A26 autoroute

A26 autoroute shield

A26 autoroute
Autoroute des Anglais
Route information
Part of
Maintained by SANEF
Length: 394 km (245 mi)
Major junctions
North end: Calais
South end: Troyes
Highway system
Autoroutes of France

The A26 is a 357.6 km (222.2 mi) long French motorway connecting Calais and Troyes. It is also known as the Autoroute des Anglais as it is the main route from the Dover-Calais ferries and the Channel Tunnel to most parts of France and often contains large numbers of British cars, particularly during the summer holiday season. The A26 between Calais and Arras is on one of the two main routes between London and Paris, the other being the A16.

The road forms part of European route E-15 and E-17.

Route

The motorway starts at Calais, at a junction with the A16 and N216 (which links to the Car Ferries). From there it runs southeast past Saint-Omer, Béthune, Lens and Arras. Near Arras is a major intersection with the A1, which runs south to Paris.

The A26 continues southeast, passing near Cambrai, Saint-Quentin and Laon before meeting the A4 at Reims. The two motorways merge (overlap) for 36 km (22 mi) before splitting up near Châlons en Champagne (formerly Châlons-sur-Marne), with the A26 heading south. The terminus is at Troyes, where the A26 meets the A5, which provides connections to southern and eastern France.

Radio coverage

A26 is completely covered by Sanef 107.7, but slightly different: before Reims, it is on northern zone, after Reims, it is on eastern zone.

Junctions

Future

The A26 will be extended to Auxerre after 2025.[1] and perhaps to Bourges thereafter but that is not programmed before 2030.[2] It would, if completed, replace N77 and N151 as part of the second version of the Grand contournement de Paris.

References

  1. ↑ "Mobilité 21". Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mobilité 21". Retrieved 30 September 2013.

Route map: Google

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