A16 autoroute

The A16 autoroute – also known as L'Européenne and forming between Abbeville and Dunkirk a part of the larger Autoroute des estuaires – is a motorway in northern France.

A16 autoroute
L'Européenne
Route information
Part of E40
Length	319 km (198 mi)
Existed	1991–present
Major junctions
South end	Attainville
Major intersections	A 29 A 29 A 28 A 26
North end	Ghyvelde
Location
Country	France
Major cities	Amiens, Abbeville, Calais, Dunkerque
Highway system
Roads in France Autoroutes Routes nationales

The A16 motorway on the Echinghen viaduct near Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais)

The motorway, which has a total length of 327 km (203 mi), starts at a junction with the N104 Francilienne near Attainville in Île-de-France and ends at the Belgian frontier near Bray-Dunes, serving en route Beauvais, Amiens, Abbeville, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais and Dunkirk in Hauts-de-France. From its starting point near Paris, the A16 runs in a northerly direction, continues north parallel to the English Channel from Abbeville and then in an easterly direction along the North Sea coast. It is one of the two main routes between the Port of Calais/Channel Tunnel and Paris, the other being the A26 and A1 route to the east.

The vast majority of the motorway was built in the 1990s to relieve the congested RN1 between Paris and the Côte d'Opale (Boulogne and Calais). An 8 km southern extension between l'Isle-Adam and Attainville to a junction with the Paris ring road N104 (Francilienne) opened in 2020. Between Amblainville 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 the road is managed by the Direction Départementale de l'Équipement (DDE), which does not impose a toll.

This motorway does not have any officially designated "full" service areas – all of them are designated "Aire de Repos" (rest area).^[1]

List of junctions

Junction number & name	Northbound exits	Southbound exits
8	RN1, RN104, RD909, RD78 Montsoult,	RN1, RN104, Attainville, Moisselles, RD301, RD9,
9	RD 64E, Presles	Northbound Exit only
10	RN1, RN184, Presles	RN1, RN184
11	RD 922, RN1, L'Île-Adam, Mours, Beaumont-sur-Oise	RD 922, RN1, L'Île-Adam, Mours, Beaumont-sur-Oise
12		RD 924, Persan, Chambly
Péage d'Amblainville
13	RD105, Méru	RD105, Méru
Aire de repos de Lormaison
Aire de repos d'Auteuil
14  Beauveais sud	RN1, Beauvais	RN1, Beauvais
15 Beauvais	RN31, Beauvais	RN31, Beauvais
Aire de repos du Chêne Peuquet
16	RD930, Breteuil, Hardivillers-en-Vexin	RD930, Breteuil, Hardivillers-en-Vexin
Aire de repos de Hardivillers
Aire de repos de laVallée de la Selle
17	A29	A29
18	RN29, Amiens, Salouël	RN29, Amiens, Salouël
28.1	A29	A29
19	Amiens	Amiens
20	RN1, Amiens	RN1, Amiens
Aire de repos de Vignacourt
21	RN1, Ville-le-Marclet	RN1, Ville-le-Marclet
Aire de repos du Haut Clocher
22  Abbeville est	RD925, Abbeville	RD925, Abbeville
23 Abbeville nord	A28	A28
Aire de repos de la Baie de Somme
24  Côte Picarde	RN1, RD32 Forest-Montiers, Nouvion	RN1, RD32 Forest-Montiers, Nouvion
Aire de repos du Bois de la Commanderie
25	RD303 Berck-Plage	RD303 Berck-Plage
26	RN39, Le Touquet, Étaples	RN39, Le Touquet, Étaples
Aire de repos des Falaises de Widehem
27	RD308, Neufchâtel-Hardelot	RD308, Neufchâtel-Hardelot
28  Boulogne sud	RN1, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Hesdin-l'Abbé, Isques	RN1, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Hesdin-l'Abbé, Isques
Péage de Herquelingue
29  Boulogne ports	RN1, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Outreau, Le Portel	RN1, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Outreau, Le Portel
30	RD341, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Saint-Martin-Boulogne
31  Boulogne est	RN42, Boulogne-sur-Mer	RN42, Boulogne-sur-Mer
32  Boulogne nord	Boulogne-sur-Mer	Boulogne-sur-Mer
33	RD940, Wimereux, Wimille	RD940, Wimereux, Wimille
34		Wacquinghen
Aire de repos de L'Épitre
35	RD241, Marquise
36	RD191, Marquise	RD191, Marquise
37	Saint-Inglevert
Aire de repos Les Deux Caps
38		Saint-Inglevert
39	RD243, Bonningues-lès-Calais	RD243, Bonningues-lès-Calais
40	RD215, Peuplingues, Fréthun	RD215, Peuplingues, Fréthun
41	Coquelles, Sangatte	Coquelles, Sangatte
42  Tunnel	Channel Tunnel	Channel Tunnel
43  Calais centre	RD305, Calais	RD305, Calais
44  Calais st-pierre	Calais	Calais
45	Entrance only
46	RD119, RD943, Calais–Centre, St. Omer	RD119, RD943, Calais–Centre, St. Omer
47	A26, Paris, Reims A216, Calais–Port, Car Ferry	A26, Paris, Reims A216, Calais–Port, Car Ferry
Aire de repos du Beau Marais (former site of, now closed)
48	RD247, Marck	RD247, Marck
49	Marck	Marck
Aire de repos d'Offekerque
50	RD219, Nouvelle-Eglise	RD219, Nouvelle-Eglise
51	RD218, Saint-Folquin, Gravelines	RD218, Saint-Folquin
52/52a/b	RD11, Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa	RD11, Bourbourg Gravelines
53	RN316, Loon-Plage Dunkirk Port/Car Ferry	RD300, Bourbourg St. Omer, Port/Car Ferry
54/54a	RD131, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk-Ouest	RD131, Spycker
55	No northbound exit	Polyclinique de Grande-Synthe
56	Grande-Synthe Centre	Grande-Synthe Centre
57/57a/b	RD625, RN225 Lille, Grande-Synthe	RD625, RN225 Lille
58	RD2020V Petite-Synthe, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer	RD2020V, Petite-Synthe, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
59	No northbound exit	RD202, Dunkirk Centre
60	RD916, Dunkirk Centre, Cappelle-la-Grande	RD916, Dunkirk Centre, Cappelle-la-Grande
61	Dunkirk, Coudekerque-Branche	Dunkirk Coudekerque-Branche
62	RD635, Dunkirk-Est	RD635, Dunkirk-Est
63	RD4, Leffrinckoucke, Teteghem	RD4, Leffrinckoucke, Teteghem
64	No northbound exit	RD79, Leffrinckoucke, Uxem
65	RD947/947a, Bray-Dunes, Ghyvelde, Les Moeres	RD947/947a, Bray-Dunes, Les Moeres
Aire de repos du Ghyvelde

Future extensions

Currently the A16 runs from junction number 8 to junction number 65. This leads to speculation that the southern end of the motorway is intended to be extended either directly south by upgrading the RD301/RN1 to meet the A1 at Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, or to the east by upgrading the RN104 to meet the A1 at Paris-Charles De Gaulle, thus completing the missing junction numbers.^[2][3]

References

1. "SARATLAS - France, Base de Données des Autoroutes et Voies Rapides". saratlas.free.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
2. "ISSN 1140-5597 (Print) | Formes et structures | The ISSN Portal". portal.issn.org. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
3. "Viaducs de l'autoroute A16". Pierre Louis Carlier (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-04.

External links

• (in French) A16 autoroute in Saratlas
• (in French) Extension of the A16
• (in French) Extension of the A16
• (in French) Data on the A16
• (in French) CPDP PROJET A16