Route nationale 2 (French Guiana)

Route nationale 2 (RN2) is a highway in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. The highway connects Cayenne with Saint-Georges and measures 185 kilometres (115 mi).[1] The highway provides a direct connection to Brazil.

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National road 2
Route nationale 2
Route national 2 in blue
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The humble beginnings as an unpaved road
Route information
Length185 km (115 mi)
Major junctions
West end RN1 Cayenne
Major intersections
East end BR-156 Oiapoque
Location
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
DepartmentGuyane
Highway system

Overview

The highway starts in Balata, a suburb of Cayenne, at an intersection with Route nationale 1.[2] The road was initially built to connect Cayenne with the Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport.[3] In 1970s, the road was extended to Régina as an unpaved road. In the 1990s, work began on extending the road to Saint-Georges.[4] In 2003, the road to Saint-Georges was opened.[5] In 2014, a grade-separated intersection with Route nationale 1 was constructed.[2] The Oyapock River Bridge over the Oyapock River was opened on 18 March 2017 linking French Guiana with Brazil.[6]

The amount of traffic on Route nationale 2 varies greatly. In 2010, before the bridge opened, the average daily traffic was 23,185 vehicles per day at Balata, and fell to 438 vehicles in Saint-Georges.[7]

References
  1. "Guyane française / Brésil - La frontière : d'un territoire longtemps contesté à une difficile coopération régionale transfrontalière". CNES (in French). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021..
  2. "L'échangeur de Balata ouvert et inauguré aujourd'hui". France Guyane (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. "Vous qui voulez venir en Guyane" (in French). Cayenne: Imprimerie Paul Laporte. 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. "Le réseau routier national de la Guyane". DEAL Guyane (in French). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. "Saint-Georges". Maires 973 (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. "Le pont de l'Oyapock inauguré et officiellement ouvert à la circulation". France TV Info (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement (2010). "La sécurité routière en Guyane" (PDF) (in French). p. 5. Retrieved 19 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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