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A13 autoroute

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A13 autoroute
Route information
Part of E46
Length225 km (140 mi)
Existed1946–present
Major junctions
West endPériphérique Caen
Major intersections

A 14

East endPériphérique, Paris
Location
CountryFrance
Major citiesMantes-la-Jolie, Rouen, Pont-l'Évêque, Caen
Highway system
  • Roads in France

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

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

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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 part of the 10 km tunnel, known as the Duplex A86 [fr], between Rueil-Malmaison and Vaucresson which was put into service in June 2009 ,[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

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Region Department km mi Junction Destinations Notes
Normandy Calvados 0.0 0.0  RN 814 - A13
3.7 2.3  A813 - A13 Mézidon-Canon, Bellengreville, Frénouville
7.4 4.6 Exit 31 : Troarn  Troarn, Sannerville
18.1 11.2 Exit 30 : Dozulé  Houlgate, Cabourg, Dives-sur-Mer, Dozulé
33.2 20.6 Exit 29 : La Haie-Tondue  Drubec, Villers-sur-Mer, Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, Falaise Eastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
40.9 25.4  A132 - A13 Lisieux, Deauville-Trouville, Pont-l'Évêque
Eure 49.9 31.0  A29 - A13 Calais, Amiens, Le Havre, Honfleur, Pont de Normandie
54.3 33.7 Exit 28 : Beuzeville  Pont-Audemer, Beuzeville
64.4 40.0 Exit 27 : Pont-Audemer  Toutainville, Pont-Audemer - centre Eastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
76.3 47.4  A131 - A13 Le Havre, Pont de Tancarville Eastbound entry / Westbound exit
77.5 48.1 Exit 26 : Brionne  Pont-Audemer - est, Brionne, Bourneville-Sainte-Croix
90.5 56.2 Exit 25 : Bourg-Achard  Fécamp, Yvetot, Bourg-Achard, Honguemare-Guenouville
91.4 56.8  A28 - A13 Bordeaux, Le Mans, Alençon
99.2 61.6 Exit 24 : Bourgtheroulde  Caen, Alençon, Grand-Couronne, Bourgtheroulde, La Bouille
Seine-Maritime 103.0 64.0 Exit 23 : Rouen - ouest (RN 138)  Rouen - centre, Elbeuf - nord, Grand-Couronne, Moulineaux, Zone Portuaire Eastbound exit only / Westbound entry only
109.0 67.7  A139 - A13 Rouen (westbound) Eastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
110.0 68.3 Exit 22 : Oissel  Calais, Amiens, Reims, Oissel, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Rouen - est
112.0 69.6 Exit 21 : Tourville  Elbeuf - centre, Oissel, Cléon, Tourville-la-Rivière
Eure 115.0 71.4 Exit 20 : Criquebeuf  Vernon, Criquebeuf, Elbeuf - est, Val-de-Reuil, Pont-de-l'Arche
123.0 76.4  A154 - A13 + Exit 19 : Incarville  Évreux, Orléans, Val-de-Reuil, Louviers, Dreux
131.0 81.4 Exit 18 : Heudebouville  Louviers, Heudebouville
139.0 86.3 Exit 17 : Gaillon  Gaillon, Les Andelys
151.0 93.8 Exit 16 : Vernon  Pacy-sur-Eure, Vernon
Île-de-France Yvelines 158.0 98.1 Exit 15 : Chaufour (RN 13)  Évreux, Pacy-sur-Eure, Bonnières
166.0 103.1 Exit 14 : Bonnières  Vernon, Bonnieres
173.0 107.5 Exit 13 : Mantes - ouest  Vernon, Évreux, Buchelay, Mantes-la-Jolie - Les Garennes, Rosny-sur-Seine Eastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
174.0 108.1 Exit 12 : Mantes - sud  Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie - Gassicourt, Mantes-la-Ville - Les Brouets, Magnanville
176.0 109.3 Exit 11 : Mantes - est  Mantes-la-Jolie - centre, Mantes-la-Ville - centre, Limay, Beauvais, Guerville
183.0 113.7 Exit 10 : Épône  Rambouillet, Épône-Mézières, Gargenville
187.0 116.1 Exit 9 : Flins  Flins, Aubergenville, ZI des Mureaux
190.0 118.0 Exit 8 : Les Mureaux  Les Mureaux-Meulan, Bouafle, Ecquevilly Eastbound exit only / Westbound entry only
192.0 119.3 Exit 8 : Les Mureaux  Ecquevilly, Les Mureaux-Meulan Eastbound entry only / Westbound exit only
198.0 123.0 Exit 7 : Poissy  Poissy, Chambourcy, Villennes-sur-Seine, Orgeval, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Nanterre - La Défense par Saint-Germain
200.0 124.6  A14 - A13 Lille (A1), Saint-Germain-en-Laye, A86, Nanterre, La Défense, Paris - Porte Maillot, Eastbound exit only / Westbound entry only
211.0 131.0  A12 - A13 Dreux, Rambouillet, Trappes, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Évry, Lyon (A6), Bois d'Arcy, Versailles - Satory
212.0 131.7 Exit 6 : Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt  Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Versailles - centre / Notre-Dame, Marly-le-Roi, Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt
Hauts-de-Seine 215.0 133.5  A86 - A13 Rueil-Malmaison, Nanterre, Créteil, A14, A10
216.0 134.2 Exit 5 : Vaucresson  Versailles - centre / Montreuil, Vaucresson, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Garches, Marnes-la-Coquette
220.0 136.6 Exit 4 : Saint-Cloud  Ville-d'Avray, Saint-Cloud Eastbound exit only
221.0 137.3 Exit 3 : Boulogne-Billancourt  Boulogne-Billancourt, Sèvres, Suresnes
222.0 137.9 Exit 2 : Bois-de-Boulogne  Boulogne-Billancourt, Bois de Boulogne Eastbound exit only
Paris 223.0 138.5 Exit 1 : Paris - Porte d'Auteuil  Paris Eastbound exit only
224.0 139.1 Boulevard Périphérique
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "L'A13, la plus ancienne autoroute de France". GPSEO Communauté urbaine Grand Paris Seine & Oise (in French). 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Ministere des Travaux Publics". Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets (in French). 0106: 4853. 5 May 1935.
  3. ^ "Pont dit Pont de Saint-Cloud". POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "l'histoire de l'autoroute". www.info-autoroute.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ^ "Duplex A86". VINCI Autoroutes (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. ^ "TIC TAC… Le nouveau tablier du viaduc de Guerville sur A13 est ouvert !". Sanef (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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