Route nationale 2 (French Guiana)

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National road 2
Route nationale 2
Route national 2 in blue
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The humble beginnings as an unpaved road
Route information
Length185 km (115 mi)
Major junctions
West end RN1 Cayenne
Major intersections
East end BR-156 Oiapoque
Location
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
DepartmentGuyane
Highway system

Route nationale 2 (RN2) is a highway in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. The highway connects Cayenne with Saint-Georges and measures 185 kilometres (115 mi).[1] The highway provides a direct connection to Brazil.

Overview

The highway starts in Balata, a suburb of Cayenne, at an intersection with Route nationale 1.[2] The road was initially built to connect Cayenne with the Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport.[3] In 1970s, the road was extended to Régina as an unpaved road. In the 1990s, work began on extending the road to Saint-Georges.[4] In 2003, the road to Saint-Georges was opened.[5] In 2014, a grade-separated intersection with Route nationale 1 was constructed.[2] The Oyapock River Bridge over the Oyapock River was opened on 18 March 2017 linking French Guiana with Brazil.[6]

The amount of traffic on Route nationale 2 varies greatly. In 2010, before the bridge opened, the average daily traffic was 23,185 vehicles per day at Balata, and fell to 438 vehicles in Saint-Georges.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Guyane française / Brésil - La frontière : d'un territoire longtemps contesté à une difficile coopération régionale transfrontalière". CNES (in French). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021..
  2. ^ a b "L'échangeur de Balata ouvert et inauguré aujourd'hui". France Guyane (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Vous qui voulez venir en Guyane" (in French). Cayenne: Imprimerie Paul Laporte. 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Le réseau routier national de la Guyane". DEAL Guyane (in French). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Saint-Georges". Maires 973 (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Le pont de l'Oyapock inauguré et officiellement ouvert à la circulation". France TV Info (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ^ Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement (2010). "La sécurité routière en Guyane" (PDF) (in French). p. 5. Retrieved 19 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)