Friday, March 4, 2011

Coventry to Geneva

 


Mr Dewis says, recalling how he drove it from Coventry to Geneva ahead of the launch of the 1961 Geneva motor show . "It took 11 hours," he says. "I averaged 68 mph." (Above, is not Mr Dewis)

Coventry
UK
1. Head east on New Union St/B4544 toward Greyfriars Ln

0.2 mi
2. Make a U-turn at Little Park St
Continue to follow B4544

0.4 mi
3. At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit onto Warwick Rd/A429
Go through 1 traffic circle

0.5 mi
4. Slight left at Leamington Rd/B4113

1.2 mi
5. At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Stonebridge Hwy/A45
Continue to follow A45
Go through 3 traffic circles

9.0 mi
6. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto M45 Motorway/M45 heading to London/Daventry/Northampton/M1 South

8.1 mi
7. Merge onto M1

55.8 mi
8. At junction 6a, exit onto M25 toward M11/M20/Dartford
Partial toll road

40.7 mi
9. Continue onto A282
Partial toll road

3.1 mi
10. Continue onto M25

4.2 mi
11. At junction 3, exit onto M20 Motorway/M20 toward Dover/Maidstone

48.0 mi
12. Exit at junction 11a

0.4 mi
13. Continue straight

0.7 mi
14. Continue straight

0.6 mi
15. Slight left

0.5 mi
16. Take the Channel Tunnel/Folkestone - Calais train to Fréthun
Entering France

36.4 mi
17. Continue straight

0.2 mi
18. Turn left

1.4 mi
19. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for A16/E402/E15/A26/Calais/Lille/Reims/Paris/Bruxelles and merge onto A16/E402
Continue to follow A16

4.1 mi
20. Take the exit onto A26/E15 toward Saint-Omer/Arras/Reims/Paris
Continue to follow A26
Partial toll road

163 mi
21. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for A26/E17/E50/Reims-Centre/Châlons-en-Champagne/Metz-Nancy/Strasbourg/Lyon and merge onto A4/E17/E50
Partial toll road
Speed camera in 5.3 mi

22.3 mi
22. Take the exit onto A26/E17 toward Saint-Gibrien/Troyes/Lyon
Toll road
Speed camera in 51.1 mi

59.9 mi
23. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for A5/E17/Mulhouse/Lyon-Dijon/Chaumont and merge onto A5/E17
Toll road

57.9 mi
24. Continue onto A31
Toll road
Speed camera in 19.8 mi

46.0 mi
25. Take the exit onto A39 toward Grenoble/Genève/Besançon/Dole
Toll road

86.7 mi
26. Merge onto A40
Toll road

14.0 mi
27. Take the exit onto A40/E21/E62 toward Milan/Annecy/Genève/Oyonnax
Toll road

48.3 mi
28. Take exit 13-Saint-Julien-en-Genevois for E21/E62 toward Genève-Centre/Lausanne

0.5 mi
29. Continue toward Autoroute française A401/E62

0.1 mi
30. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for E21/Genève-Centre/Lausanne and merge onto Autoroute française A401/E62
Toll road
Entering Switzerland

1.3 mi
31. Continue onto A1
Toll road

0.6 mi
32. Take exit 1-Perly to merge onto A1a toward Carouge/Genève-Centre/La Praille
Toll road

3.0 mi
33. Exit onto Rte des Jeunes

0.3 mi
34. Turn right at Rte des Acacias
Go through 1 traffic circle

0.7 mi
35. Continue onto Bld du Pont-d'Arve

0.1 mi
36. Continue onto Ave. Henri-Dunant

0.2 mi
37. Continue onto Bld Georges-Favon

177 ft
Geneva
Switzerland

1 comments:

Blair said...

Let's do it! (And see if we can beat his time ;)