Route national 140

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Route national 140 in France
N 140
Basic data
Operator:
Overall length: 336.5 + 98 km (historical)

Regions :

Status: graduated
Course of the road
Template: AB / Maintenance / Empty historical street course until 1973
(with today's names)
Loiret department
Street as D 940
crossing D 2007 (formerly N 7 )
Street as a D 941 by
Locality Gien D 952 (formerly N 152 )
Locality Gien (Süd) D 951 (formerly N 751 )
Cher department
Locality Argent-sur-Sauldre D 948 (formerly N 448 )
Locality Aubigny-sur-Nère D 923 (formerly N 723 ) / D 924 (formerly N 724 )
Locality La Chapelle-d'Angillon D 926 (formerly N 726 )
Locality Saint-Palais
Locality Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
Locality Saint-Georges-sur-Moulon
Locality Fussy
Locality Bourges D 976 (formerly N 76 )
D 2076 (formerly N 76 & N 153 ) / N 151
Street as D 2144
Locality Lissay-Lochy
Locality Levet D 2144 (formerly N 144 )
Street as D 940
Locality Châteauneuf-sur-Cher
Locality Lignères D 925 (formerly N 725 )
Indre department
Locality Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie
Locality Thevet-Saint-Julien D 951 B (formerly N 151bis )
Locality La Châtre D 943 (formerly N 143 ) / D 927 (formerly N 727 )
crossing D 951 B (formerly N 151bis )
department Creuse
crossing D 990 (formerly N 690 )
Locality Genouillac
crossing D 990 (formerly N 690 )
Locality Glénic
Locality Guéret D 942 (formerly N 142 ) / N 145
D 914 (formerly N 714 )
Street as D 940 A
Locality La Chapelle-Taillefert
Locality Bourganeuf D 941 (formerly N 141 ) / D 912 (formerly N 712 )
Locality Saint-Junien-la-Bregère
Department Haute-Vienne
Locality Peyrat-le-Château
Locality Saint-Amand-le-Petit
Locality Eymoutiers D 979 (formerly N 679 ) / D 992 (formerly N 692 )
Street as D 940
Locality Lacelle D 940 (formerly N 679 )
Street as D 940 C
Locality Saint-Hilaire-les-Courbes
Street as D 940
Locality Treignac D 16 (formerly N 691 )
Locality Le Lonzac
Locality Chamboulive
Locality Seilhac D 1120 (formerly N 120 )
via N 120
Locality Tulle D 1089 (formerly N 89 ) / D 1120 (formerly N 120 )
Locality Sainte-Fortunade
crossing D 921 (formerly N 680 )
Locality Tudeils
Locality Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne
Locality Altillac
Lot department
Locality Biars-sur-Cère
Locality Breténoux D 803 (formerly N 703 )
Street as D 803
Locality Saint-Céré D 673 (formerly N 673 )
Street as D 940
Locality Aynac
Locality Anglars
Locality Lacapelle-Marival D 653 (formerly N 653 )
Locality Le Bourg D 840 (formerly N 681 )
Street as D 840
Locality Camburat
Locality Planioles
Locality Figeac N 122 / D 822 (formerly N 122 )
D 840 (formerly N 594 ) / D 662 (formerly N 662 )

The Route nationale 140 , or N 140 or RN 140 for short , was a French national road .

The road was laid in 1824 between a road crossing with national road 7 25 kilometers south of Montargis and Uzerche and goes back to route 160 impériale. In 1828 the section between Eymoutiers and Uzerche was graduated. In addition, the stretch of the national road from Eymoutiers to Figeac , interrupted by national road 120 , was extended. As a result, their total length was 434.5 kilometers. In 1973 a new route was created from part of the previous route and from the following sections of national roads  681 , 594 and 662 as well as Départementsstrasse 21 of the Aveyron department :

The section of the previous route between Bourges and Levet was rededicated as National Road 144 . The remaining parts were graded. In 2006 the N 140 was downgraded.

Course 1824–1828:

  • N 140 N 7 - Eymoutiers (details in info box on the right)
  • D 30 Eymoutiers - Département border (Haute-Vienne)
  • D 3 Département border (Corrèze) - Uzerche

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