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Route nationale 30

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TheRoute nationale 30is a highway inPicardyandNord-Pas-de-Calais,northernFrance.It connects the town ofBapaumeto withValenciennes.

Before 1973, The RN 30 was connectingRouentoLa Capelle.The road has been renamedN 31between Rouen andGournay-en-BrayandN 29betweenSaint-QuentinandLa Capelle.It has been downgraded in D 930 between Gournay-en-Bray and Saint-Quentin.

Route

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The road starts with a junction of the formerN 17[1](now the D 1017) in the town ofBapaume.It crosses junction 14 of theA1 autoroute.The road passes a number of war cemeteries and has now been numbered the D 930. AfterBeaumetz-lès-Cambraithe road becomes the N 30.

The road crosses theA26 autorouteand through the village ofFontaine-Notre-Damebefore junction 14 of theA2 autoroute.The road then enters the town ofCambrai.The road has junctions with theN 43,N 44andN 39.

The road leaves the town to the north west heading through the small town ofIwuybefore a junction with the A 2 onto which through traffic is now directed.

A downgraded N 30 continues to the north of the autoroute throughBouchainand crossing to the south to go throughDouchy-les-Minesand into the town ofValenciennes.The N 30 continues to the north east passing through the town ofOnnaingbefore reaching the frontier withBelgium.The road continues across the border into the town ofQuievrainas the N51.

References

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  1. ^"R.N.17: LE TOUR DES BEFFROIS".surma-route.net(in French).Retrieved13 August2023.