The A84 autoroute is a motorway in western France completed on 27 January 2003. The motorway connects Rennes in Brittany with Caen in Lower Normandy. It is part of the Autoroute des Estuaires from Dunkirk to Bayonne, avoiding Paris.
Characteristics
The motorway, 170 km long, cost a total of € 650 million. It is dual-carriageway both ways on its entire course and service areas are positioned at regular intervals.
The motorway was built with a special road surface to allow rain water to run off quickly, but it is ineffective with snow that often falls in large quantities in winter, so snowplows are employed regularly. Motorway traffic radio 107.7 broadcasts A84 information specifically.
History
Route
List of Junctions
| |
| Junction number & name | Northbound exits | Southbound exits |
 24 | , A711 | , A711 |
 25 | RD 812, Thorigné-Fouillard | RD 812, Thorigné-Fouillard |
| 26 | RD 812 (RN 12), Liffré | RD 812 (RN 12), Liffré |
| 27 | RD 812 (RN 12), Liffré | RD 812 (RN 12), Liffré |
| 28 | RD 794, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | RD 794, Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier |
 La Chaîne / La Lande |
| 29 | RN 12, Fougères | RN 12, Fougères |
| 30 | RD 155, Saint-Brice-en-Corlès, Fougères | RD 155, Saint-Brice-en-Corlès, Fougères |
| Le Coglais |
| 31 | RD 102, Coglès | RD 102, Coglès |
| 32 | RD 30, Saint-James | RD 30, Saint-James |
 Le Mont Saint-Michel |
| 33 | , Pontaubault, Ducey | , Pontaubault, Ducey |
| 34 | , Pontaubault | |
35 | | |
| 36 | RD 911, Avranches | RD 911, Avranches |
| La Baie du Mont Saint-Michel |
| 37 | RD 924, Villedieu-les-Poêles | RD 924, Villedieu-les-Poêles |
| 38 | RD 999, Villedieu-les-Poêles | RD 999, Villedieu-les-Poêles |
| La vallée de la Vire-Gouvets |
| 39 | RD 21, Tessy-sur-Vire | RD 21, Tessy-sur-Vire |
| 40 |
| 41 | RD 53, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces | RD 53, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces |
| Saint-Jean-des-Essartiers |
| 42 | RD 577, Coulvain | RD 577, Coulvain |
| 43 Villers-Bocage | RD 30, Saint-James | RD 30, Saint-James |
| 44 Villers-Bocage Nord | , Villers-Bocage | |
| 45 | RD 92, Tournay-sur-Odon | RD 92, Tournay-sur-Odon |
| 46 | RD 174 (), Noyers-Bocage, Missy | RD 174 (), Noyers-Bocage, Missy |
| 47 | | RD 147, Version |
| 48 | RD 30, Saint-James | RD 30, Saint-James |
| 49/9 | RN 813, , Bretteville-sur-Odon, Caen | RN 813, , Bretteville-sur-Odon, Caen |
Future extensions
The A84 currently stops at Avranches. Bypassing Avranches by the qest is a dual carriageway that cannot be upgraded to motorway standard due to its layout. A new motorway bypassing Avranches with three lanes is planned, as well as a further extension to Nantes by upgrading the dual carriageway between Rennes and Nantes.
External links
Retrieved from :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A84_autoroute
