The RN177 is a trunk road ( nationale) in

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linking Pont-l'Évêque and

Trouville-sur-Mer Trouville-sur-Mer (, literally ''Trouville on Sea''), commonly referred to as Trouville, is a city of 4,603 inhabitants in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville across the ...

. The road is in fact a section of the former RN834. The RN177 was until the 1972 reclassification scheme a link between Villers-Bocage and

Redon Redon (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments. It is situated at the junction of ...

. The old RN177 was declassified into RD577 in

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, RD977 in

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and RD177 in

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Ill-e-Vilaenn'', ) is a departments of France, department of France, located in the regions of France, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named a ...

. The RN177 has since 2006 been declassified into the RD677. In a strange move by the Calvados DDE, drivers wishing to reach Deauville and the

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are advise not to use the trunk road but to use the single carriageway RD27A that follows a similar course along the

Lisieux Lisieux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pa ...

Deauville Deauville () is a communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados department, Normandy (administrative region), Normandy, northwestern France. Major attractions include its port, harbour, Race track, race course, marinas, con ...

railway line. Weekend tourists are often caught in

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s on the A132 while wanting to join the RN177 as well as at

Bonneville-sur-Touques Bonneville-sur-Touques (, ''Bonneville on Touques'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France, located four kilometres from the urban agglomeration Deauville- Trouville. The commune is principally f ...

roundabout A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junct ...

where several départementales converge. It is also at that location that the

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sets up speed cameras and alcohol control.

Route

The road is bypassed by the A132 between Pont-l'Évêque and Canapville where the RN177 crosses several départementales and two

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s. The section between the

(where it meets the RD17 to

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) and

is a dual carriageway. The RN177 ends at a roundabout next to the

gare de Trouville-Deauville Trouville-Deauville is the station for the towns of Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy. The station is built in neo-normand architecture and is a terminus for two railway lines, the main line from Paris by Lisieux and the Côte Fleurie bra ...

where it meets the RD513. It traverses the following communes: * Pont-l'Évêque *

Coudray-Rabut Coudray-Rabut () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Pont-l'Évêque.Canapville * Touques *

References

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177 Year 177 ( CLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 930 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 177 for thi ...

Transport in Normandy