The Route nationale 30 is a highway in
Picardy
Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.
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and
Nord-Pas-de-Calais, northern
France. It connects the town of
Bapaume to with
Valenciennes.
Before 1973, The RN 30 was connecting
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
to
La Capelle
La Capelle is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Its inhabitants are called Capellois (plural Capelloises).
Geography
La Capelle had a station on the Busigny-Hirson railway line, which operated from 1885 ...
. The road has been renamed
N 31 between Rouen and
Gournay-en-Bray and
N 29 between
Saint-Quentin and
La Capelle
La Capelle is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Its inhabitants are called Capellois (plural Capelloises).
Geography
La Capelle had a station on the Busigny-Hirson railway line, which operated from 1885 ...
. It has been downgraded in D 930 between Gournay-en-Bray and Saint-Quentin.
Route
The road starts with a junction of the former
N 17 (now the D 1017) in the town of
Bapaume. It crosses junction 14 of the
A1 autoroute. The road passes a number of war cemeteries and has now been numbered the D 930. After
Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai (, literally ''Beaumetz near Cambrai''; pcd, Biaumés-lès-Kimbré) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
Geography
A farming village located southeast of Arras ...
the road becomes the N 30.
The road crosses the
A26 autoroute
The A26 is a long French motorway connecting Calais and Troyes. 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 Dover-Calais ferries and the Channel Tunnel ...
and through the village of
Fontaine-Notre-Dame before junction 14 of the
A2 autoroute. The road then enters the town of
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
. The road has junctions with the
N 43,
N 44 and
N 39.
The road leaves the town to the north west heading through the small town of
Iwuy before a junction with the A 2 onto which through traffic is now directed.
A downgraded N 30 continues to the north of the autoroute through
Bouchain and crossing to the south to go through
Douchy-les-Mines and into the town of
Valenciennes. The N 30 continues to the north east passing through the town of
Onnaing before reaching the frontier with
Belgium. The road continues across the border into the town of
Quievrain as the N51.
030 030 may refer to:
* Motorola 68030
* BR-030
* Geographical telephone calling prefixes
** Greater Accra area code, Ghana
** Utrecht, Netherlands
** Berlin, Germany
** Bar Municipality and Ulcinj Municipality
Ulcinj Municipality (Montenegrin la ...
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