Route nationale 14
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The Route nationale 14, N14, is a trunk road (nationale) in France between Paris and the Rouen, running through Pontoise, Magny-en-Vexin, Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, Rouen and Yvetot.
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[edit] Paris to Pointoise, km 0 to km 32
The N14 begins at Paris' Porte de Clignancourt. It heads north and has now been classified the RD14 as it heads through Paris' northern suburbs. The road passes to the west of Saint Denis. The road crosses the A86 Autoroute and meets the banks of the River Seine. The road then turns Northwest to Épinay-sur-Seine where the road becomes the RD14 again where through traffic is directed onto the A15 autoroute. The old N14 is then named Boulevard Charles de Gaulle which becomes the Boulevard du Havre.
Following this, the road runs through various towns in Val d'Oise, such as Pierrelaye, then crosses the River Oise where it enters the city of Pontoise. The D14 continues West where it merges with the A15 autoroute at Osny and becomes the N14 again, leaving Paris and entering le Vexin Français.
[edit] Pontoise to Rouen, km 32 to km 124
The route followed by the N14 between Pontoise and Rouen is linear. Except at Saint-Clair-sur-Epte where a sharp downward gradient brings the road to the level of the River Epte, it course follows Caesar's Road, or Chaussée Jules César, from beginning to end. Around the town of Magny-en-Vexin, the RN14 transforms into a dual-carriageway and bypasses the town. The road continues through the Forêt de Bacqueville and the Abbaye de Fontaine-Guérard.
The road continues West and re-enters the Seine valley as it approaches the capital of Haute-Normandie, Rouen. Rouen is on the junction of the A28 autoroute (Abbeville to Le Mans) and Route nationale 15 (Bonnières-sur-Seine to Le Havre).
[edit] History
The road uses the course of the Roman road La Chaussée Jules César linking Paris to Normandy.
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