Route nationale 98
National road RN 98 is a French road. In its latest form, it connects Toulon to Menton. It also passes through Monaco.
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Following the transfer of highway powers to the départements in 2006, it became RD 98 and RD 559 and in Var and RD 6098 in Alpes-Maritimes.
History
The RN 98 was created in 1824 and originally connected Toulon to Saint-Tropez, succeeding Route Impériale 117, which was created on 16 December 1811. In 1870, the RN 98 was extended to connect Cogolin and Fréjus.[1] It was extended further in 1933 as far as Mandelieu-la-Napoule, following a route that was previously classified as part of the RN 7. Following a reform in 1972, the section between la Napoule and Mandelieu was declassified as the RD 2098. The RN 98 was then extended as far as Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, including the section between la Napoule and Antibes, which was previously made up of a combination of the RN 559c, the RD 41 and the RN 559. The RN 98 includes the Promenade des Anglais, Nice's large seafront avenue.
Following another reform in 2005, a former section near Hyères was reclassified as the A570 motorway.[2]
Municipalities passed through
- la Valette-du-Var D 98 (km 0)
- la Garde (km 2)
- la Crau (km 7)
- Hyères (km 13)
- la Londe-les-Maures (km 22)
- Bormes-les-Mimosas (km 31)
- la Môle (km 45)
- Cogolin (km 54)
- Port Grimaud D 559
- Sainte-Maxime (km 66)
- les Issambres
- Saint-Aygulf (km 81)
- Fréjus (km 86)
- Saint-Raphaël (km 89)
- Boulouris (km 94)
- Agay (km 100)
- Théoule-sur-Mer D 6098 (km 118)
- Mandelieu-la-Napoule (km 123)
- Cannes (km 129)
- Golfe-Juan
- Juan-les-Pins (km 139)
- Antibes (km 140)
- Villeneuve-Loubet (km 147)
- Cagnes-sur-Mer (km 149)
- Saint-Laurent-du-Var (km 152)
- Nice (km 161)
- Villefranche-sur-Mer (km 167)
- Beaulieu-sur-Mer (km 170)
- Èze-Bord-de-Mer (km 174)
- Cap-d'Ail (km 177)
- Principauté de Monaco (km 177)
- Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (km 185)
Notable sections
- The RN 98 splits from the RN 97 in Valette-du-Var, near Toulon.
- Its route is partially covered by the A 570 motorway in Hyères.
- It goes over the Gratteloup Pass (altitude 200 m) in Bormes-les-Mimosas.
- It crosses through the Dom Forest in Bormes-les-Mimosas and Môle.
- The RD 98a splits from the RD 98 towards Saint-Tropez at an intersections known as the carrefour de la Foux, which is heavily congested in the summer.
- It hugs the Mediterranean coastline from Port Grimaud until its terminus in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
- It takes the name corniche d'Or (Golden Coast Road) between Saint-Raphaël and Théoule-sur-Mer, where follows the massif de l'Esterel at the border between the Var and Alpes-Maritimes départements.
- It becomes the boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes.
- It becomes the promenade des Anglais in Nice.
- It becomes the Basse Corniche (Lower Coast Road) between Nice and Menton.
- It travels through the Principality of Monaco, an independent country that is not part of France.
- It re-enters France and rejoins the RN 7 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, near Menton.
References
- Bulletin des lois de l'Empire français. Paris: Imprimerie impériale. 1870. pp. 693–4.
- Décret n°2005-1499 du 5 décembre 2005 relatif à la consistance du réseau routier national., 5 December 2005, retrieved 2017-03-24