Breezanddijk

Breezanddijk (West Frisian: Breesândyk) is a small community that lies near the midpoint of the Afsluitdijk, part of the A7 motorway, in the Netherlands. It is located on a former artificial island which was created during the construction of the dam, and it belongs to the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, in Friesland province. The hamlet lies between Den Oever and Kornwerderzand.

The construction of the Afsluitdijk started at four points: two on both sides of the mainland and on two specially made construction-islands (Kornwerderzand and Breezanddijk) along the line of the future dyke. There are about 40-50 buildings, most of which are bunkhouses that were built for the workers employed during the construction of the Afsluitdijk. Today, it has a population of only four people living on a houseboat and its sole commercial establishment is a Essogas station for travelers upon the dike. Formerly, Breezanddijk was part of the municipality of Wûnseradiel, but in 2011, that municipality merged with four others to form the new Súdwest-Fryslân.^[2]

There are two small harbours, one on the North Sea side of the dike, and the other on the IJsselmeer side.

• Flood control in the Netherlands
• Flood
• Zuiderzee
• Zuiderzee Works
• Afsluitdijk
• IJsselmeer
• Markermeer
• Zuiderzeemuseum
• Delta Works for another major waterworks project in the Netherlands.
• Lauwerszee Works

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