North through / avoiding ROUEN
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Having driven down just before Le Mans 24h through Rouen & having got totally lost in the city looking for advice on going back up from La Rochelle.
Southbound, I thought it would surely be fine, been a problem for months, thousands of vehicles need to go south every day - it`ll be signed clearly. Well it was, but there was only one `Le Mans` sign with a bent arrow on it pointing God knows where at a complex junction with vehicles straddling lanes & blocking exits. Poor job Monsieur `I do the signs in Rouen`.
Is it any better going north or can you offer an alternative?
Thanks if you can help.
Southbound, I thought it would surely be fine, been a problem for months, thousands of vehicles need to go south every day - it`ll be signed clearly. Well it was, but there was only one `Le Mans` sign with a bent arrow on it pointing God knows where at a complex junction with vehicles straddling lanes & blocking exits. Poor job Monsieur `I do the signs in Rouen`.
Is it any better going north or can you offer an alternative?
Thanks if you can help.
Hello & thanks for the advice. In the end I went up with no problems at all having decided to `take a left` & went over Pont Normandie on the Le Havre route I know. I think I saw that as a potential southbound diversion on a battered temporary sign about 60 miles N of Rouen on our way down.
It was nice to be back on French roads, thougth the toll booths now seem to have many more automated stations than I recall which made me wonder what on Earth happens if the ticket jams or soemthing else goes wrong.
I thought I might check the tyre pressures at one of the aires on the way - in return for the rubber hose to connect to the compressor the nice lady at the till wanted my passport as security!
Only 2 croissants left....
It was nice to be back on French roads, thougth the toll booths now seem to have many more automated stations than I recall which made me wonder what on Earth happens if the ticket jams or soemthing else goes wrong.
I thought I might check the tyre pressures at one of the aires on the way - in return for the rubber hose to connect to the compressor the nice lady at the till wanted my passport as security!
Only 2 croissants left....
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