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A14 autoroute, France
Plan of French A14 motorway. 
The autoroute A14 is an autoroute in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
The motorway starts at La Défense in Hauts-de-Seine and ends at Orgeval in Yvelines. The A14 was built to relieve the congested A13 between Paris and Normandy. The A14, opened in 1996, is operated by the Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie. The motorway is 15.6 km (9.7 mi) in length and is subject to a toll. The A14 serves no localities between La Défense and Orgeval and is only a relief road of the A13.
A motorway exit near Saint-Germain-en-Laye was planned but was denied by the French president, François Mitterrand, after mayors wanted to prevent excessive car use in the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Other exits were planned but their construction is blocked by communal councils.
Many bridges and tunnels were built to carry the motorway. Two long bridges and a tunnel of 2.8 km long were built. The tunnel, built for 4.5 billion FRF, was built to preserve the forest of Saint-Germain.
Length: 15.6 km (9.7 mi)
Speed limit: France has the following speed limits for limited access roads classified as motorways:
• Under normal conditions - 130 km/h (80 mph)
• In rain or wet road conditions - 110 km/h (70 mph)
• In heavy fog or snowy/icy conditions - 50 km/h (30 mph)
Limited access roads classified as express roads have lower speed limit (90 or 110 km/h, 55 or 70 mph).
In normal conditions, there is a minimum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) in the lane most left (no minimum speed on the others' right lanes, but speed should be adapted for each situation: not too slow).
Junctions
The motorway links to the following additional motorways and major roads:
— RN13 (Route nationale), Pont de Neuilly, Puteaux, Suresnes
— RN192 (Route nationale), Boulevard de Mission Marchand, La Garenne-Colombes
— RN13 (Route nationale), Avenue du Président Wilson, Rueil-Malmaison
— RN314 (Route nationale), Route de Rouen, La Défense
— Péage de Montesson
— A13 (Autoroute), RN14 (Route nationale), Poissy
— A13 (Autoroute), RN13 (Route nationale), Poissy, Orgeval
Tolls
The toll has a price that varies with the hours of the day. Free access to the motorway is given to drivers practising carpooling.
Source
• www.wikipedia.org
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