to avoid traffic jams or because the destination is close to a provincial road. Tolmijden plans three variants with less and less motorway, always with a truck profile.
Three variants
- Less motorway
- Much less motorway
- As little motorway as possible
All three take into account the dimensions and weight of your truck, road signs and closures. So a route over minor roads does not suddenly become a route under a bridge that is too low.
Compare the difference
For each variant you see the distance, the travel time, the charge and the total cost. Click a variant to see it on the map, with road numbers along the route.
Watch the driving time
On minor roads a truck often drives more slowly. Tolmijden calculates with at most 80 km/h. See calculate truck driving time.
Frequently asked questions
Can I drive without any motorway at all?
The "as little motorway as possible" variant avoids the motorway as much as it can. Sometimes a stretch of motorway is unavoidable, for example to cross a river.
Read also
- Avoid the Dutch truck charge smartly: Pay less Dutch truck charge with a route using less motorway? Tolmijden weighs the charge, extra driving time and fuel against each other and gives advice.
- A route that suits your truck: Plan a route that suits your truck: no bridges that are too low, no weight, length or width restrictions and no bans on dangerous goods.
- Route planner for the cheapest truck route: Plan a truck route with the lowest Dutch truck charge and tunnel toll: Tolmijden weighs charge, driving time and fuel and chooses the cheapest route.
All topics
Dutch truck charge
- The Dutch truck charge (vrachtwagenheffing)
- Calculate the Dutch truck charge for your route
- Dutch truck charge rates per kilometre
- Temporary 22.3% discount on the Dutch truck charge
- The Dutch truck charge in 2027
- Dutch truck charge by number plate
- The CO2 emission class of your truck
- Euro class and the Dutch truck charge
- Maximum mass of the combination
- Trailers, semi-trailers and the Dutch truck charge
- Roads with the Dutch truck charge
- Paying the Dutch truck charge
- Exemptions and dispensations
- Vans and the Dutch truck charge
- Electric trucks and the Dutch truck charge
Avoiding the charge
- Avoid the Dutch truck charge smartly
- Avoiding motorways with a truck in the Netherlands
- Avoiding tolls in the Netherlands
Route planner
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Sources (in Dutch): vrachtwagenheffing.nl: wegen.