Route main road of France

See also: RN

The trunk roads are, in France, of the important Voie S or which cross broad portions of the territory, in opposition to the secondary or communal roads. Their use is free, except during the crossing of some works of art subjected to Péage. They are opened with all the Véhicule S, except on certain sections having the statute of Expressway.

The maintenance of these ways is with the load of the State; until in 2005, that was done via the departmental managements of the Equipment. The mission concerns now the general advices (concept of RNIL “trunk road of local interest”) and the Directions Interdépartementales of the Roads (DIR).

A grid of the whole of France

Until 2006, the France counted: 30500  km of trunk roads and not conceded Highways. As comparison, the secondary roads cover a total distance from: 365000  km.

The first trunk roads (of 1 with 24bis) left the Portes of Paris, even of the Parvis of Notre-Dame where a medallion registered in the ground marks the “Point zero of the roads of France”. The following roads, having been built thereafter, supplemented the network by transversals netting very effectively the whole of the metropolitan territory.

A law of 1972 downgraded a great number of trunk roads in secondary roads. The law of Décentralisation of the August 13rd 2004 allowed a transfer to the department of the major part of the remaining trunk roads. A decree published with the Official journal the December 6th 2005 gives the list of the roads which remain in the national highway network, the others having to be displaced by orders of the prefect. This process of downgrading is already strongly advanced in 2007 and must be in theory completed in 2008. The residual national highway network is of approximately: 10500 km, to which the whole of the conceded highway network is added.

For a history of the network of the trunk roads, which succeeded the royal roads and the imperial roads, see the article French Highway network.

List trunk roads

(To be updated after the transfers of 2006.)

Trunk roads 1 to 25


Trunk roads 26 to 50


Trunk roads 51 to 75


Trunk roads 76 to 100


Trunk roads 101 to 125


Trunk roads 126 to 150


Trunk roads 151 to 175


Trunk roads 176 to 200


Trunk roads 201 to 225


Trunk roads 226 to 300


Trunk roads 301 to 325


Trunk roads 326 to 350


Trunk roads 351 to 375


Trunk roads 376 to 400


Trunk roads 401 to 425


Trunk roads 426 to 450


Trunk roads 451 to 475


Trunk roads 476 to 500


Trunk roads 501 to 525


Trunk roads 526 to 550


Trunk roads 551 to 575


Trunk roads 576 to 600


Trunk roads 601 to 625


Trunk roads 626 to 650


Trunk roads 651 to 675


Trunk roads 676 to 700


Trunk roads 701 to 725


Trunk roads 726 to 750


Trunk roads 751 to 775


Trunk roads 776 to 800


Trunk roads 801 to 825


Trunk roads 826 to 9463


Trunk roads of the DOM


See too

Internal bond

External bonds

  • Complete listing of the RN Frenchwomen after transfer on WikiSara
  • (list of the roads remaining “national”) and (methods of the transfer of the other roads to the departments).
  • the transfer of the trunk roads to the departments (file of the ministry for the Equipment)
  • the complete listing of the trunk roads (after the departmentalization of the majority of between them)

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