Picardy Road Network and Travel
| Travelling to Picardy by Road | |||
| Road network |
Picardy accounts for 5% of the total French road network including: 550 kms of motorways and 1185 kms of roads. |
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| Main motorways |
A29: on 224 kms between Amiens and Neufchâtel-en-Bray via Saint Quentin.
A16 l'européenne on 312 kms, from Val d'Oise department to Belgium border via Beauvais, Amiens, Abbeville in Picardy and Boulogne, Calais and Dunkerque in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais A26 autoroute des Anglais: from Calais, via Arras and Reims to Troyes. A1 autoroute du Nord: the most frequented, from Paris to Lille, Crossign Picardy via Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and Astérix Leisure Park. A28: from Abbeville to Tours via Rouen, Alençon and Le Mans. It is part of the north-south european axis. |
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| Distances |
Driving distance from Paris to Beauvais: 1hour (80kms)
Driving distance from Paris to Abbeville: 2hours (180kms) |
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| Useful contacts |
Car Rental: www.hertz.fr, www.avis.fr, www.rentacar.fr, www.europcar.com, www.easycar.com Traffic Information: www.autoroutes-trafic.fr, www.infotrafic.com, www.bison-fute.equipement.gouv.fr Itineraries: www.www.viamichelin.fr, www.mappy.com, www.igg.fr |