Route D308
Route D308
Jonathan Reeve Price, Route D308, 2018, Giclée print, 38.7" x 21.8" (98.2 x 55.4 cm)
West of Paris, at the intersection of N184 and D308, there is a little town called Croix de Noailles, in the forest of Saint Germain. At this spot, Adrien Maurice de Noailles erected a roadside cross in 1751. This is no ordinary monument. The cross sits on top of a globe on top of a fluted column that rises from a sculpted base surrounded by ornamental shields, about six feet high, on a pedestal of two levels. It is a registered historic monument. Driving past, though, at 80 kilometers an hour, in heavy traffic, the cross is just a beige blur. The map is more exciting than the cross.
From here, D308 heads East, going over the looping Seine twice, joining another highway, then dissolving into an even larger one, D992, which feeds into a tunnel that takes you under one more loop of the Seine, landing you in the chic but boring commune of Neuilly.
Originally a swamp on the West side of Paris, Neuilly is now an upscale residential district sprinkled with office buildings, with corporate headquarters for Chanel, Sephora, Christian Dior, and Orangina.
I've zoomed in on this section of the map, vectorized it to see the raw lines, improved the color coding by pouring primaries into the sections revealed by the lines, like using colored pens, and reintroduced a quick clip of the Michelin map, tracing my finger along the routes. I love the Michelin Atlas Routier, but I have to admit that these days, when we are actually on the road, the fastest and most helpful guide is Mrs. Google, talking us through every twist and round-about. "Take the second exit!"
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