Ile-de-France: Cut of A13 from Sunday leads to monster traffic

The highway is closed between the exit of Paris and the Saint-Cloud Tunnel, in both directions of circulation, following “a theft of cables resulting in the loss of safety equipment”. The duration of the incident is not estimated.

Le Monde

Important disturbances are to be expected on the roads of Ile-de-France, Monday, October 25, while the A13 motorway has been cut in both directions of traffic since Sunday at 6 pm. The highway is closed between the exit of Paris and the Saint-Cloud tunnel, following “a flight of cables resulting in the loss of safety equipment” in the Tunnel Ambroise-Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt (high Seine), explains the direction of the routes of Ile-de-France on the Sytadin site . The two mentioned tunnels are also closed to traffic.

In the direction of Paris, Sytadin advises leaving the A13 at the municipality of Rocquencourt to join the A12, then the N12 towards Evry and Lyon. Then, at the time of Versailles, take the A86 towards Créteil, then the N118 towards the Sèvres Bridge.

Not yet estimated return to normal

In the other direction, to leave Paris, it is advisable to take the exit from the ring road to Bordeaux and Nantes, then to continue on the D910 towards the Sèvres Bridge. Then take the N118 towards Chartres and Bordeaux, then the A86 towards Versailles, then the N12 towards the A13 (Rouen) or join the A13 by the A86.

 The state of the traffic in Ile-de-France, Monday, October 25, at 9:40 am, according to the direction of the roads of Ile-de-France, via the site Sytadin.

Monday morning, the incident was still in progress. The Ile-de-France road direction did not estimate the end of the disturbances and the restoration of traffic. At 10 o’clock this Monday, Sytadin showed 174 kilometers of plugs on the roads of Ile-de-France.

/Media reports.