SMART ONE. This weekend of August 20 and 21, 2022, traffic will be difficult on metropolitan roads in the return direction. All forecasts from Bison Futé.
[Mis à jour le 19 août à 11h55] The weekend of August 20 and 21 is one of the last of the summer holidays. Overall, it will be quieter than last week. Thus, Friday August 19, Bison Futé sees green in the direction of departures and red in the direction of returns throughout the metropolitan territory. On the other hand, Saturday will be more complicated on the roads. Bison Futé foresees very difficult traffic (red) in the direction of returns and difficult in the direction of departures, except in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and on the Mediterranean arc where traffic jams are to be expected. Sunday August 21, rebelote: Bison Futé sees red in the direction of returns. The traffic will, on the other hand, be much calmer in the direction of departures with usual traffic on the metropolitan territory, outside the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the Mediterranean arc where traffic would be difficult.
What are the Bison Futé forecasts for Saturday, August 20?
For the days of Saturday August 20, 2022, Bison futé gives advice to motorists to avoid sections of road which are likely to be congested. thus, in the direction of departures:
- leave or cross Île-de-France before 10 a.m.,
- avoid the A13 motorway, between Paris and Rouen, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
- avoid the A11 motorway, between Paris and Le Mans, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.,
- avoid the A10 motorway, between Orléans and Tours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and between Bordeaux and Poitiers, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
- avoid the A6 motorway, between Beaune and Lyon, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
- avoid the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Orange, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
- avoid the A20 motorway, between Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
- avoid the A71 motorway, between Orléans and Clermont-Ferrand, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
- avoid the A62 motorway, between Bordeaux and Toulouse, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
- avoid the A61 motorway, between Toulouse and Narbonne, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
And in the return direction:
- return to or cross Île-de-France before 2 p.m.,
- avoid the A11 motorway, between Le Mans and Paris, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
- avoid the A10 motorway, between Bordeaux and Poitiers, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
- avoid the A6 motorway, between Lyon and Beaune, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
- avoid the A7 motorway, between Orange and Salon-de-Provence, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
- avoid the A8 motorway, between Nice and Aix-en-Provence, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
- avoid the A9 motorway, between Spain and Orange, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
- avoid the A71 motorway, between Clermont-Ferrand and Bourges, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and between Bourges and Orléans, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.,
- avoid the A61 motorway, between Narbonne and Toulouse, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
- avoid the A75 motorway, between Montpellier and Clermont-Ferrand, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.,
- avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel in the direction of France, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. (waiting time longer than 1 hour).
For the days of Sunday August 21, 2022, Bison futé gives advice to motorists to avoid sections of road which are likely to be congested. In the direction of departures:
- avoid the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Orange, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
- avoid the A9 motorway, between Montpellier and Narbonne, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
- avoid the A62 motorway, between Bordeaux and Toulouse, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
- avoid the A61 motorway, between Toulouse and Narbonne, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
In the direction of returns:
- return to or cross Île-de-France before 12 p.m.,
- avoid the A11 motorway, between Le Mans and Paris, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
- avoid the A10 motorway, at the Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines toll gate, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and between Bordeaux and Poitiers, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
- avoid the A6 motorway, between Lyon and Beaune, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
- avoid the A7 motorway, between Lyon and Salon-de-Provence, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
- avoid the A8 motorway, between Nice and Aix-en-Provence, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
- avoid the A71 motorway, between Clermont-Ferrand and Bourges, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.,
- avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel in the direction of France, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. (wait more than 1 hour).