- 17 Sep 11, 19:41#275354
A few years ago, I had an opportunity to drive through Monaco, and I tried to follow the track.
Is it actually possible to drive around the circuit on an ordinary day without driving the wrong way down any one-way streets? I found myself driving through a tunnel which was one-way in the opposite direction to the race.
Looking at the Google map of Monaco, I think I was actually in the Tunnel Lavartto, and the race goes the opposite direction on the Boulevard Louis II.
I've been trying to figure out exactly which roads the track follows since then. Is this the sequence?
1. Start on Blvd Albert 1er which is a one-way street flowing with the race direction
2. Ste. Devote is at the intersection of Bd Albert I and Ave D'Ostende, here the race appears to start running agains the normal traffic direction on Ave D'Ostend which appears to be partially one-way. The article about the circuit on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Monaco talks about the removal of a roundabout at Ste. Devote which appears to be on the map with streets reference by the article, where Albert, Ave D'Ostende, and Rue Grimaldi meet. From the Google map it would appear that if you were driving on Albert Ier you would be forced to take a left on to Rue Grimaldi, just before this roundabout. I think that the course now goes on the south side of this roundabout.
3. I can't tell for sure, but the google map looks like Ave D'Ostende becomes a two-way street at the intersection with Avenue de la Costa, shortly before Beau Rivage, then turns at Massenet, and then right at Casino. The map with streets doesn't seem to agree with the Google map, which has Ave des Beaux Arts to the west of the actual track, where it runs into either Ave D'ostende, either before or after the name of Ave D'ostende changes to Avenue des Spéluges.
4. Here's where I get really confused. The Google Map (and by the way a Michelin map I found on-line as well) makes it look like Portier is a turn onto Rue du Portier which then merges into Bd du Larvotto and through the Tunnel du Lavartto. Which make sense from the corner name, but, at the other end the Lavarotto tunnel road doesn't seem to connect with the circuit in the harbor area, is some kind of connection made for the race? Or is the "tunnel" really Bd. Louis I, as it goes under the hotel? If so then is Portier really a turn onto Bd. Louis I?
5. The chicane is obviously the point where Bd. Louis I turns into Ave John F. Kennedy.
6. Once past the chicane it seems pretty obvious, turn right at Tabac from Ave JFK to get on Route de la Piscine, which takes you by Piscine, then...
7. Rascasse is where Quai Antoine 1er meets Route de la PIscine
8. Anthony Noghes is where Route de la Piscine turns into Bd Albert 1er. There is a complicated interchange here in the area of Avenue de la Quarantaine, some of which might be part of the pit entrance, I'm not sure.
So can anyone tell me what I've got right or wrong about this. Just in case I get another opportunity.
Is it actually possible to drive around the circuit on an ordinary day without driving the wrong way down any one-way streets? I found myself driving through a tunnel which was one-way in the opposite direction to the race.
Looking at the Google map of Monaco, I think I was actually in the Tunnel Lavartto, and the race goes the opposite direction on the Boulevard Louis II.
I've been trying to figure out exactly which roads the track follows since then. Is this the sequence?
1. Start on Blvd Albert 1er which is a one-way street flowing with the race direction
2. Ste. Devote is at the intersection of Bd Albert I and Ave D'Ostende, here the race appears to start running agains the normal traffic direction on Ave D'Ostend which appears to be partially one-way. The article about the circuit on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_de_Monaco talks about the removal of a roundabout at Ste. Devote which appears to be on the map with streets reference by the article, where Albert, Ave D'Ostende, and Rue Grimaldi meet. From the Google map it would appear that if you were driving on Albert Ier you would be forced to take a left on to Rue Grimaldi, just before this roundabout. I think that the course now goes on the south side of this roundabout.
3. I can't tell for sure, but the google map looks like Ave D'Ostende becomes a two-way street at the intersection with Avenue de la Costa, shortly before Beau Rivage, then turns at Massenet, and then right at Casino. The map with streets doesn't seem to agree with the Google map, which has Ave des Beaux Arts to the west of the actual track, where it runs into either Ave D'ostende, either before or after the name of Ave D'ostende changes to Avenue des Spéluges.
4. Here's where I get really confused. The Google Map (and by the way a Michelin map I found on-line as well) makes it look like Portier is a turn onto Rue du Portier which then merges into Bd du Larvotto and through the Tunnel du Lavartto. Which make sense from the corner name, but, at the other end the Lavarotto tunnel road doesn't seem to connect with the circuit in the harbor area, is some kind of connection made for the race? Or is the "tunnel" really Bd. Louis I, as it goes under the hotel? If so then is Portier really a turn onto Bd. Louis I?
5. The chicane is obviously the point where Bd. Louis I turns into Ave John F. Kennedy.
6. Once past the chicane it seems pretty obvious, turn right at Tabac from Ave JFK to get on Route de la Piscine, which takes you by Piscine, then...
7. Rascasse is where Quai Antoine 1er meets Route de la PIscine
8. Anthony Noghes is where Route de la Piscine turns into Bd Albert 1er. There is a complicated interchange here in the area of Avenue de la Quarantaine, some of which might be part of the pit entrance, I'm not sure.
So can anyone tell me what I've got right or wrong about this. Just in case I get another opportunity.
