Route nationale 138

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Route nationale francaise 138.svg
National road 138
Route nationale 138
Cartouche N138.jpg
Route information
Length282 km (175 mi)
Existed1972–2006
Major junctions
Northeast endRoute departementale francaise 6014.svg D 6014 Route departementale francaise 6015.svg D 6015 at Rouen
Major intersections
Southwest endRoute departementale francaise 910.svg D 910 Route departementale francaise 952.svg D 952 at Tours
Location
Country France
Regions Centre-Val de Loire, Normandy, Pays de la Loire
Departments Eure, Indre-et-Loire, Orne, Sarthe, Seine-Maritime
Major cities Rouen, Alençon, Le Mans, Tours
Highway system
  • Roads in France

Route nationale 138 or RN 138 was a French Route nationale (trunk road) linking Rouen to Tours in the North-West of France. Part of the road (now RD 338) is temporarily a portion of the Circuit de la Sarthe known as the Mulsanne Straight.

Downgrade

Before the 1972 downgrade, the RN 138 linked Rouen to Saintes via Saumur. This portion of the road was partly downgraded between La Flèche and Niort, becoming RD 938. It was later renumbered:

RN 147 between Longué-Jumelles and Montreuil-Bellay
RN 150 between Niort and Saintes.

The remainder was downgraded in 2006. The road was then renumbered according to each département:

RD 438 in Eure
RD 438 in Orne
RD 338 in Sarthe
RD 938 in Indre-et-Loire

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