Bundesstraße
One distinguishing characteristic between German "Bundesstraßen" and "Autobahnen" is that there usually is a general 100 km/h (62 mph) speed limit on federal highways out of built-up areas, as opposed to the merely advisory speed limit ("Richtgeschwindigkeit") of 130 km/h (83 mph) in unmarked sections of the autobahns. However, a number of "Bundesstraßen" have been extended as expressways (dual carriageways) (colloquially called "Yellow Autobahns"). Many of these have speed limits of usually 100–120 km/h, others have only an advisory speed limit like autobahns. Most sections of the federal highways are only single carriageway with one lane for each direction and no hard shoulder pull-out area.
Afsluitdijk
The motorway on the "Afsluitdijk" was the initial demonstration site for a speed limit in the Netherlands, but the legal speed limit has since been revised to . In 2011 however, the speed limit was increased to 130 kph except for the lock sections at the beginning and end of the dam where the speed limit will be 70 kph until 2022.