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04/8/2014 at 8:55am
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Hi. I'm currently in the south of France and travelling up to Calais on Friday. I'm debating which route to take as I will be hitting Paris/Rouen around the 4-5pm mark on Friday. I understand there's roadworks around Rouen. Which route would you advise? I have never driven round Paris around this time so any help would be most appreciated. Thanks.
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04/8/2014 at 10:56am
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If you've never driven around Paris at that time then I would suggest Rouen even with the road works
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04/8/2014 at 11:04am
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So would I. We had a four hour holdup going via Paris on a Friday - just due to the volume of traffic which was (inevitably) followed by a nasty accident, and road closures.
Obviously this is a 'one-off' but it does cause a lot of delays if it happens.
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For me neither Paris nor Rouen..you don 't say where in the south you are coming from but Dijon, Reims, Calais will miss both bottlenecks.
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04/8/2014 at 12:13pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Berriow on 04/8/2014
For me neither Paris nor Rouen..you don 't say where in the south you are coming from but Dijon, Reims, Calais will miss both bottlenecks.
but can cost a fortune in tolls...
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Yes, Degsytroy, if you want toll-free/low toll then it's via Rouen, toll via Paris, or Berriow's suggested route.
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04/8/2014 at 3:36pm
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Thanks for replies. We are travelling from Perpignan area. Are there diversions in place around Rouen or just basic roadworks?
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There have been rumours of a bridge being closed.
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04/8/2014 at 3:49pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Berriow on 04/8/2014
There have been rumours of a bridge being closed.
NO! Which one? You most tell me more!! (not)!!
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04/8/2014 at 4:42pm
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Well I'll spill the beans - it's the infamous Pont Mathilde, and it's closed until the 25th August, but diversions are in place, the two tunnels are open, and if you use the Pont de l'Arche route you won't notice any difference. If you usually use the Pont Mathilde then you can follow the signposted diversions from the A13 or the A28 (well out of Rouen).
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04/8/2014 at 4:54pm
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You'll have to excuse us joking about Rouen and the bridge, the delays are not serious.
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I would just to stick to Rouen - you're much more likely to be seriously delayed somewhere around Lyon, with queues for the toll booths on the autoroute.
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%agewise 4 to 5 pm Friday round Paris any weekend is not a good bet. 1st wkend August even worse. Via Reims misses Paris but has the potential for queues at tolls, its a gamble. For me the %age route is A28 to Rouen but at the top of the A28 take Bourg Achard, Yvetot, Totes and back on the A28. Misses Rouen and the A 28 is light traffic but expensive . If you have time and want to save money the route national from Le Mans via Bernay moves along. With any luck you can get behind one of the " Convoi Exceptionel" from Airbus, I've never seen artics rolling as fast as that lot.
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