# Driving in France

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-france/367321>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-france/367321 "2006-08-04T13:31:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-france/367321/41 "2006-08-09T15:44:30Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> You might want to avoid [this route](http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_worlds_highest_bridge.htm). Or you might want to drive it. If you do, let us know how it was.

I didn’t drive over it, but rather drove under it last year. It’s very impressive.

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**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-france/367321/42 "2006-08-09T15:53:11Z")

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The French seem to specialize in wonderful looking bridges . Here is one I have driven across a few times [le Pont de Normadie](http://www.carte-postale.com/honfleur/pontdenormandie.htm) which spans the mouth of the Seine.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-france/367321/43 "2006-08-10T08:46:48Z")

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> [@Struan](#):
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> The method they used to put the roadway on was stunning - they built the road in two halves, stuck it on rollers and pushed it across from each side, eventually meeting in the middle.

Couldn’t even get the road crew onto the thing, huh?

Great pictures!

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-france/367321/44 "2006-08-10T10:04:12Z")

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A note about filling up in France from the motoring supplement of the Sunday Times. There are many new staff-less petrol stations in France that require credit cards for payment. UK cards don’t always work, perhaps a US card might have similar problems?

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-france/367321/45 "2006-08-10T14:14:13Z")

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> [@Rayne Man](#):
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> The French seem to specialize in wonderful looking bridges

They have a long tradition of long spans. Perhaps the [most impressive of all](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_du_Gard) is 2000 years old. You can’t drive across it, but it’s well worth a visit.

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