Tunnel de Fourvière - Lyon (France)

Tunnel de Fourvière 15/06/2017 17h11
The cause of the traffic jam which got me a delay of about 35 minutes on my way from Aix-en-Provence to Auxerre. I have passed this tunnel 11 days ago as well on the first day of my holiday (Tunnel de Fourvière on 04/06/2017) on my way Southbound.

Tunnel de Fourvière
Tunnel de Fourvière (or tunnel sous Fourvière) is a is an underground road from the A6 motorway, with a length of 1 853 meters and 2 x 2 lanes. The Fourvière tunnel describes a North-South diagonal beneath the Fourvière hill (5th arrondissement), the North entrance is near Gorge de Loup and the South entrance leads to the Saône, near the quarter of Quarantaine.
The tunnel was inaugurated in 1971 and constitutes the last section open on the A6 motorway, directly linking the A7 to the Rhône valley and Marseille from the Perrache exchange center (point 0).
The tunnel receives about 110,000 vehicles every day. The tunnel opened on December 8, 1971. Until 1971, the Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse, part of the RN 6 was an important link in Lyon's road network. The speed limit is this tunnel is 70 km/h this limit is strictly enforced with radar control.
[ Source and more Information: Wikipedia - Tunnel de Fourvière ]

Roadtrip [7] 15/06/2017
On the planning today was a relocation from Aix-en-Provence to Auxerre via Lyon. A visit to Forcalquier was optional but that was already done the day before. A planning of 600 kilometers and a 6 hour drive.
I changed the plan by visiting the lavender fields instead at the the Plateau de Valensol. Great but time-consuming as well. Together with a traffic jam in Lyon and a problem finding a place for dinner in Mâcon I spent a lot of time in the car to get a bit more North.
I left Aix-en-Provence at 10h30. Spent some photo time in Valensole to capture lavender from 11h19 to 11h50. Garmin guided me back to Aix to get to Lyon because that seemed quicker with the result that at 12h30 I was still passing by Aix-en-Provence where I started the day.
Had McLunch in Orange from 13h29 till 14h35 (including a visit to Intermarché). From 16h32 till 17h10 I moved only 3 kilometers at the Tunnel de Fourvière in Lyon. Had some McDinner in Mâcon from 18h37 till 19h07 and from there I still had to drive 236 kilometers to the reserved hotel in Auxerre. All following the autoroute A6. Arrived in Auxerre at Hôtel des Deux Gares at 21h18 just before the hotel closed at night. In total 745.1 km driving instead of the planned 600 km. Highest temperature I experienced today was 36° C between Orange and Valance.

Taken in: France / Rhône-Alpes / Lyon (show map)

Taken on: June 15, 2017

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