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General information |
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Road network lengths and traffic
Kilometres | Vehicles per day | |
MOTORWAYS | 9300 | 30294 (*) |
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS | 27223 | 10117 (**) |
COUNTY ROADS | 358500 | 1300 |
LOCAL ROADS | 586000 | 150 |
(*) Calculated on
the basis of 8 763 km of the motorway network (**) Calculated on the basis of 24 000 km of the road network |
Consistency of the national road network
National roads (01-01-99)
Metropolitan France
Road types |
Lengths (in km) | % of overall length |
2-lane
roads |
18
820,5 2 830,2 621,8 4950,5 |
69,1 10,4 2,3 18,2 |
Total | 27 223 | 100 % |
Overseas departments: 1 534 km
Motorway
network
(1 January 1999)
Road types |
Lengths (in km) |
% of overall length |
Rural motorways |
. 7 048 2 297,6 (*) |
. 75,4 24,6 |
Total | 9 345,6 | 100 % |
Rural motorways
scheduled for opening in 1999 |
. . 143 (**) 132 |
. . 52 48 |
Total | 275 | 100 % |
(*) provisional figure
(**) Source: CESI
Traffic trends on the national work
Journeys | Annual Average 1990 / 1985 |
Annual Average 1995 / 1990 |
Annual Average 1998 / 1995 |
on toll motorways on freeways Subtotal for motorways on national highways Total for toll-free network |
+ 10,5 % + 5,5 % + 8,5 % + 3,5 % + 4,0 % |
+ 5,0 % + 4,8 % + 4,9 % + 1,4 % + 2,3 % |
+ 3,3 % + 5,1 % + 4,0% + 2,3 % + 3,1 % |
Total for national network | + 5,6 % | + 3,1 % | + 3,2 % |