Houtribdijk
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| Official name | Houtribdijk |
| Location | N302 Enkhuizen — Lelystad |
| Separating | Markermeer — IJsselmeer |
| Total length | 30 km |
| Width | 68 m |
| Construction started | 1963 |
| Construction ended | 1975 |
The Houtribdijk is a dike in the Netherlands, built between 1963 and 1975 as part of the Zuiderzee Works, which connects the cities of Lelystad and Enkhuizen. On the west side of the dike is the Markermeer and on the east is the IJsselmeer. The 27-kilometer-long dike was intended for the Markerwaard, but this polder is now unlikely to be constructed.
Parts of the dike are known as the Markerwaarddijk and the Lelydijk. It is also frequently called the "Enkhuizen–Lelystad dike" in traffic announcements, as if it had no official name.
The road that runs on the dike is the N302, which has a speed limit of 100 km/h and is passed by 8,500 vehicles per day. There is also a road for the naviduct at Enkhuizen. At this city as well as at Lelystad a lock was constructed.
About halfway along the dike there is Trintelhaven, an emergency harbor. Trintelhaven is also the site of an AM broadcasting station, which operates on 1395 kHz with 20 kW. It uses as antenna a 54-meters-tall free-standing grounded-lattice steel mast, which was built in 1999. The mast carries a wire antenna, which runs up the tower and is fixed to a horizontal cross on the top of the tower.
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Coordinates: 52°38′N 5°25′E / 52.633°N 5.417°E
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