Periferique Paris, France

The maximum speed or the speed limit on the Paris Peripherique is 80 km/h or 50 mph. It was built in the early part of the 1970’s. This huge stretch of ring road gives priority to vehicles entering the road as opposed to the ones exiting the road. The Paris Peripherique was built on an empty space created by the destruction in the 1920’s. This was an event that showcased the falling of the defense wall of Paris.

The Paris Peripherique was actually completed on April 25, 1973. It not only acts as a ring road but also as a natural boundary that has the city with around 2 million inhabitants on one side and the Parisian suburbs with over 9 million inhabitants on the other. The Paris Peripherique is situated right along the administrative limit of Paris and is administered by the city government.

Here are some important statistics:

•    Total length of the Paris Peripherique: 35.04 km
•    Speed limit on the Paris Peripherique: 80 km/h (50 mph)
•    Total Traffic on the ring road in 2002: approx. 1.1 million vehicles per day of which 89% are light vehicles, 7% are trucks, 4% are motorbikes and all this accounts for almost 25% of the total traffic of Paris.
•    An Average trip on the Paris Peripherique will be around: 7 km (4.5 miles)
•    The average speed of vehicle on week days or working days: 43 km/h (26 mph)

In total there are around 34 junctions on the Paris Peripherique like Porte de Bercy, Porte de la Plaine, Porte de Saint-Cloud, Porte Dauphine, Porte Maillot, Porte des Lilas, Porte de Montreuil etc. There are inner lane exits and outer lane exists on the Paris Peripherique and each of them is associated with a particular junction. For example: At the Porte d'Auteuil junction, the outer lane exists is A13 while the inner lane exists is Rue Poussin. There is an innermost Peripherique in Paris too, which include the A86, which will be completed by 2010 and the Francilienne, which has been completed partially.