Route main road 165

The trunk road 165 , or RN 165 , is a trunk road French connecting Nantes to Brest.

See the layout of the RN165 on GoogleMaps

History

In the beginning, the RN165 connected Nantes to Audierne.
the project of opening-up of the Brittany launched during the years 1960 was going to change the course of this main road: it was gradually put in 2×2 ways (as well as RN170 between Quimper and Daoulas) and connected Brest to Nantes, but at the beginning without installations of safety. Thus one could find at-grade junctions, a railway level crossing, passages pedestrians (even of herds…), the whole on this road very circulating (110 km/h). Of more than many cities remained to cross (the Rock-Bernard, Auray, Quimper, Landerneau…). The situation notably improved during years 80-90 with the security of the axis and the opening of the missing by-passs. The RN165 should pass soon under highway statute (A82) finishing the installation of this axis which will have lasted nearly 40 years.
to note that the section between Quimper and Douarnenez had been famous N765 in 1977 but had been very quickly downgraded, while RN170 simply had purely and been re-elected in RN165 to the opening of the Pont of Iroise close to Brest (towards 1985).

The communes connected are:

Nantes in 2×2 ways until Savenay with a section with 2×4 ways on 1,5 km before the junction with the RN 171 allowing to join St Nazaire. The Nantes section - Savenay is in the course of installation with 2×3 ways. (km 0)
Savenay (km 35)
Pontchâteau (km 49)
the Rock-Bernard (km 74)
Vannes (km 120)
Auray (km 137)
Lorient the section bordering this city one of is attended, into 2006 work were completed to create two parallel ways of 2×2 ways each one to separate the regional traffic from the local traffic (km 173)
Quimperlé (km 191)
Quimper (km 236)
Brest (km 303)

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