Town Streets in Bain-de-Bretagne, France

Reconstructed street with reduced lane widths, paving stone crossings, landscaping and bollards.

"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."

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Town Streets in Bain-de-Bretagne, France



Reconstructed street with reduced lane widths, paving stone crossings, landscaping and bollards.



The 6 m wide highway was improved with varied road surfaces and a raised intersection.



Sidewalks and pedestrian crossings are paved with colored concrete flag stones.



Reconstructed intersection with bollards, paver crosswalks and plantings.

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Location:: Bain-de-Bretagne,FR
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Source:: An Improved Traffic Environment, A Catalogue of Ideas

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Flexible Design Elements:: Landscaping/Amenities, Lane Widths, Parking, Roundabouts

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Physical Setting:: Rural; Small Town
Population:: 5,000 - 50,000
Transportation Facilities:: Road
Construction Type:: Retrofit
ADT, final:: 20000
CSS Transportation Outcome:: Speed Management, Capacity Appropriate to Context

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