Road traffic: A75, A9 motorways… What are the roads to avoid this weekend ?
|Les routes vont de nouveau être chargées en ce troisième week-end de juillet 2024. Pixabay/Illustration
Third weekend of summer holidays, these July 19, 20 and 21, 2024. And like the first two, traffic promises to be busy on the roads of France.
These Friday 19, Saturday 20 and Sunday July 21 60~/strong>, traffic is expected to be busy again in France, on this third weekend of summer vacation.
Friday July 19
For Friday, the Grand-Est, Burgundy Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are in red: traffic will be very difficult according to Bison Futé. Still in the direction of departures, the rest of the country will be in orange: traffic is goneto be difficult.< /p>
Here is what is recommended for drivers:
leave or cross the Île-de-France before 12:00 p.m., leave or cross the Île-de-France before 12:00 p.m., avoid the A7 motorway between Lyon and Orange, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and between Salon-de-Provence and Marseille, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., avoid the A9 motorway, between Orange and Montpellier, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., avoid the A31 motorway, between Nancy and Luxembourg, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., avoid the A2 motorway, between Combles and Belgium, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.; avoid the A10 motorway, between Orléans and Tours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and near Bordeaux from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., avoid the A63 motorway, between Bordeaux and Spain, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Concerning the direction of returns, the Île-de-France, the former Languedoc-Roussillon region and PACA are in orange. The rest of France will be in green.
reach or cross Île-de-France before 12 p.m., avoid the A8 motorway, between Italy and Aix-en-Provence, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., avoid the A7 motorway, between Orange and Lyon from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and between Marseille and Salon-de-Provence, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., avoid the A50 motorway, between Toulon and Marseille, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., avoid the A62 motorway, between Toulouse and Bordeaux, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between Italy and France, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday July 20
For the third Saturday of the month, there will be no jealous people in the departures section. All of France will be in red! Here is what Bison Futé recommends:
leave or cross Île-de-France before 6 a.m., avoid the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Orange from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and between Orange and Marseille from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., avoid the A9 motorway, between Orange and Montpellier, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., between Montpellier and Narbonne from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and between Narbonne and l’ Spain, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., avoid the A10 motorway, near Orléans from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., between Tours and Poitiers, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and between Poitiers and Bordeaux from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., avoid the A63 motorway, between Bordeaux and Spain, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., avoid the A75 motorway, between Clermont-Ferrand and Béziers, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., avoid the national N165, between Nantes and Quimper, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Traffic is also expected to be busy in the direction of returns: Hauts-de-France, Normandy, Brittany, Center Val-de-Loire, Pays de la Loire and Auvergne -Rhône-Alpes are in red. The rest of the country is in orange.
Here is the advice provided to motorists:
reach or cross Île-de-France before 12 p.m., avoid the A7 motorway, between Orange and Lyon from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and between Marseille and Orange, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., avoid the A8 motorway, between Nice and Aix-en-Provence, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., avoid the A9 motorway, between Montpellier and Orange, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and between Narbonne and Montpellier, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., avoid the A10 motorway, between Bordeaux and Poitiers, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., avoid the A11 motorway between Nantes and Angers, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., avoid the national N165, between Quimper and Nantes, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between Italy and France, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday July 21
Sunday will be the calmest. In the direction of departures, only the Île-de- France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will be in orange. There will be no red on the program, since the rest of the country will turn green.
Here is Bison Futé's advice:
leave or cross Île-de-France before 8 a.m., avoid the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Orange from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and between Salon-de-Provence and Marseille from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., avoid the A6 motorway, between Beaune and Lyon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., avoid the A75 motorway, between Clermont-Ferrand and Béziers, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., avoid the national N165, between Nantes and Quimper, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), between France and Italy, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On the departure side, there will be orange, but only for Île-de-France. The rest of the country will be green. Bison Futé's only recommendation is to reach or cross Île-de-France before 12 p.m.