A50, the section of Rijksweg 50 that is constructed as controlled-access highway, is a north–south motorway in the Netherlands, running from Eindhoven in the province of North Brabant, northwards passing by the cities of Oss, Nijmegen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn, to its northern terminus in the province of Gelderland near the city of Zwolle.

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A50 motorway
Rijksweg 50
Motorways in the Netherlands with A50 and N50 bolt
Route information
Part of E31 / E35
Maintained by Rijkswaterstaat[1]
Major junctions
South end	E25 / A 2 in Eindhoven
Major intersections	A 59 near Oss A 326 near Wijchen E31 / A 73 / N 322 near Beuningen E31 / A 15 near Elst A 12 in Arnhem E30 / A 1 in Apeldoorn
North end	E232 / A 28 / N 50 in Hattem
Location
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Constituent country	Netherlands
Provinces	North Brabant, Gelderland
Highway system
Roads in the Netherlands Motorways E-roads Provincial City routes
← A 44 → A 58

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The highway is maintained by Rijkswaterstaat.^[1]

It passes the cities of Eindhoven, Oss, Nijmegen, Arnhem, Apeldoorn and Zwolle.

During the Second World War the Highway was known as Highway 69. Since 1969, it is known as N69 and has that name now only between the border of North Brabant and European route E34.

The highway was an important and only avenue of advance during Operation Market Garden, and after the fighting along its length between Allied and Wehrmacht forces it was named "Hell's Highway"^[2] so named because of the effective artillery fire directed at it by the German forces in the area.^[3] During the fighting some 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) of the highway south of Eindhoven was jammed with wrecks of vehicles being attacked by up to 200 Luftwaffe bombers^[4] requiring bulldozers and blade-equipped tanks to roam the length, pushing them off the surface to keep traffic moving. The wrecks on the soft shoulders of the highway prevented its use by other vehicles,^[5] in effect converting the highway into a narrow corridor, and slowing the movement on it to a crawl for the Allied drivers.

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