A86 (sometimes called "Paris super-périphérique") is the second

ring road A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...

around

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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. It follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre ( Notre Dame) varying in the range. The south-western section of A86 contains one of the world's longest urban motorway tunnels ( of continuous tunnel), opened in two parts in 2009 and 2011. The tunnel is limited to a height of and commercial vehicles are prohibited as a result. Although now a complete motorway-standard loop, the A86 is a product of its heavily urban route and piecemeal construction, meaning that there are several points at which one has to TOTSO (Turn Off To Stay On) and sections which are briefly parts of the A3 and A4 autoroutes. A86 is a part of the five-ring-road system surrounding Paris and

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Boulevard Périphérique The Boulevard Périphérique (), often called the Périph', is a controlled-access dual-carriageway ring road in Paris, France. With a few exceptions (see '' Structure and Layout''), it is situated along Paris's administrative limit. The sp ...

, completed in 1973, roughly an ellipse and limits of Paris city. * A86, completed in 2011, irregular, , similar in size with London's

North Circular The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England. It runs from Chiswick in the west to Woolwich in the east via suburban North London, connecting ...

and South Circular. * The

Francilienne The Francilienne () is a partially completed ring road in Île-de-France (the ''région'' that includes Paris), France, lying outside the A86. The planned ring road is approximately in diameter, similar in size to London's M25 motorway. Start ...

, a partial ring, circa in diameter, comparable with London's

M25 motorway The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major road encircling most of Greater London. The motorway is one of the most important roads in the UK and one of the busiest. Margaret Thatcher opened the final section in 1986, making the M25 the lon ...

. * The

Grand contournement de Paris 400px, thumb The grand contournement de Paris (French for "Great Paris Bypass") is the fourth ring road around Paris, enclosing the three other ring roads ( Périphérique, the A86, and the Francilienne). The Grand Contournement is actually comp ...

, two wide loops bypassing Paris, referred to as the First and Second Solutions.

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Official Website of the A86 West Tunnel System
Autoroutes in France Transport infrastructure in Île-de-France Ring roads in France {{France-road-stub

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