A86 (or Paris super-périphérique) is the second (incomplete) ring road (U.S.: Beltway) around Paris. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 86. ... Portes on BP The périphérique is like a highway that encircles Paris. ... English language spread in the United States. ... A sign on the Hampton Roads Beltway in Virginia, United States, traveling on the outer loop (counterclockwise). ...

Périphérique (red) and A86 (blue)

A86 follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre (Notre Dame) varying from 8 km to 16 km (5-10 miles). Notre Dame de Paris Western Facade, Summer 2004 Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris, meaning the church in Paris dedicated to the Virgin Mary), often known simply as Notre Dame in English, Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in Paris...

The ring road is complete with the exception of a 10 km segment (1/8 of ring). A tunnel is built to complete the loop with the opening planned for October 2007.

A86 is a part of the four ring road system surrounding Paris and Ile de France This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

• Peripherique, completed in 1973, roughly an ellipse 9 x 11 km
• A86, the last segment (tunnel) to complete in 2007, irregular, 20 x 25 km (12x16 miles), similar in size with London North Circular and South Circular)
• the Francilienne, a partial ring, circa 50 km (30 miles) in diameter, comparable with London M25 motorway
• grand detournement de Paris (only a few segments are opened)