A16 autoroute

Infobox road
marker_
RedRoute2|A|16
highway_name= L'Européenne
maint=SANEF


length_km=319
established=
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus= L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise
ending_terminus= Bray-Dunes
junction=
system=.

The motorway, which has a total length of 319 km, starts at L'Isle-Adam in Île-de-France and ends at the Belgian frontier near Bray-Dunes, serving en route Beauvais, Amiens, and Abbeville in Picardie, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, and Dunkirk in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. From Abbeville the A16 runs parallel to the English Channel and then the North Sea coast.

The motorway was built in the 1990s to relieve the congested RN1 between Paris and the Côte d'Opale (Boulogne and Calais). Between L'Isle-Adam and Boulogne it is operated by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF) and is tolled. From Boulogne to the Belgian border it is managed by the Direction Départementale de l'Équipement (DDE), which does not impose a toll.

List of junctions

Future extensions

It is projected to extend the A16 south to the Francilienne, the outer Parisian ringroad. Studies were meant to be finalised in Spring 2006.

Public enquiry will take place during the end of the year 2006. The objective is to begin construction of the extension in 2009 and to open the new extension in 2012. This new 8.5 km (5.2 mile) long section wil be operated by the SANEF.

External links

*fr icon [http://saratlas.free.fr/index.php?page=autoroute&route=a16&lang=en A16 autoroute] in Saratlas
*fr icon [http://www.ile-de-france.equipement.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=919 Extension of the A16]
*fr icon [http://www.val-d-oise.equipement.gouv.fr/amenager_territoires/nouveau_reseau/A16/index.htm Extension of the A16]
*fr icon [http://site.sara.free.fr/fiches/fiche.php?route=A16 Data on the A16]
*fr icon [http://www.debatpublic-projet-a16.org/ CPDP PROJET A16]