Project Abstract
"In Bain-de-Bretagne the relief caused by the construction of a bypass has been used as an opportunity to redesign the urban traffic network considerably."
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Reconstructed street with reduced lane widths, paving stone crossings, landscaping and bollards.
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"Bain-de-Bretagne [pop. 5,500] is situated in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, on the Route National 137, 30 km to the south of Rennes towards Nantes. R.N. 137 is the main connection from Brittany via the Loire Valley to south-western France.
In 1986 the massive north-south going traffic through Bain was redirected via a new bypass west of the town, and thus the premises for the planning and the detail design of the urban road network were changed completely.
Until then almost 20,000 vehicles, of which were 3,000 lorries, had passed through the town every day.
The redirection, however, not only reduced the north-south traffic, but also intensified the east-west traffic through the town's junction to the new bypass. ...
The conversion was divided into three stages: construction of the new western approach; conversion of the old through road; and redesign of the town square, the Place de la Republique."
Further Reading:
Town Streets in Bain-de-Bretagne, France
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