The Boulevard périphérique de Caen is a ring road circling the French city of Caen. It is the route nationale 814. Traveling speed on the road is limited to 90 km/h (55 mph) between the Exit 13 and 8, with a brief portion near the Exit 1 as well as the Viaduc de Calix limited to 70 km/h (45 mph) and 110 km/h (70 mph) elsewhere. It is a 4-lane hard-shouldered road that was finished on 30 September 1997. The total length of the périphérique de Caen is 26 km (16 mi).
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| Route nationale 814 | |
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| Route information | |
Part of  E46 | |
| Length | 28 km (17 mi) |
| Existed | 1997–present |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | Porte de Paris for A13 |
| West end | Porte de Bretagne for A84 |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Major cities | Caen |
| Highway system | |
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Notable features include the Viaduc de Calix which spans the River Orne and Canal de Caen à la Mer.
History
editThe idea of creating an urban bypass boulevard dates back to 1931 with the Dauger urbanization plan. The plan was a question of improving traffic by organizing peripheral traffic by means of a boulevard connecting radial roads, so as to form a radioconcentric network.[1] It was revived in the early 1970s with the urban development of the city.[2] The ring road was opened in stages:[3]
- 13 December 1975: opening of the eastern ring road between the Route de Falaise and the Route de la Délivrande.[4]
- 19 May 1976: opening of the northern ring road between Route de la Délivrande and Boulevard Weygand (now Boulevard Jean Moulin)[5]
- 31 July 1976: extension of the northern ring road between Boulevard Weygand (now Boulevard Jean Moulin) and Chemin Vert[6]
- 28 August 1976: junction between the ring road and the N13 (2,500 metres)[7]
- 13 September 1978: Déclaration d'utilité publique for the section between the roads of Cherbourg (N13) and Brittany (N175)
- 30 September 1997: opening of the last section between Fleury-sur-Orne and Bretteville-sur-Odon
As of 26 April 2015, the ring road is no longer lit at night except on the Viaduc de Calix and the Bessin and Porte de Paris interchanges.[8]
Further work
editNorthern part
editIn order to relieve congestion in the northern ring road, a third lane was planned between the Viaduc de Calix and Le Chemin-Vert. Work began in March 2017 with preliminary tree felling work[9] along the relevant section.[10]
Work on the Hamelin ramp began on 15 April 2021 with improvements on the D60.[11] The construction of the ramp itself was carried out in the second half of 2021;[12] it was commissioned on 27 July 2022.[13]
List of junctions
edit| Department | Location | km | mi | Junction | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvados | Mondeville | 0.0 | 0.0 |  A 13 - 1 Porte de Paris
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Paris, Rouen, Le Havre, Deauville, Mondeville and Giberville | |
| 1.4 | 0.9 |  D 513 - 2 Presqu'île-Rives de l'Orne
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Mondeville, Colombelles, Caen station; Route de la Côte Fleurie | |||
| Hérouville-Saint-Clair | 2.9 | 1.8 |  D 515 - 3 Porte d'Angleterre
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Ouistreham, Caen (Saint-Jean-Eudes) | ||
| 3.8 | 2.4 | 4 Pierre Heuzé | Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Caen (Pierre Heuzé) | |||
| Caen | 5.2 | 3.2 |  D 7 - 5 Côte de Nacre
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Douvres-la-Délivrande, Épron, Caen (campus 1, Calvaire Saint-Pierre) | ||
| 6.2 | 3.9 | 6 Vallée des Jardins | Saint-Contest, Caen (Vallée des Jardins, La Folie Couvrechef - Mémorial) | |||
| 8.0 | 5.0 |  D 401 - 7 Chemin Vert
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Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, Caen (Chemin vert, La Maladrerie) | |||
| Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe | 9.9 | 6.2 |  N 13 - 8 Porte de Bessin
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Cherbourg, Bayeux | ||
| Bretteville-sur-Odon | 13.2 | 8.2 |  A 84 - 9 Porte de Bretagne
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Vire-Normandie, Rennes, Nantes | ||
| Éterville | 14.6 | 9.1 |  D 8 - 10 Éterville
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Louvigny, Caen (la Prairie) | ||
| Ifs | 18.1 | 11.2 | 11 Suisse Normande | Flers, Fleury-sur-Orne, Caen (Grâce de Dieu) | ||
| 21.0 | 13.1 | 12 Ifs | Ifs, Caen (campus 3) | |||
| 22.1 | 13.7 |  N 158 - 13 Porte d'Espagne
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Alençon, Le Mans, Tours | |||
| Cormelles-le-Royal | 23.3 | 14.5 |  D 229 - 14 Cormelles
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Cormelles-le-Royal, Caen (Guérinière) | ||
| 24.5 | 15.2 | 15 Vallée Sèche | Grentheville, Caen (Sainte-Thérèse) | |||
| Mondeville | 26.6 | 16.3 |  D 613 - 16 Pays d'Auge
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Lisieux, Caen (Demi-Lune) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
Notes
edit- ^ "La modernisation de la ville de Caen: Le plan d'urbanisme Dauger". L'Ouest-Éclair (Caen ed.). 17 August 1931.
- ^ "Le périph: c'est pour demain". Liberté de Normandie. 29 January 1972.
- ^ Desquesnes, Rémy (2001). Caen 1900-2000 : un siècle de vie (Éditions des Falaises ed.). Fécamp.
- ^ "Opening of the ring road is between the road of Falaise and the road of the Délivrande". Liberté - Le Bonhomme libre. 13 December 1975.
- ^ "Périphérique : ouverture d'une nouvelle section entre la route de la Délivrande et le boulevard Weygand". Liberté - Le Bonhomme libre. 19 May 1976.
- ^ "Commissioning of the section between Boulevard Weygand and Rue du Chemin Vert". Liberté - Le Bonhomme libre. 31 July 1976.
- ^ "De Paris à Bayeux sans feux rouges". Liberté - Le Bonhomme libre. 28 August 1976.
- ^ "La fin de l'éclairage public sur le périphérique de Caen". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "PÉRIPHÉRIQUE. Les travaux de sécurité ont démarré". Liberté - Le bonhomme libre. 16 March 2017.
- ^ "En 2020, on roulera sur trois voies sur le boulevard périphérique nord de Caen". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Périph de Caen : les travaux des deux nouvelles sorties débutent en 2021". actu.fr (in French). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Nouvelle bretelle sur le périph nord de Caen : le chantier débute". actu.fr (in French). 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Périphérique de Caen : la nouvelle sortie ouverte sans prévenir au pied du CHU". actu.fr (in French). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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