Route secondary road 906 (Auvergne)

See also: secondary Road 906

The secondary road 906 , or RD 906 , is a secondary road crossing is area Auvergne (departments of the Haute-Loire, the Puy-de-Dôme and the Allier), and connecting Saint-Paulien to Vichy.

Before the downgradings of 1972, it was about old the Trunk road 106, which connected Nimes in the department of the Gard to Saint-Gérand-the-Puy in the Allier.

Its altitude is higher than: 1000 m in Haute-Loire, but lower than 300 m between Vichy and the confluence To combine - Gilds.

Road alignment

Of Saint-Paulien to Chair-God

August 1st

Of Chair-God with Ambert

D 906 follows the Dore of Arlanc until Ris. It passes there twice above, to Ambert and Courpière.

D' Arlanc with Ambert, on the 16 kilometers right-hand sides, it does not follow only Gilds it, but also the tourist railroad of the Puy-en-Velay with Bridge-of-Gilds. Its altitude close in the neighborhoods to the 540-550 meters.

Of Ambert to Thiers

D' Ambert with Courpière, the road undergoes a great number of turns (at least 40 out of 39 kilometers, is on average 1 turn per kilometer). It passes to 2×2 ways of Giroux-Station to Courpière, with an uneven superior with 150 meters. Then it finds on the last ten kilometers preceding the road secondary 2089, old the Trunk road 89, a zone punt, even with Néronde-on-Gilds.

The town of Thiers from now on is circumvented and was necessary to create an exit on the highway has 72 carrying the number 2 ( Thiers-West ).

Of Thiers to Vichy

De Thiers with Puy-Guillaume

August 1st

Of Puy-Guillaume to Saint-Yorre

Beyond Puy-Guillaume, altitude does not exceed any more 300 meters. After Laugh, it follows from now on the river Allier, to Vichy. The RD 906 passes to 1×2/2×1 way, of kilometers 91 (Puy-de-Dôme) to 6 (To combine).

Last kilometers

Starting from Saint-Yorre - to which one can drink baptized spring water Vichy Saint-Yorre '-, remains with 1×1 way. One can see the restaurant Colombière , close to the locality Dollots , then the borough of Abrest . To note that to this last borough, speed is limited to 30 km.h.

In Abrest, this RD has also bus stops of the company of Public transport Bus Inter (line town hall of Abrest , Planted the , Poincaré , the Gardens , Hortensias ), as well as transport with the request, Mobival). Thus, the traffic will be decreased in these three cities.

Also, FOR THE THIRD TIME Auvergne passes by this road to carry out the way Arlanc (Bridge-of-Gilds) ↔ Vichy (SNCF railway station), as well as school coaches bound for:

Of Saint-Paulien to Vichy

mileage is not cumulative here. We indicate it as from the limit of the department located at the south.

The common crossings are, of the south in north:

Department of the Haute-Loire:
Department of the Puy-de-Dôme: Département Allier :

Curiosities

List curiosities, visible with 8 kilometers in the neighborhoods of the secondary road 906:
  • Château of Rochelambert (south-western of Saint-Paulien)
  • Abbaye of Chair-God
  • tourist Railroad
  • Zoo of Bouy (towards Ambert)
  • Maison of the Regional natural park Livradois-Drill (Saint-Gervais-under-Meymont)
  • Château of the Barge (towards Courpière)
  • Musée of the Cutlery with Thiers
  • Vallée of the Credogne (towards Puy-Guillaume)
  • Château of Busset (by D 121)
  • Source Vichy Saint-Yorre (by D 121e)
  • Site of Hurlevents (with the Vernet, altitude 433 m)
  • celebrates it thermal city of Vichy

Of Magnet to Saint-Gérand-the-Puy

In the department To combine it, the secondary road 906 connects Magnet to Saint-Gérand-the-Puy. This portion of secondary road corresponds to the last six kilometers of old the Trunk road 106.

Its altitude is close to 300 meters.

It accommodates also school bus, bound for:

It crosses south to north:


Of the Solignac-on-Loire in Coubladour

In the department of the Haute-Loire, the secondary road 906 connects the Solignac-on-Loire to Coubladour. This road is the western deviation of the Puy-en-Velay. One can join:

The crossing of the RD 906 towards Chair-God (after the RN 102) is prohibited with the heavy trucks. To go to Vichy, it will be necessary to follow Clermont-Ferrand:

  • by the highways has 75 and has 71
  • in the department Allier:
    • Antenna of Gannat (has 719),
    • the Trunk road 209
    • then the secondary roads 6 and 6th.

South-east in the North-West, the common crossings are:

Altitudes

  • Until Chair-God, altitude is generally higher than: 1000 m and cross the collar of the Cross of the high Tree to: 1004 Mr.
  • Of Arlanc in Vertolaye via Marsac-in-Livradois and Ambert, it is higher than 500 Mr.
  • After Courpière, and until Puy-Guillaume via the western skirting of Thiers the road is not sinuous any more. Its altitude varies between 300 and 400 Mr.
  • After Puy-Guillaume and in the department Allier, it is quasi lower than 300 m (Laugh-Station: 280 m; Abrest: 280 m).
  • Between Abrest and Vichy, it constitutes the “average branch”, i.e. with altitude close to 280 meters. It is the lowest portion of the section Saint-Paulien - Vichy.

Intersections

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