A16 autoroute
A16 autoroute | |
|---|---|
| L'Européenne | |
| Route information | |
| Part of E15 / E40 / E44 / E402 | |
| Maintained by SANEF and DIR Nord | |
| Length | 312 km (194 mi) |
| Existed | 1991–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | N 104 in Attainville |
| North end | E40 / A18 in Ghyvelde |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Major cities | Beauvais, Amiens, Abbeville, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Dunkerque |
| Highway system | |
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The A16 autoroute – also known as L'Européenne and forming between Abbeville and Dunkirk a part of the larger Autoroute des estuaires – is a motorway in northern France.
The motorway, which has a total length of 327 km (203 mi), starts at a junction with the N104 Francilienne near Attainville in Île-de-France and ends at the Belgian frontier near Bray-Dunes, serving en route Beauvais, Amiens, Abbeville, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais and Dunkirk in Hauts-de-France. From its starting point near Paris, the A16 runs in a northerly direction, continues north parallel to the English Channel from Abbeville and then in an easterly direction along the North Sea coast. It is one of the two main routes between the Port of Calais/Channel Tunnel and Paris, the other being the A26 and A1 route to the east.
The vast majority of the motorway was built in the 1990s to relieve the congested RN1 between Paris and the Côte d'Opale (Boulogne and Calais). An 8 km southern extension between l'Isle-Adam and Attainville to a junction with the Paris ring road N104 (Francilienne) opened in 2020. Between Amblainville and Boulogne it is operated by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF) and is tolled. From Boulogne to the Belgian border the road is managed by the Direction Interdépartementale des Routes Nord (DIR Nord), which does not impose a toll.
This motorway does not have any officially designated "full" service areas – all of them are designated "Aire de Repos" (rest area).[1]
List of junctions and exits
| Region | Department | Junction | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Île-de-France | Val-d'Oise | RN 104 - A16 + 9 : La Croix-Verte |
Roissy, Ch-de-Gaulle, (A1) | |||
| Montsoult, Attainville, Belloy-en-France, Domont, Sarcelles, Paris - Porte de la Chapelle | ||||||
| 10 : Presles | L'Isle-Adam - centre, Presles, Nerville-la-Forêt | Northbound Exit only | ||||
| RN 184 - A16 | Paris - Porte Maillot (A115), Cergy-Pontoise (A15), Méry-sur-Oise, Presles | |||||
| 11 : Mours | L'Isle-Adam - Parc d'Activités, Beaumont-sur-Oise, Mours, Champagne-sur-Oise, Persan, Chambly | |||||
| 12 : Chambly | Persan, Chambly | |||||
| Hauts-de-France | Oise | Péage d'Amblainville | ||||
| 13 : Gisors | Méru, Gisors, Amblainville | |||||
| Aire de repos de Lormaison | ||||||
| Aire de repos d'Auteuil (Northbound) Aire de repos de Grand Courtil (Southbound) | ||||||
| 14 : Beauvais - sud | Beauvais, Allonne, Auneuil, Rouen, Mantes-la-Jolie (RN 31) | |||||
| 15 : Beauvais - nord | Beauvais, Troissereux, Milly-sur-Thérain, to Clermont, Compiègne, Creil | |||||
| Aire de repos du Chêne Peuquet (Northbound) Aire de repos du Grand Bois (Southbound) | ||||||
| 16 : Hardivillers | Breteuil, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, Crèvecœur-le-Grand, Marseille-en-Beauvaisis, Gerberoy, La Corne-en-Vexin | |||||
| Aire de repos d'Hardivillers | ||||||
| Somme | ||||||
| 17 : Bosquel | Bosquel, Essertaux, Ailly-sur-Noye, Moreuil, Conty, Poix-de-Picardie | |||||
| Aire de repos de la Vallée de la Selle | ||||||
| A29 - A16 | Saint-Quentin, Amiens - sud, Reims, Lille | |||||
| 18 : Salouël | Amiens, Salouël, Saleux | |||||
| A29 - A16 | Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe, Poix-de-Picardie | |||||
| 19 : Amiens - ouest | Amiens | |||||
| 20 : Amiens - nord | Amiens, Longueau, RN 25 to Arras, Saint-Quentin | |||||
| Aire de repos de Vignacourt | ||||||
| 21 : Vallée de La Nièvre | Flixecourt, Ville-le-Marclet, Picquigny, Vignacourt, Flesselles, Saint-Léger-lès-Domart | |||||
| Aire de repos du Haut Clocher (Northbound) Aire de repos de La Hétroye (Southbound) | ||||||
| 22 : Abbeville - est | Abbeville, Saint-Riquier, Pont-Remy, Doullens | |||||
| A28 - A16 + 23 : Abbeville - nord |
Le Havre, Rouen, Le Tréport, Le Crotoy, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme | |||||
| Abbeville | ||||||
| Aire de repos de la Baie de Somme | ||||||
| 24 : Côte Picardie | Rue, Le Crotoy, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Fort-Mahon-Plage, Quend, Crécy-en-Ponthieu | |||||
| Pas-de-Calais | Aire de repos du Bois de la Commanderie (Northbound) Aire de repos du Fond de la Commanderie (Southbound) | |||||
| 25 : Berck | Berck, Montreuil-sur-Mer, Merlimont, Fort-Mahon-Plage, Quend, Arras (RD 939) | |||||
| 26 : Étaples - Le Touquet | Étaples, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Montreuil-sur-Mer, Merlimont, Cucq, Sainte-Cécile, Stella-Plage | |||||
| Aire de repos des Falaises de Widehem | ||||||
| 27 : Neufchâtel-Hardelot | Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Sainte-Cécile, Dannes, Condette | |||||
| 28 : Boulogne - sud | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Isques, Hesdin-l'Abbé, Pont-de-Briques, Samer, Desvres | |||||
| Péage de Herquelingue | ||||||
| 29 : Boulogne - Port | Boulogne-sur-Mer - centre, Outreau, Le Portel, Saint-Léonard, Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | |||||
| 30 : Saint-Martin-Boulogne | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Saint-Martin-Boulogne, Baincthun, Desvres | |||||
| 31 : Boulogne - est | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Saint-Martin-Boulogne, La Capelle-lès-Boulogne, Baincthun, Desvres, Saint-Omer, Lille | |||||
| 32 : Boulogne - nord | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Wimereux, Wimille | |||||
| 33 : La Trésorerie | Wimereux, Wimille, Wacquinghen | |||||
| 34 : Wacquinghen | Wacquinghen, Offrethun, Beuvrequen | |||||
| Aire de repos de L'Épitre (Northbound) | ||||||
| 35 : Marquise - sud | Marquise, Rinxent, Beuvrequen | |||||
| 36 : Marquise - nord | Marquise, Rinxent, Guînes, Wissant | |||||
| 37 : Saint-Inglevert - sud | Saint-Inglevert, Leubringhen | |||||
| Aire de repos des Deux Caps (Southbound) | ||||||
| 38 : Saint-Inglevert - nord | Saint-Inglevert, Wissant | |||||
| 39 : Bonningues-lès-Calais | Bonningues-lès-Calais, Peuplingues | |||||
| 40 : Peuplingues | Peuplingues, Escalles, Fréthun | |||||
| 41 : Coquelles | Coquelles, Sangatte | |||||
| 42 : Eurotunnel | Folkestone, Londres (UK) | |||||
| 43 : Calais - Rivière-Neuve | Calais - centre, Guînes, Coulogne, Blériot-Plage | |||||
| 44 : Calais - Saint-Pierre | Calais | |||||
| 45 : Ardres | Calais, Ardres | Entrance only | ||||
| 46 Calais - Porte de Saint-Omer | Calais, Coulogne, RD 943 to Ardres, Saint-Omer | |||||
| A26 - A16 + 47 : Calais - Port (A216) |
Saint-Omer, Arras, Reims | |||||
| Car-Ferry, Calais - Z. I. Est | ||||||
| 48 Marck - ouest | Marck | |||||
| 49 Marck - est | Marck | |||||
| Aire de repos d'Offekerque (Northbound) | ||||||
| 50 Nouvelle-Église | Nouvelle-Église, Oye-Plage, Audruicq | |||||
| 51 Saint-Folquin | Gravelines, Grand-Fort-Philippe, Saint-Folquin | |||||
| Nord | 52/52a/b : Bourbourg | Bourbourg, Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa, Gravelines | ||||
| 53 : Craywick - Loon-Plage | Loon-Plage, Craywick, Bourbourg, Mardyck, Saint-Omer, Dunkerque - Port/Car-Ferry | |||||
| 54/54a/54b : Grande-Synthe | Grande-Synthe, Spycker, | |||||
| 55 Grande-Synthe - Courghain | Grande-Synthe, Polyclinique de Grande-Synthe | No northbound exit | ||||
| 56 : Grande-Synthe - centre | Grande-Synthe - Moulin | |||||
| 57/57a/b : Dunkerque - Z. I | Grande-Synthe, Fort-Mardyck, Dunkerque, Bergues, Armentières, Lille (A25) | |||||
| 58 : Dunkerque - Petite-Synthe | Dunkerque - Pont-Loby, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Z. I de Petite-Synthe | |||||
| 59 : Cappelle-la-Grande | Dunkerque - Jeu-de-Mail, Cappelle-la-Grande | No northbound exit | ||||
| 60 : Coudekerque-Branche - centre | Coudekerque-Branche, Cappelle-la-Grande | |||||
| 61 : Coudekerque-Branche - est | Coudekerque-Branche | |||||
| 62 Dunkerque - centre | Dunkerque - Malo, Dunkerque - Rosendaël | |||||
| 63 : Téteghem | Téteghem, Leffrinckoucke, Zuydcoote, | No southbound exit | ||||
| 64 : Leffrinckoucke | Téteghem, Leffrinckoucke, Zuydcoote | No northbound exit | ||||
| 65 : Ghyvelde | Ghyvelde, Bray-Dunes, Hondschoote, Les Moëres, Steenvoorde | |||||
| Aire de repos du Ghyvelde (Northbound) Aire de repos des Moëres (Southbound) | ||||||
| French - Belgian Border ; E40 / becomes Belgian road E40 / A18 | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
Future extensions
Currently the A16 runs from junction number 8 to junction number 65. This leads to speculation that the southern end of the motorway is intended to be extended either directly south by upgrading the RD301/RN1 to meet the A1 at Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, or to the east by upgrading the RN104 to meet the A1 at Paris-Charles De Gaulle, thus completing the missing junction numbers.[2][3]
References
- ^ "SARATLAS - France, Base de Données des Autoroutes et Voies Rapides". saratlas.free.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "ISSN 1140-5597 (Print) | Formes et structures | The ISSN Portal". portal.issn.org. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "Viaducs de l'autoroute A16". Pierre Louis Carlier (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
External links
- (in French) A16 autoroute in Saratlas
- (in French) Extension of the A16
- (in French) Extension of the A16
- (in French) Data on the A16
- (in French) CPDP PROJET A16