Ascension Bridge: this Sunday announced as “the busiest day of the year” on the roads

Be careful if you have to take the road during the Ascension weekend. In fact, Bison Futé expects particularly intense traffic from this Wednesday, May 17, until Sunday, a day classified as black at the national level.

Red Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday is classified as red nationally in the sense of departures.

“The first difficulties will appear at the end of the morning and the traffic will remain very heavy until late at night. In Île-de-France, the traffic will be very difficult in the direction of the toll booths,” says Bison Futé.

In Île-de-France, the difficulties will be amplified by mid-afternoon due to the traffic generated by work-home trips, adds the traffic forecast body. In the provinces, traffic conditions will also be very difficult on all the major axes of the country and in particular in the Rhône corridor, on the Atlantic coast and around the Mediterranean.

Thursday, the Feast of the Ascension, will also be particularly intense on the roads of France. The day is also classified red by Bison Futé.

“In Île-de-France, the A1, A6, A10 and A13 motorways, as well as the axes that connect them (peripheral boulevard, A86) will be particularly affected. In the provinces, most of the large connecting axes will also be They will be greatly affected.” “The A7 (especially between Lyon and Orange), the A9 and the A61 should be particularly busy,” the press release states.

black sunday

After the return to green throughout France on Friday and Saturday, Sunday is classified as black at the national level in the sense of laps.

A day that “should be the busiest of the year”, predicts Bison Futé.

The organization recommends, “to the extent possible, postpone the trip to avoid hitting the road that day.”

“In general, the returns to the big cities will generate traffic jams and slowdowns on all the main roads of the country. The greatest difficulties are expected on the A6, A7, A9, A10, ‘A11, the A13 and the N165. They will be presented from the end of the morning and will last until late at night, particularly in Île-de-France,” the press release underlines.