Route nationale 6

The Route nationale 6 is a trunk road (nationale) in France between Paris and the frontier with Italy in the Alps.

The RN 6 runs parallel for a long portion of its route to the A 6 autoroute. As a result portions of the road have now been downgraded as the RD 306 and RD 906. The reclassification is in part due to the centralized system of the French Government that did not allow local communities to care for the 'Nationale' roads infrastructure. Downgrading the Nationale 6 to local roads (RD for Route Départementale) allows the locals to take care of their infrastructure.

Paris-Fontainebleau–Sens–Auxerre–Chalon-sur-Saône–Lyon–Chambéry-Italy

The road starts at Porte de Charenton south east of the city north of the Seine. The road is called the Rue de Paris and it skirts the Southern edge of the Bois de Vincennes. The road crosses the River Marne at the Pont de Charenton as well as the A 4. The road heads through the suburbs of Paris, after a junction with the RN 19 the RN 6 becomes Avenue du Général Leclerc and then Avenue du Général de Gaulle. The road passes Maisons-Alfort and enters an industrial area as Avenue du Maréchal and runs parallel to railway yards before passing along the East bank of the Seine. The road then bypasses Montgeron and enters Forêt domaniale de Sénart and a junction with the RN 104 before becoming the A 5 and then branching off to the South. The old road passes through Lieusaint.

The RN 6 enters Melun where it crosses the Seine and heads south through the Forêt domaniale de Fontainebleau and heads to Fontainebleau and a junction with the RN 7. The old road passes through Vulaines-sur-Seine and Veneux-les-Sablons before the new road rejoins the old course after the River Loing.

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