Jan Blankenroute
Vianen, Gorinchem, Leerdam
This route leads you through the area where the waterworks of engineer Jan Blanken (1755 - 1838) determine the landscape. Cycle along the ancient Diefdijk and past uniquely situated forts. Through historic fortified towns and polders with beautiful views. Follow the nodes and discover the area where Jan Blanken lived and worked for years! Do you think 75 km is too long? Then choose the cycle route Along Lek and Linie: a route of 29 km. This route only contains the top of the Jan Blanken route. Between junctions 40 and 10, take nodes 11 and 12 and you will exoerience a beautiful, short cycling route! Of course, you'll find this route on our website as well.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Molenstraat 1, 3433 CN Nieuwegein | 70.4 KM | |
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From
17
to
19
|
357 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head west on Molenstraat | 357 M | ||
| You are now at section 19 | 0 M | ||
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From
19
to
20
|
419 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head south on Lekboulevard | 155 M | ||
| Turn right onto Lekboulevard | 264 M | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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From
20
to
10
|
928 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head south on Veerweg | 220 M | ||
| Take the ferry Nieuwegein - Vianen | 194 M | ||
| Continue straight | 65 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Buitenstad | 449 M | ||
| You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
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From
10
to
2
|
552 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head south on Buitenstad | 552 M | ||
| You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
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From
2
to
5
|
3423 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head east on Lijnbaan | 179 M | ||
| Turn right onto Aimé Bonnastraat | 10 M | ||
| Turn left | 16 M | ||
| Turn left onto Aimé Bonnastraat | 24 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kanaalweg | 863 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kanaalweg | 315 M | ||
| Turn left onto Panoven | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 05 | 0 M | ||
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From
5
to
21
|
2717 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head southwest on Bloemendaalseweg | 71 M | ||
| Turn left | 2.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
to
61
|
4601 M | 4.6 KM | |
| Head southwest on Heicopperweg | 1.6 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
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From
61
to
62
|
734 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head west on Kleine Kanaaldijk | 691 M | ||
| Turn left onto Tolstraat | 43 M | ||
| You are now at section 62 | 0 M | ||
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From
62
to
63
|
857 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head south on Dorpsplein | 18 M | ||
| Turn right onto Burgemeester Sloblaan | 511 M | ||
| Turn right onto Blommendaal | 328 M | ||
| You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
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From
63
to
71
|
4778 M | 4.8 KM | |
| Head south on Parallelweg | 381 M | ||
| Turn right onto Noordseweg | 2.4 KM | ||
| Turn right | 19 M | ||
| Turn left onto Noordzijde | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 71 | 0 M | ||
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From
71
to
72
|
1708 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head south on Laantje | 173 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Laantje | 347 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Laantje | 186 M | ||
| Turn left | 23 M | ||
| Turn right onto Grotewaard | 979 M | ||
| You are now at section 72 | 0 M | ||
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From
72
to
54
|
6229 M | 6.2 KM | |
| Head southeast on Grotewaard | 224 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dorpsweg | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Hoge Giessen | 1.2 KM | ||
| Make a slight right onto Dorpsweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Dorpsweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Stationsweg | 870 M | ||
| Turn left onto Schotdeuren | 68 M | ||
| You are now at section 54 | 0 M | ||
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From
54
to
37
|
1543 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Schotdeurensebrug | 60 M | ||
| Turn right onto Sluisweg | 716 M | ||
| Turn left onto Rietveld | 767 M | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
38
|
237 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head south | 132 M | ||
| Continue straight | 12 M | ||
| Take the ferry Fiets & Voetveer "Arkel-Spijk" | 49 M | ||
| Continue slight right | 44 M | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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From
38
to
29
|
3431 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Zuiderlingedijk | 384 M | ||
| Keep left onto Zuiderlingedijk | 3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
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From
29
to
32
|
3432 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head east on Zuiderlingedijk | 808 M | ||
| Turn left onto Groeneweg | 328 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Appeldijk | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right to stay on Appeldijk | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Appeldijk | 4 M | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
to
31
|
80 M | 0.1 KM | |
| Head north on Torenstraat | 80 M | ||
| You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
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From
31
to
33
|
451 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head northwest on Marinus Visserstraat | 115 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Lingewal | 5 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Lingewal | 87 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Lingewal | 12 M | ||
| Take the ferry Heukelum - Galgenwaard | 72 M | ||
| Continue slight right | 160 M | ||
| You are now at section 33 | 0 M | ||
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From
33
to
34
|
474 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head east on Lingedijk | 474 M | ||
| You are now at section 34 | 0 M | ||
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From
34
to
57
|
1655 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head east on Lingedijk | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
to
49
|
212 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head south | 95 M | ||
| Continue onto Zeiving | 117 M | ||
| You are now at section 49 | 0 M | ||
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From
49
to
57
|
259 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head south on Zeiving | 9 M | ||
| Turn left | 28 M | ||
| Turn left | 222 M | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
to
48
|
1882 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Kerkstraat | 158 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkstraat | 310 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hoogenhoek | 51 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hoogstraat | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 48 | 0 M | ||
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From
48
to
46
|
3336 M | 3.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Diefdijk | 138 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Diefdijk | 23 M | ||
| Continue straight | 66 M | ||
| Turn left onto Leerdamseweg | 23 M | ||
| Turn right onto Diefdijk | 3.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 46 | 0 M | ||
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From
46
to
45
|
341 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Diefdijk | 341 M | ||
| You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
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From
45
to
44
|
3431 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head northeast on Diefdijk | 392 M | ||
| Keep right onto Diefdijk | 846 M | ||
| Keep straight onto Diefdijk | 2.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 44 | 0 M | ||
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From
44
to
52
|
1918 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Diefdijk | 1.9 KM | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit | 33 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
to
40
|
743 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head south | 31 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Diefdijk | 712 M | ||
| You are now at section 40 | 0 M | ||
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From
40
to
75
|
1426 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Goilberdingerdijk | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 75 | 0 M | ||
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From
75
to
41
|
648 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head east on Goilberdingerdijk | 648 M | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
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From
41
to
42
|
1901 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head southeast on Goilberdingerdijk | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Kanonnenpoort | 68 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Ronde Haven | 198 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Kleine Buitenom | 319 M | ||
| Keep right onto Kleine Buitenom | 53 M | ||
| You are now at section 42 | 0 M | ||
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From
42
to
52
|
1154 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Havendijk | 341 M | ||
| Take the ferry Culemborg - Schalkwijk | 171 M | ||
| Continue straight onto Veerweg | 642 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
to
77
|
2209 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head west on Lekdijk | 2.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 77 | 0 M | ||
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From
77
to
51
|
216 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head west on Lekdijk | 216 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
to
18
|
2076 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head northwest on Lekdijk | 2.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 18 | 0 M | ||
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From
18
to
14
|
3363 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head northeast on Gedekte Gemeenschapsweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Lange Uitweg | 575 M | ||
| Turn left onto Waalseweg | 324 M | ||
| Turn right | 840 M | ||
| Keep right at the fork | 70 M | ||
| Turn right onto Waalseweg | 333 M | ||
| You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
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From
14
to
3
|
2320 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head northwest on Waalseweg | 2.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 03 | 0 M | ||
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From
3
to
16
|
473 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head west on Achterweg | 28 M | ||
| Turn left onto Eikenlaantje | 445 M | ||
| You are now at section 16 | 0 M | ||
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From
16
to
15
|
1729 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head west on Lekdijk oost; Lekdijk Oost | 236 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Lekdijk oost; Lekdijk Oost | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 15 | 0 M | ||
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From
15
to
17
|
2138 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head east on Kazernedok | 15 M | ||
| Turn left onto Beatrixsluis | 327 M | ||
| Turn left onto Voorhavendijk | 379 M | ||
| Keep left onto Voorhavendijk | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 17 | 0 M |
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