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Originally Posted by GT6
Well we went down for the test day so i thought i would give an update on the problems around Rouen, the bridge is still closed but we have few problems, the sat nav took us on the route through the city centre and to be honest on saturday evening we had no problems and coming back again we went through the city centre, this was the route we always used before the ring road and few delays to be honest.
On tuesday when we go down we will be hitting rouen lunch time so we will probably take the Yvelot route, it is longer but should be few delays and it brings us out onto the D338 and that is where we want to be.
We did take the new motorway on the way down but joined it after bourgtheroulde which cuts off 30 KM and saves a good 20 mins
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Last year we headed south via Yvetot and the Pont de Brotonne: no problems and it made a pleasant change of scenery.
We returned via Rouen City Centre and equally had no problems, but this was on the Tuesday after the race, so minimal race traffic.
"Cutting the corner" - i.e. going via Bourgtheroulde Infreville not only saves time and distance, it's also marginally cheaper because you save one junction on the autoroute. Heading north on Monday saves a long wait at the Péage. Additionally, there's a small rest area where you join the motorway which is roughly halfway between the Channel ports and Le Mans and where they serve excellent frites!