The A13 motorway closed in both directions for an “indefinite period” between Paris and Normandy

Big chaos this Friday, April 19 on the roads of Île-de-France, on the eve of the last weekend of the Easter holidays for zone C. The A13 motorway, which connects the capital to Rouen and Caen, is closed in both directions of traffic between Paris and Vaucresson, at the interchange with the A86, since the beginning of the morning, Sytadin announced. The closure of the section caused saturation of the part of the A13 upstream of Vaucresson.

This traffic interruption is of “indefinite duration”, specified the Ile-de-France traffic information site. It follows “infrastructure problems on the roadway”, detected between the viaduct and the Saint-Cloud tunnel, indicates Dirif, the Ile-de-France roads department. “It is necessary to analyze this problem in order to determine the work to be carried out and then estimate a duration.”

On site, at midday, our journalist noticed a large crack in the roadway between the viaduct and the Saint-Cloud tunnel, with markings, without knowing with certainty whether it was the cause of the emergency closure decided this Friday. Contacted on this subject, Dirif did not respond to requests from Le Figaro. The axis could be cut until at least Monday according to police officers present near a closed access, who mention a subsidence of the roadway. Dirif agents are also on site and an official communication could be made in the afternoon.

Sytadin advises postponing travel if possible or avoiding the area. It invites to use:

At the beginning of the afternoon, Sytadin also clarified that access from the N186 in Chesnay-Rocquencourt to the A13 in the direction of Paris is also closed. The three-kilometer stretch of road between the N186 and the start of the closed zone is completely saturated, warns the traffic information site.