A13 autoroute

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Autoroute francaise 13.svg
A13 autoroute
France A13.svg
Route information
Part of Route europeenne 46.svg E46
Length225 km (140 mi)
Existed1946–present
Major junctions
West end Périphérique Caen
Major intersections
East end Périphérique, Paris
Location
Country France
Major cities Mantes-la-Jolie, Rouen, Pont-l'Évêque, Caen
Highway system
  • Roads in France

Autoroute 13, or L'Autoroute de Normandie links Paris to Caen, Calvados.

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The motorway starts in Paris at the Porte d'Auteuil, a former gate of the Paris walls, and ends at Mondeville's Mondeville 2 (Porte de Paris) exchange junction on the Boulevard Périphérique (Caen). The A13 is France's oldest motorway (opening in 1946) and is intensively used between Paris and Normandy for both commuting and holiday makers. The A13 is operated by the Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie from Buchelay toll onwards, whilst the Parisian stretch of motorway is operated by the Île-de-France Council. Its total length is 225 km (140 mi). The A13 is toll-free within the Île-de-France region and between junctions 21 and 24 to the south of Rouen.

History

The France carried out its first studies in 1927 to create the l'Autoroute de l'Ouest that was to connect the capital to Normandy. [1] In addition, Le Havre and Cherbourg were important stopovers for luxury liners at a time when there were few commercial aircraft. Delayed by the historic nature of Parc de Saint-Cloud, the project was declared a public utility on 5 May 1935. [2] The initial highway was planned with a start at the Pont de Saint-Cloud and heading west to Rocquencourt where it would connect to the old N190 route to Orgeval and old N10 route to Trappes. [2] This new route was accompanied by the reconstruction of the Pont de Saint-Cloud and was completed in April 1940. [3] The other major project was the 800m Saint-Cloud tunnel that was to open at the end of 1940 but German occupation of France ended its completion and it was used as storage for weapons. [4] The route, from Saint-Cloud-Ouest to Vaucresson in the direction of Orgeval, was opened to the public on 4 October 1941. [1] The tunnel works resumed from October 1945, with the tunnel surfaced and tiled. [4]

The complex was opened to traffic on 9 June 1946 on the occasion of the first post-war motor race. [1] The highway was completely free, financed entirely from state funds. At the Triangle de Rocquencourt, the exit to Trappes was via a ramp on the left, which was a curiosity, as traffic was on the right. [5] This highway was credited until the 1960s with one star in the Michelin green guide Environs de Paris, because of its absolute modernity and novelty.

The French motorways were then named in relation to the national roads they run along, hence the A13 due to the proximity of the N13.

The decree of 12 June 1967 declared the construction of the motorway between Rouen (Les Essarts) and Caen to be a public utility.

Until 1974, the A13 stopped at the Pont de Saint-Cloud. [1] Since then, it has been connected to the Paris ring road by the Saint-Cloud viaduct overlooking the Seine and by a tunnel under the northern Boulogne-Billancourt, cutting through the garden of Château Rothschild. [1]

As part of the connection of the A86 motorway, the first section of which between Rueil-Malmaison and Vaucresson which was put into service in June 2009 (Duplex A86 tunnel), [6] it was decided to add a fourth lane in both directions and to install acoustic screens between the A13/A86 interchange and the Triangle de Rocquencourt. The interchanges between the A13 and A12 on one side and the A13 and RN 186 on the other, were redeveloped to improve traffic flow. The fourth lane in the westbound direction from Paris provides easy access to the Triangle de Rocquencourt. It was inaugurated in January 2011. The fourth lane in an eastbound direction to Paris was inaugurated in July 2011. The six-month delay was explained by the need to build "a mobile guardrail on this fourth lane" which is a lane assigned to the Duplex A86 tunnel.

On 3 September 2019, after three years of construction (2016-2019), a third overpass at the Guerville viaduct was commissioned in the eastbound direction to Paris, renovated the two existing overpasses (direction westbound) dating from the 1960s, without cutting off traffic. [7]

List of junctions

RegionDepartmentLocationkmmiJunctionDestinationsNotes
NormandyCalvadosCaen0.00.0Route nationale francaise 814.svg N 814 - 1. Porte de ParisDeauville-Trouville / Le Havre / Rouen / Paris
Manneville3.72.3Autoroute francaise 813.svg A 813 Frenouville / Bellengreville / Mezidon-Canon
Troarn7.44.6Route departementale francaise 675.svg D 675 - Junction 31Sannerville / Troarn
Cricqueville-en-Auge18.111.2Route departementale francaise 400.svg D 400 - Junction 30Dozule / Dives sur Mer / Cabourg / Houlgate
Drubec33.220.6Route departementale francaise 16.svgRoute departementale francaise 58.svgRoute departementale francaise 675.svg D 16 / D 58 / D 675 - Junction 29ADrubec / Villers sur Mer / St. Pierre sur DivesEastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
Pont-l'Évêque40.925.4Autoroute francaise 132.svgRoute departementale francaise 579.svg A 132  / D 579 - Pont-l'ÉvêqueDeauville-Trouville / Pont-l'Évêque / Lisieux
EureBeuzeville49.931.0Autoroute francaise 29.svg A 29 Pont de Normandie / Honfleur / Le Havre / Amiens / Calais
54.333.7Route departementale francaise 675.svg D 675 - Junction 28Beuzeville / Pont Audemer
Toutainville64.440.0Route departementale francaise 675.svg D 675ToutainvilleEastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix76.347.4Autoroute francaise 131.svg A 131 Eastbound entry / Westbound exit
77.548.1Route departementale francaise 89.svg D 89 - Junction 26Brionne / Pont-Audemer - Est
Bourg-Achard90.556.2Route departementale francaise 313.svg D 313 - Junction 25Bourg-Achard / Yvetot
Honguemare-Guenouville91.456.8Autoroute francaise 28.svg A 28 Alençon / Le Mans / Bordeaux
Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville99.261.6Route departementale francaise 438.svg D 438 - Junction 24 BourgtherouldeBourgtheroulde / Caen / Alençon
Seine-MaritimeGrand-Couronne103.064.0Route nationale francaise 138.svg N 138 - Junction 23Rouen-Ouest / Grand-Couronne / Elbeuf / Rouen-CentreEastbound exit only / Westbound entry only
Oissel109.067.7Autoroute francaise 139.svg A 139 Rouen (westbound)Eastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
110.068.3D 18e- Junction 22 OisselRouen-est / Amiens-Riems / Calais
Tourville-la-Rivière112.069.6Route departementale francaise 7.svg D 7 - Junction 21 Ctre Commercial RegionCleon / Elbeuf-centre
EureCriquebeuf-sur-Seine115.071.4Route departementale francaise 321.svg D 321 - Junction 20Pont de l'Arche / Elbeuf-est / Vernon
Val-de-Reuil123.076.4Autoroute francaise 154.svg A 154  / D 6154 - Junction 19Louviers / Val de Reuil / Orleans / Évreux
Heudebouville131.081.4D 6155 - Junction 18LouviersEastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon139.086.3Route departementale francaise 316.svg D 316 - Junction 17Les Andelys / Gaillon
La Heunière151.093.8Route departementale francaise 181.svg D 181 - Junction 16Pacy sur Eure / Vernon
Île-de-FranceYvelinesLa Villeneuve-en-Chevrie158.098.1Route nationale francaise 13.svgRoute departementale francaise 113.svg N 13  / D 113 - Junction 15Bonnieres
Rosny-sur-Seine166.0103.1Autoroute francaise 13a.svg A 13a - Junction 14Bonnieres
Buchelay173.0107.5Route departementale francaise 110.svg D 110 - Junction 13 Mantes-QuestVernon / ÉvreuxEastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
Mantes-la-Ville174.0108.1Route departementale francaise 928.svg D 928 - Junction 12 Mantes-SudMantes-la-Ville / Limay / Guerville
176.0109.3Route departementale francaise 983.svg D 983 - Junction 11 Mantes-EstMantes la Ville / Limay / Guerville
Épône183.0113.7Route departementale francaise 130.svg D 130 - Junction 10Rambouillet
Flins-sur-Seine187.0116.1Route departementale francaise 19.svg D 19 - Junction 9Aubergenville / Flins
Bouafle190.0118.0Route departementale francaise 44.svg D 44 - Junction 8Ecquevilly / Bouafle / Les Mureaux-MeulanEastbound exit only / Westbound entry only
Chapet192.0119.3Route departementale francaise 43.svg D 43 - Junction 8Ecquevilly / Les Mureaux-MeulanEastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
Orgeval198.0123.0Route departementale francaise 153.svg D 153 - Junction 7La Defense / Nanterre / St-Germain-en-Laye / Poissy
200.0124.6Autoroute francaise 14.svg A 14 La Defense / Nanterre / St-Germain-en-LayeEastbound exit only / Westbound entry only
Bailly / Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt211.0131.0Autoroute francaise 12.svg A 12 Trappes
212.0131.7Route nationale francaise 186.svgRoute departementale francaise 186.svg N 186  / D 186 - Junction 6Versailles-Centre / Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Hauts-de-SeineVaucresson215.0133.5Autoroute francaise 86.svg A 86 Nanterre / Creteil
216.0134.2Route departementale francaise 182.svg D 182 - Junction 5Vaucresson / Versailles-Montreuil
Saint-Cloud220.0136.6Route departementale francaise 985.svg D 985 - Junction 4Saint-Cloud / Ville-d'AvrayEastbound exit only
221.0137.3Route departementale francaise 7.svgRoute departementale francaise 907.svg D 7 / D 907 - Junction 3 SèvresSaint-Cloud / Pont de Saint-Cloud
Boulogne-Billancourt222.0137.9Route departementale francaise 1.svg D 1 - Junction 2Boulogne-BillancourtEastbound exit only
ParisParis 16223.0138.5Av. de la Prte d'Auteuil - Junction 1Boulogne-BillancourtEastbound exit only
224.0139.1Boulevard PériphériqueLille / Metz-Nancy / Lyon
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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