Editing Bayonne (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Transport interurbain autour de Bayonne 03092014.png|thumb|Public transport around Bayonne: railway lines are black, the intercity bus lines Pyrénées-Atlantiques are green and those of Landes purple. The PTU (perimeter of urban transport, which operates the Chronoplus network is uncharted here) is bounded by a red line.]]
[[File:Bayonne - Voies de communication (2).png|thumb|Means of transport (water, roads, bridges, and railways)]]

===Road===
Bayonne is located at the intersection of the [[A63 autoroute]] (Bordeaux-Spain) and the D1 extension of the [[A64 autoroute]] (towards [[Toulouse]]). The city is served by three interchanges—two of them on the A63: exit {{Motorway exit|6}} (Bayonne Nord) serves the northern districts of Bayonne but also allows quick access to the centre while exit {{Motorway exit|5}} (Bayonne Sud) provides access to the south and also serves [[Anglet]]. The third exit is the D1 / A64 via the Mousserolles interchange (exit {{Motorway exit|1}} Bayonne Mousserolles) which links the district of the same name and also serves the neighbouring communes of [[Mouguerre]] and [[Saint-Pierre-d'Irube]].

Bayonne was traversed by [[Route nationale 10]] connecting [[Paris]] to [[Hendaye]] but this is now downgraded to a departmental road D810. [[Route nationale]] 117, linking Bayonne to Toulouse has been downgraded to departmental road D817.

===Bridges===
[[File:Bayonne Adour.jpg|thumb|The Saint-Esprit bridge over the [[Adour]]]]

There are several bridges over both the Nive and the Adour, linking the various districts.

Coming from upstream on the Adour, there is the A63 bridge, then the Saint-Frédéric bridge which carries the D 810, then the railway bridge that replaced the old Eiffel iron bridge, the Saint-Esprit bridge, and finally the Grenet bridge. The Saint-Esprit bridge connects the Saint-Esprit district to the Amiral-Bergeret dock just upstream of the confluence with the river Nive. In 1845, the old bridge, originally made of wood, was rebuilt in masonry with seven arches supporting a deck {{convert|230|m|ft|abbr=off}} wide.<ref name="p118" group="FL">p. 118.</ref> It was then called the Nemours Bridge in honour of [[Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours|Louis of Orleans]], sixth Duke of Nemours, who laid the first stone. The bridge was finally called Saint-Esprit. Until 1868, the bridge had a moving span near the left bank. It was expanded in 1912 to facilitate the movement of horse-drawn [[carriage]]s and motor vehicles.<ref name="p118" group="FL" />

On the Nive coming from upstream to downstream, there is the A63 bridge then the ''Pont Blanc'' (White bridge)<ref group="Note">The successor to the iron railway bridge ''Raccordement d'Aïtachouria'', the Pont Blanc has been used since 2003 to link the ''Floride Sports Field'' to the wilderness area on the Ansot plain.</ref> railway bridge, and then D810 bridge, the Génie bridge (or ''Pont Millitaire''), the Pannecau bridge, the Marengo bridge<ref group="Note">The Marengo masonry bridge was under [[Napoleon III]].</ref> leading to the covered markets, and the Mayou Bridge.<ref group="Note">The Mayou bridge, formerly called ''Major'' or ''Maior'', was rebuilt in stone in 1857.</ref> The Pannecau bridge was long named ''Bertaco bridge'' and was rebuilt in masonry under [[Napoleon III]].<ref name="p25" group="FL">p. 25.</ref> According to François Lafitte Houssat, "[...] a municipal ordinance of 1327 provided for the imprisonment of any quarrellsome woman of bad character in an iron cage dropped into the waters of the Nive River from the bridge. The practice lasted until 1780 [...]"<ref name="p25" group="FL" /> This punishment bore the evocative name of ''cubainhade''.<ref name="p20" group="DN">p. 20.</ref>

===Cycling network===
The commune is traversed by the ''[[EV1 The Atlantic Coast Route|Vélodyssée]]''. [[Cycling infrastructure|Bicycle paths]] are located along the left bank of the Adour, a large part of the left bank of the Nive, and along various axes of the city where there are some bicycle lanes. The city offers free bicycles on loan.<ref>[http://www.bayonne.fr/vie-quotidienne/se-deplacer/393-le-velo-en-ville.html ''The bicycle in town – City of Bayonne''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182919/http://www.bayonne.fr/vie-quotidienne/se-deplacer/393-le-velo-en-ville.html|date=23 September 2015}}, Bayonne official website, consulted on 6 October 2014 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

===Public transport===

====Urban network====
Most of the lines of the ''Chronoplus'' bus network operated by the ''Transdev agglomeration of Bayonne'' link Bayonne to other communes in the urban transport perimeter: [[Anglet]], [[Biarritz]], [[Bidart]], [[Boucau]], [[Saint-Pierre-d'Irube]] and [[Tarnos]]<ref group="Note">The A1, A2, B, C, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14 and N lines (as at 9 September 2014)</ref><ref>[http://www.chronoplus.eu/ftp/Plan_reseau_chronoplus.pdf ''Chronoplus Network Map''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203142/http://www.chronoplus.eu/ftp/Plan_reseau_chronoplus.pdf|date=23 September 2015}}, consulted on 25 July 2014 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> The Bayonne free shuttle Bayonne serves the city centre (Grand and Petit Bayonne) by connecting several parking stations; other free shuttles perform other short trips within the commune.

====Interurban networks====
Bayonne is connected to many cities in the western half of the department such as [[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]] and [[Saint-Palais, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Saint-Palais]] by the Pyrenees-Atlantiques long-distance coach network of ''Transport 64'' managed by the General Council. Since the network restructuring in the summer of 2013, the lines converge on Bayonne.<ref>[http://www.transports64.fr/IMG/pdf/cg64-tiuplanreseau0714.pdf Network map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726114958/http://www.transports64.fr/IMG/pdf/cg64-tiuplanreseau0714.pdf|date=26 July 2014}}, Transports 64, consulted on 11 September 2014 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> Bayonne is also served by services from the [[Landes (department)|Landes]] departmental network, ''XL'R''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090912033123/http://www.rdtl.fr/index.php?niveau_id=65&niveau=2 The RDTL network], consulted on 11 September 2014 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

====Rail transport====
The [[Gare de Bayonne]] is located in the Saint-Esprit district and is an important station on the [[Bordeaux-Irun railway]]. It is also the terminus of lines leading from [[Toulouse]] to Bayonne and from Bayonne to [[Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port]]. It is served by [[TGV]], [[Intercités]], [[Intercités de nuit]], and [[TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] trains (to [[Hendaye]], [[Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port]], [[Dax, Landes|Dax]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]], and [[Tarbes]]).

====Air transport====
Bayonne is served by the [[Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport]] ([[IATA code]]: BIQ • [[ICAO airport code|ICAO code]]: LFBZ), located on the communal territories of Anglet and Biarritz.<ref group="Note">Only a quarter of the area, the west end of the runway, is located in Biarritz commune.</ref> The airport was returned to service in 1954 after repair of damage from bombing during the [[Second World War]].