The A26 is a long French motorway connecting

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and

Troyes Troyes () is a Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within ...

. It is also known as the Autoroute des Anglais (''Motorway of the English'') as its length forms the first part of the main route from the

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-Calais ferries and the

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towards Southern and Eastern France and the Cote d'Azur. The motorway is used by a high proportion of

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cars, particularly during the summer holiday season. The A26 between Calais and

Arras Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a ...

(in conjunction with the

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) is part of one of the two main routes between

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and

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, the other being the A16. The road forms part of

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E-15 and E-17. South of its junction with the

A29 autoroute The A 29 is a major toll motorway in Normandy and Picardy, northwestern and northern France. The road is also part of European route E44. From its western interchange with the A28 autoroute until its junction with the A26 autoroute, part of th ...

the A26 is part of the

Grand contournement de Paris image:ParisRingRoads GC.svg, 400px, thumb The (French for "Great Paris Bypass") is the fourth ring road around Paris, enclosing the three other ring roads (Boulevard Périphérique, Périphérique, the A86 autoroute, A86, and the Francilienne). T ...

History of the A26

The A26 was conceived in the 1960s as an upgrade to the " Grand Itineraire" Calais- Vitry-le-François which followed mostly the N44 road. The first part of the motorway opened in December 1976 with the 23 km section from junction 5 at Lillers to the A21 exit at Lievin. Subsequently, the 261 km Calais-

Reims Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...

stretch was opened in stages, the final one completed in March 1989. By the time the 96 km southern extension connecting the

A4 autoroute The A4 Autoroute, also known as autoroute de l'Est (), is a French ''Controlled-access highway, autoroute'' that travels between the cities of Paris and Strasbourg. It forms parts of European routes European route E17, E17, European route E25, ...

and A5 autoroute opened in June 1992 it was the final link in the first continuous motorway route from Calais to

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and the Cote d'Azur that completely bypassed the

area with its associated congestion, reducing driving time from Calais to

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

by approximately 90 minutes to around 6 hours. This section also made up the final part of an uninterrupted motorway route between the major cities of

and

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

without having to drive via either Paris or

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. The road in its current form was completed in 2010 with the short extension southward from the old

which ran through the centre of

(now marked A344) to the new A4 southern bypass of the city ( Contournement de Reims Sud) along with the construction of the new closed system peage station at Ormes.

Route

The northern end of the motorway starts just to the southeast of Calais, at a junction with the A16 (5 km east of the

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exit) and A216/ N216 (which links to the

Port of Calais The Port of Calais in northern France is the country's fourth largest port and the largest for passenger traffic. It accounts for more than a third of economic activity in the town of Calais. Background The Port of Calais was the first cable ...

and the car ferries). From there it runs southeast past

Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; ; Picard: ''Saint-Onmé'') is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Sa ...

Béthune Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a town in northern France, Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department. Geography Béthune is located in the Provinces of Fran ...

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and

. Near Arras is a major intersection with the A1, which runs south to Paris. The A26 continues southeast, passing near

Cambrai Cambrai (, ; ; ), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river. A sub-pref ...

, Saint-Quentin and

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The Ancient Diocese of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held s ...

before meeting the A4 at

. The two motorways merge (multiplex) for , although for the merged section the route is marked A4, before splitting up again near

Châlons-en-Champagne Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims. Formerly called Châlons ...

(formerly Châlons-sur-Marne). The A4 then continues eastwards to

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, Nancy and

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and the A26 branches to the south toward

and

. The current southern terminus of the A26 is just to the southeast of Troyes where the motorway meets the A5, which provides a direct motorway connection to

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

, Lyon, southern and eastern France as well as

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and

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. The A26 is a toll ( peage) motorway for its entire length. The vast majority is maintained by SANEF except the very southern end south of junction 22 which is operated by APRR. There are 3 majors (closed system) toll stations at Setques (St. Omer), Courcy (Reims Nord) and Ormes (Reims Ouest).

Regions traversed

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...

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Departements traversed

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

(62) * Nord (59) *

Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; ) is a French departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne (river), Aisne. In 2020, it had a population of 529,374. Geography The department borders No ...

(02) *

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(80) * Marne (51) *

Aube Aube ( ) is a French departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube (river), Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),

(10)

Radio coverage

The A26 is completely covered by two zones of SANEF 107.7 traffic coverage: North of Reims, it is in the northern zone and South of Reims, it is within the eastern zone.

Characteristics

The A26 is 2x2 lanes throughout and passes close to some of the most well known

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battle sites as well as through the vineyards of the Champagne-Ardennes area (which is now part of the

Grand-Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...

region). It is built on mainly relatively flat, agricultural land and has many long, fairly straight sections and few steep gradients as a result. It crosses over, as well as through the valleys of the rivers Aa, Lys,

and Marne as well as le Méridienne verte, a millennium project to plant a line of trees the length of France along the

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. The northern section of the motorway can be prone to strong crosswinds and heavy downpours and there are large wind turbines and windsocks visible throughout the whole length of the road. The motorway is characterised by European signage in brown pointing out sites of historical and cultural interest along its route. It is usually not one of the more congested routes on the French autoroute network. Like many

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the A26 is completely unlit, relying on heavily fluorescent road markings to guide drivers at night. The road is well surfaced and maintained in comparison to most other countries' motorways. Signage is typical of the French system where destination is given strong prominence over road designation and signs are completely capitalised. After each junction there are two marker boards at the side of the road: Firstly, a white sign with information about the next exit with distance to it and the destinations it serves and secondly, a blue sign with distances to the motorway's main and onward destinations. Overhead gantries display destinations before the larger junctions and digital overhead gantries provide live information on anything from traffic, accidents and breakdowns to the weather. As with other autoroutes in France, along the central reservation every one hundred metres is a small sign showing the distance from the start of the motorway, starting with 0.1 km at Calais and ending with 394.0 km at Troyes. Along the 36 km stretch merged with the A4 these signs are not present as the distance markers for the A4 itself are given priority. They resume once the motorways split with the 36 km difference in distance taken into account. In order to continue along the A26 northbound or southbound after the 36 km stretch merged with the

, drivers must take the exit slips from the A4 at Reims (northbound) or

(southbound). Since the mid-2000s the final aire on the northbound side (Nortkerque) has been permanently closed due to its use by migrants as a boarding point onto parked freight vehicles heading for the UK. Since 2018 the Aire de Villefleur, the penultimate northbound aire has also been closed for the same reason. There are semi-permanent red and white plastic barriers in place to prevent entry to the aires. There is signage to warn northbound motorists that St. Hilaire-Cottes is the final chance to stop before the end of the motorway.

Opening Dates

* : Section Lillers - Liévin ( - A21) * : Section Liévin - Plouvain (A21 - A1) * : Section Setques - Lillers () * : Section Plouvain - La Vacquerie (A1 - ) * : Section Nordausques - Setques () * : Section La Vacquerie - Saint-Quentin-Nord () * : Section Saint-Quentin-Nord - Grugies () * : Section Grugies - Laon () * : Section Calais - Nordausques (A16 - ) * : Section Laon - Thillois ( - A344) * : Section Les Grandes-Loges - Montaulin (A4-East - A5) * : Section Thillois - Ormes (A344 - A4-West)

List of exits and junctions

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Saint-Dizier Saint-Dizier () is a subprefecture of the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. It has a population of 23,382 (2018 figure) and is a subprefecture of the department. Although Saint-Dizier is marginally the most populous commune in Hau ...

, Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres, ''Parc Naturel Regional De La Forêt D'Orient'' , - , A5 - A26 ,

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

Sens Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km southeast from Paris. Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second la ...

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

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Future

For some years there have been plans to extend the A26 to

Auxerre Auxerre ( , , Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Auchoirre'') is the capital (Prefectures in France, prefecture) of the Yonne Departments of France, department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Par ...

after 2025. and perhaps to

Bourges Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...

thereafter but that is not programmed before 2030. The extension would, if completed, replace N77 and N151 as part of the second version of the

, upgrading the south-eastern section of the ring road to motorway standard.

References

External links

A26 autoroute in Saratlas
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