Knaus Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Leaving Coquelles (Euro terminal France) to ~St Hilaire de Riez on Sunday about 9 am. Motorway all the way. What is it like going round Rouen? Heard it is a bit of a nightmare. Want to do it in one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter lambert Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Hi Knaus. We use that route on our way down to the south coast, and have never had any problems round Rouen. The road we take is well signposted, and actually takes you quite close to the city centre but still moves ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick2 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Rouen on a Sunday should be a doddle but have a few Euros handy - around €50 in tolls! Are you in a rush to get there? (lol) (lol) (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knaus Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi Thanks for that. It is my son going in our van and has only 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 We go to the East of Rouen following the N15 to Pont de l'Arche at which there is a pleasant riverside Aire. There can be a lot of traffic but it seems to flow well and we aim to arrive on Saturday late PM or Sunday which are always the best days to travel on non motorways in France. You can use the toll road to by pass Boulogne to Abbeville and it costs about 12 Euros I think and saves about 20 minutes most times but there do seem to be a lot more speed cameras on the old N1 than there used to be so care is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 PROBLEMS IN ROUEN http://services.completefrance.com/forums/completefrance/cs/forums/2816797/ShowPost.aspx http://www.france-forum-frenchentree.com/viewtopic.php?t=130332 The Pont Mathilde across the Seine in Rouen is closed for the foreseeable future following a tanker fire on the road beneath the bridge. It has been seriously damaged and it is expected that repairs will take several months. This is the bridge that carries traffic from the A28 to the A13 (i.e. most people traveling through Rouen). There are severe delays locally and diversions in Rouen were not well signposted at the weekend (some 2 weeks after the fire). Best route we could determine (if traveling south) is to divert well North of Rouen and to take the A29 direction Le Havre and then the A151/150 into Rouen and cross the Seine by the Pont Flaubert, thereby avoiding the centre of Rouen. Then take the Voie Rapide Sud 3 to the A13. While this route is a little bit longer than the direct route across Pont Mathilde and on to the A28 we found that it didn't take any longer than our journeys via the Pont Mathilde prior to the bridge closed The main route down from Calais into Rouen has diversions at junction 10 A29 this the route we came back on in July. The bridge appears to be still closed see web sites above. Sunday should be a lot quieter as no HGVs on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Pont Mathilde has been closed for a few months now and the traffic does flow reasonably well over the other bridges but delays can also be significant and personally we avoid going that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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