Editing Cherbourg (section)

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Historically, Cherbourg is at the western end of [[Route nationale 13]], which runs through the city by the "Rouges Terres" and the ''Avenue de Paris'', from [[La Glacerie]]. In the 1990s, a deviation from the road, now European routes [[European route E03|E03]] and [[European route E46|E46]], referred traffic through La Glacerie and [[Tourlaville]] on a three-way axis from La Glacerie, to the Penesme roundabout at Tourlaville and then a dual carriageway to a roundabout located between Collignon Beach and the ''Port des Flamands''. An extension to Cherbourg is in the works, with the doubling of the bridge over the ''Port des Flamands'', to ensure a continuity of the dual carriageway to the commercial port in Cherbourg.

The old {{Interlanguage link|Route nationale 801|fr}} (reclassified as D901), which connects [[La Hague|Cap de la Hague]] to [[Barfleur]], crosses the city from east to west.

After the completion of the bypass east of the agglomeration, a western bypass project is under study, and a 'zone' corresponding to the future final route has been selected. Similarly, upgrading to a dual carriageway for access of [[Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport|Maupertus Airport]] is envisaged.

The D650 is used to connect Cherbourg to the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula. Departing from Cherbourg, the D650 takes a southwesterly direction to [[Les Pieux]] and then along to join the ''Côte des Isles'' (the [[Channel Islands]] coast) to [[Barneville-Carteret]]. In the approach to Cherbourg, this road has undergone development, in recent years, with amenities (roundabouts, traffic lights, urban development) by virtue of the [[peri-urbanisation]] of the communes in its path.

With the awarding of [[Controlled-access highway|autoroute]] status to the RN13 in 2006, the work of upgrading to motorway standard between Cherbourg and [[Caen]] is being undertaken over a 10-year period.<ref name="memo">Mémento économique du Cotentin 2007, {{Interlanguage link|Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Cherbourg-Cotentin|fr|3=Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Cherbourg-Cotentin|lt=CCI de Cherbourg-Cotentin}}, 2007</ref> The construction work of the RN13 at the entrance of the Cherbourg agglomeration (locality ''Virage des Chèvres'') was completed in early 2009.