Several contractors, including: Zanen Verstoep, Baggermaatschappij Holland bv, and Volker Stevin Baggeren
Construction start
1979
Construction end
1986
Opened
1989 (fully open with N569 road constructed over the dam)
Location
The Oesterdam (English: Oyster Dam) is a compartmentalisation dam in The Netherlands, situated between Tholen and South Beveland in the eastern part of the Eastern Scheldt. The dam, with a length of 10.5 kilometres, is the longest structure built for the Delta Works. The Oesterdam was necessitated, like the Philipsdam, after the decision was taken to close off the Eastern Scheldt with a storm surge barrier, rather than a solid dam.
The dam contains a large sluice, the Bergse Diepsluis, and is located adjacent to a pair of sluices at Kreekrak, where about 80,000 ships pass every year.
The Oesterdam (English: Oyster Dam) is a compartmentalisation dam in The Netherlands, situated between Tholen and South Beveland in the eastern part of...
construction of the Oesterdam, and encloses the Markiezaat area of Bergen op Zoom. Without this structure, the location of the Oesterdam would have been situated...
Krabbenkreek, Zijpe, Slaak, and Krammer. The Eastern Scheldt part behind the Oesterdam doesn't belong to the national park. Oosterschelde National Park is surrounded...
second longest dam in the Delta Works, after the 10.5-kilometre-long Oesterdam, the nine-kilometre-long Oosterscheldekering (kering meaning barrier)...
closed in adverse weather. Upon completion of the Oosterscheldekering and Oesterdam in 1986, the ebb and flow of water decreased and thus the tidal height...
methods for the Markiezaatskade near Bergen op Zoom, the Philipsdam, Oesterdam, and the storm surge barrier in the Oosterschelde, taking into account...
setup within the basin. Oesterdam: Erected to facilitate a tide-free navigational route from Antwerp to Rotterdam, the Oesterdam also narrows the tidal...
compartmentalisation model chosen involved the construction of the Philipsdam, the Oesterdam, and a discharge channel for managing the level and quality of the lake...
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