Route nationale 25
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TheRoute nationale 25[1]is amotorwayin northernFrance.It connects the towns ofAmiensandArrasand is approximately 68 km long.
Route[edit]
Until recently, the road used to begin at a junction with theN1in the centre ofAmiensat the Esplanade Édouard Branly. The road followed Rue du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny to the north. The new road now starts at a junction with theA29 autorouteand forms the north east section of the town's by-pass. The routes re-converge at junction 38 with the RN 25 heading north and the by-pass becoming the RN 1.
The road passesVillers-Bocagepassing through open countryside. AfterBeauvalthe road drops into theAuthievalley and the town ofDoullens.The road turns east thereafter and passes several British War Cemeteries. The road passesBeaumetz-lès-Logesbefore reaching the outskirts ofArras.
The new road becomes the towns north west by-pass ending at a junction with theRN 17.The old road is now numbered the RD 265 and named Route de Doullens into the town centre.
Before, until the seventies, the RN 25 was linkingLe HavreandLillepassing byFécamp,Saint-Valery-en-Caux,Dieppe,Eu,Abbeville,Doullens,Arras,CarvinandSeclin.It has been renamed RD 925 except betweenDoullensandArras(where it's still RN 25),ArrasandCarvin(where it's RD 917) andSeclinandLille(where it's RD 549).
References[edit]
- ^"R.N.25: DE MANCHE EN FLANDRES (I)".surma-route.net(in French).Retrieved13 August2023.
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