Albert Canal

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The Albert Canal is a major Belgian waterway linking the Meuse River to the port of Antwerp, serving as an important route for inland shipping and freight transport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
bypasses Meuse River meanders between Liège and Maastricht ⓘ
linked to: Meuse
connectsWith Meuse River ⓘ
linked to: Meuse

Port of Antwerp ⓘ
Scheldt River ⓘ
linked to: Scheldt
constructionStartDate 1930 ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
economicRole major corridor for industrial freight ⓘ
endPoint Antwerp ⓘ
hasBridgeClearance raised to allow high-capacity container ships ⓘ
hasFunction relieving road and rail freight congestion ⓘ
hasLock Hasselt locks ⓘ
linked to: Hasselt

Lanaye lock complex ⓘ
Wijnegem locks ⓘ
hasStructure bridges ⓘ
dikes ⓘ
locks ⓘ
viaducts ⓘ
historicalEvent damaged during World War II ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1939 ⓘ
length approximately 129 kilometres ⓘ
linksIndustrialRegions Antwerp port area ⓘ
linked to: Port of Antwerp

Liège industrial basin ⓘ
linked to: Belgian coal basin
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
locatedNear Genk ⓘ
linked to: Genk, Belgium

Hasselt ⓘ
Herentals ⓘ
Maastricht ⓘ
maximumVesselTonnage approximately 9000 tonnes ⓘ
namedAfter King Albert I of Belgium ⓘ
linked to: Albert I of Belgium
operator Flanders Hydraulics and Flemish government agencies ⓘ
partOf Belgian inland waterway network ⓘ
passesThrough Antwerp Province ⓘ
Limburg Province ⓘ
Liège Province ⓘ
linked to: Province of Liège
primaryUse freight transport ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ
regionServed Flanders ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
startPoint Liège ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
strategicImportance key link between Rhine–Meuse basin and Port of Antwerp ⓘ
terminusPort Port of Antwerp ⓘ
usedFor bulk cargo transport ⓘ
container transport ⓘ
waterSource Meuse River ⓘ
linked to: Meuse
waterwayClass European Class IV ⓘ

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Maas → hasCanalConnection → Albert Canal ⓘ
Meuse → connectedByCanal → Albert Canal ⓘ
Juliana Canal → connectsTo → Albert Canal ⓘ
Meuse–Rhine Canal → connectsTo → Albert Canal ⓘ
Limburg (Belgium) → contains → Albert Canal ⓘ
Hasselt → locatedNearCanal → Albert Canal ⓘ
Merksem → locatedOn → Albert Canal ⓘ
Visé → hasNearbyCanal → Albert Canal ⓘ
Genk → locatedOn → Albert Canal ⓘ
subject linked to: Genk, Belgium
Limburg Province → traversedBy → Albert Canal ⓘ
Rhine waterway system → hasPart → Albert Canal ⓘ
Lanaye lock complex → partOf → Albert Canal waterway system ⓘ
linked to: Albert Canal
Lanaye lock complex → connectsTo → Albert Canal ⓘ
Wijnegem locks → locatedOnWaterway → Albert Canal ⓘ
Wijnegem locks → partOf → Albert Canal infrastructure ⓘ
linked to: Albert Canal
Herentals → locatedOn → Albert Canal ⓘ
Lanaken → locatedOn → Albert Canal ⓘ
Lanaken → hasTransportInfrastructure → Albert Canal ⓘ
Heusden-Zolder → locatedNear → Albert Canal ⓘ
Riemst → hasGeographicFeature → Albert Canal ⓘ
Riemst → hasTransportInfrastructure → Albert Canal bridges ⓘ
linked to: Albert Canal
Beringen → locatedOn → Albert Canal ⓘ
Tessenderlo → locatedNear → Albert Canal ⓘ
Ranst → locatedOn → Albert Canal ⓘ
Schoten → locatedOnWatercourse → Albert Canal ⓘ
Schoten → hasTransportInfrastructure → Albert Canal ⓘ
Fort Eben-Emael → locatedOn → Albert Canal ⓘ
Fort Eben-Emael → builtToProtect → Albert Canal bridges ⓘ
linked to: Albert Canal
E313 motorway → hasBridge → Albert Canal crossings ⓘ
linked to: Albert Canal
E313 motorway → parallelTo → Albert Canal ⓘ
E314 motorway → crosses → Albert Canal ⓘ
Lanaye → hasTransportInfrastructure → Albert Canal (nearby) ⓘ
linked to: Albert Canal
Port of Genk → locatedOnWaterway → Albert Canal ⓘ