Low Bridge Map — France

There are 49,924 recorded height restrictions on roads in France — bridges, tunnels, underpasses and height barriers. The lowest clearance a road vehicle could pass is 2.00 m — anything tagged lower is a gate or a barrier — and 17,232 restrictions are under 2.5 m. This map shows all of them, and the data behind it is rebuilt every week.

Updated September 6, 2026

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49,924Restrictions

17,232under 2.5 m

2.00 mLowest

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The lowest clearances in France

The 100 lowest signed restrictions, lowest first. Every one of the 49,924 is on the map above.

Location	Height	Type	Road	Region
Rue du Commerce · Vannes	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Rue du Val de Grâce · Bièvres	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
Boulevard Émile Bollaert · Bron	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Accès Parking Salvador Allende · Nanterre	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Chemin de Madame · Ramonville-Saint-Agne	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Vivy-Saumur · Vivy	2.00 m	restriction	—	Pays de la Loire
Avenue du 81ème Régiment d'Infanterie · Frontignan	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Rue Marco Diener · Colmar	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Rue Robert Schuman · Colmar	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Rue Marco Diener · Colmar	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Rue Marco Diener · Colmar	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Parking Charles-de-Gaulle - Gare · Rennes	2.00 m	restriction	—	Bretagne
Saint-Grégoire	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Chemin de la Prévalaye · Rennes	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Voie Nouvelle · Neuville-sur-Oise	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Avenue Augustin Fresnel · Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Parking République · Castres	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Rue René Clair · Lattes	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Place de Catalogne · Perpignan	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Allée des Écoles · Mouans-Sartoux	2.00 m	restriction	—	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Serris	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Lognes	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
Chemin du Fort · Wambrechies	2.00 m	restriction	—	Hauts-de-France
Chemin de la Censive du Tertre · Nantes	2.00 m	restriction	—	Pays de la Loire
Boulevard des Tribunes · Nantes	2.00 m	restriction	—	Pays de la Loire
Boulevard des Tribunes · Nantes	2.00 m	restriction	—	Pays de la Loire
Quai de la Loire · Saint-Pierre-des-Corps	2.00 m	barrier	—	Centre-Val de Loire
Voie Verte de l'Espiguette · Le Grau-du-Roi	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Accès 75 · Le Grau-du-Roi	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Boulevard Lundy · Reims	2.00 m	barrier	—	Grand Est
Vezin-le-Coquet	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Avenue Roger Salengro · Montesson	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Parking du Théâtre de Cornouaille · Quimper	2.00 m	restriction	—	Bretagne
Allée Georges Buffon · Saint-Michel-sur-Orge	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
Avenue Pierre Prost · Brunoy	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Canet-en-Roussillon	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Rue Paul Pesty · Besançon	2.00 m	restriction	—	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Rue Seveso · Fenouillet	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Europole - Gare · Grenoble	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chemin d'Encaulet · Castelnau-d'Estrétefonds	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Avenue du Pont de Provence · Aigues-Mortes	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Route de Châtillon-sur-Seiche · Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Autoroute de Normandie · Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
Autoroute de Normandie · Vaucresson	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
Route Napoléon III · Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
La Poste · Vichy	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chemin du Fagnard · Les Billaux	2.00 m	barrier	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rue de la Gare · Arc-et-Senans	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Quai du Clos des Roses · Compiègne	2.00 m	restriction	—	Hauts-de-France
Quai du Clos des Roses · Compiègne	2.00 m	barrier	—	Hauts-de-France
Boulevard de Verdun · Poitiers	2.00 m	restriction	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Boulevard de Verdun · Poitiers	2.00 m	restriction	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Avenue Paul Langevin · Villeneuve-d'Ascq	2.00 m	barrier	—	Hauts-de-France
Allée de la Tonnelle · Villeneuve-d'Ascq	2.00 m	restriction	—	Hauts-de-France
Rue Alain Lesage · Quéven	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Allée des Anciens Combattants d'Algérie Tunisie Maroc · Aubière	2.00 m	barrier	—	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rue de Fontfroide · Leucate	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Rue de Fontfroide · Leucate	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Résidence Les Sablons 1 · Leucate	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Rue Vladimir Jankélévitch · Émerainville	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Mail des Choucats · Lognes	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
Porte de Gabilier · Rocamadour	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Rue Xavier Grall · Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Place de la République · Toul	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Saint-Herblain	2.00 m	barrier	—	Pays de la Loire
Avenue de Remondel · Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Rue Pierre Fresnay · Strasbourg	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Camille Jullian · Bordeaux	2.00 m	restriction	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Place Camille Jullian · Bordeaux	2.00 m	restriction	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rue Lacarre · Colmar	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Rue Lacarre · Colmar	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Parking Gassendi · Digne-les-Bains	2.00 m	restriction	—	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Rue de Beaumont · Sotteville-sur-Mer	2.00 m	barrier	—	Normandie
Petits Champs · Paris	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Mougins	2.00 m	barrier	—	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Place de la Liberté · Lons-le-Saunier	2.00 m	restriction	—	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Rue du Mailh-Abor · Orcun	2.00 m	barrier	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Allée des Cormorans · Cholet	2.00 m	barrier	—	Pays de la Loire
Route d'Aritxague · Anglet	2.00 m	barrier	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
D 46 · Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze	2.00 m	barrier	D 46	Occitanie
Parking André Chénier · Carcassonne	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Parking Gambetta · Carcassonne	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Parking Gambetta · Carcassonne	2.00 m	restriction	—	Occitanie
Chemin de la Passerelle · Romagnat	2.00 m	barrier	—	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
D 765 · Pont-Croix	2.00 m	barrier	D 765	Bretagne
Chemin de Halage · Guichen	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Chemin du Tumulus · Carnac	2.00 m	barrier	—	Bretagne
Chemin derrière Saint-Jean · Bédoin	2.00 m	barrier	—	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Colleville-sur-Mer	2.00 m	barrier	—	Normandie
Chemin de la Marnière · Urvillers	2.00 m	barrier	—	Hauts-de-France
Rue du Vieux Marché · Erstein	2.00 m	restriction	—	Grand Est
Rue Pierre de Coubertin · Les Ponts-de-Cé	2.00 m	barrier	—	Pays de la Loire
Rue de Saint-Valéry · Woignarue	2.00 m	barrier	—	Hauts-de-France
Rue de Torcy · Croissy-Beaubourg	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Rue des Peupliers · Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone	2.00 m	barrier	—	Occitanie
Avenue de Robersart · Wambrechies	2.00 m	barrier	—	Hauts-de-France
Desserte Aristide Boucicaut · Évry	2.00 m	barrier	—	Île-de-France
Allée du Grutier · Évry	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Desserte Aristide Boucicaut · Évry	2.00 m	restriction	—	Île-de-France
Route de La Barre · Tarnos	2.00 m	barrier	—	Nouvelle-Aquitaine

By region

Where the 49,924 restrictions in France are, across 101 regions.

Region	Restrictions	Lowest
Bouches-du-Rhône	1,809	1.40 m
Rhône	1,747	1.14 m
Nord	1,707	1.30 m
Haute-Savoie	1,508	1.40 m
Hérault	1,401	1.50 m
Isère	1,389	1.00 m
Haute-Garonne	1,282	1.70 m
Paris	1,267	1.70 m
Essonne	1,182	1.40 m
Yvelines	1,149	1.30 m
Alpes-Maritimes	1,084	1.20 m
Loire-Atlantique	1,080	1.00 m
Hauts-de-Seine	1,052	1.80 m
Val-d'Oise	1,047	1.50 m
Pyrénées-Orientales	1,021	1.40 m
Loiret	1,016	1.30 m
Gironde	977	1.50 m
Seien-et-Marne	950	1.45 m
Ille-et-Vilaine	944	1.00 m
Savoie	826	1.70 m
Seine-Maritime	802	1.00 m
Val-de-Marne	761	1.45 m
Bas-Rhin	748	1.00 m
Var	731	1.00 m
Pas-de-Calais	707	1.00 m
Calvados	704	1.80 m
Gard	688	1.20 m
Doubs	666	1.80 m
Morbihan	557	1.50 m
Côte-d'Or	549	1.75 m
Maine-et-Loire	546	1.20 m
Moselle	544	1.50 m
Landes	528	1.80 m
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	515	1.00 m
Indre-et-Loire	514	1.30 m
Charente-Maritime	509	1.60 m
Vaucluse	503	1.10 m
Haute-Rhin	498	1.80 m
Finistère	496	1.00 m
Saône-et-Loire	465	1.50 m
Seine-Saint-Denis	462	1.60 m
Puy-de-Dôme	457	1.70 m
Drôme	450	1.70 m
Ain	435	1.30 m
Sarthe	432	1.80 m
Oise	432	1.80 m
Vendée	424	1.60 m
Aveyron	421	1.10 m
Aude	416	1.80 m
Marne	397	1.00 m
Yonne	379	1.50 m
Côtes-d'Armor	368	1.50 m
Manche	361	1.80 m
Allier	350	1.50 m
Eure	336	1.80 m
Meurthe-et-Moselle	326	1.00 m
Vienne	319	1.80 m
Loire	317	1.50 m
Ardèche	277	1.70 m
Deux-Sèvres	270	1.50 m
Indre	268	1.80 m
Haute-Vienne	262	1.00 m
Lot	258	1.00 m
Vosges	251	1.70 m
Aube	250	1.80 m
Charente	246	1.90 m
Loir-et-Cher	238	1.20 m
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	238	1.80 m
Jura	230	1.75 m
Eure-et-Loir	223	1.40 m
Hautes-Alpes	209	1.70 m
Corrèze	173	1.80 m
Haute-Loire	171	1.50 m
Somme	167	1.50 m
Cher	166	1.80 m
Tarn-et-Garonne	164	1.60 m
Nièvre	164	1.60 m
Orne	157	1.80 m
Ardennes	152	1.50 m
Lozère	144	2.00 m
Mayenne	138	1.85 m
Aisne	131	2.00 m
Hautes-Pyrénées	128	1.80 m
Haute-Marne	128	1.90 m
Meuse	116	1.90 m
Dordogne	114	1.50 m
Territoire de Belfort	112	1.85 m
Lot-et-Garonne	105	1.80 m
Tarn	93	1.60 m
Creuse	88	1.20 m
Cantal	83	1.50 m
Haute-Corse	82	1.90 m
Haute-Saône	72	1.90 m
Ariège	55	1.90 m
Gers	50	1.80 m
Corse-du-Sud	45	1.00 m
Guyane française	43	2.20 m
Martinique	43	4.30 m
La Réunion	35	2.20 m
Guadeloupe	31	2.00 m
Mayotte	2	1.50 m

How to read this data

Every point on this map comes from open map data, where a height restriction is recorded against the road, the bridge or the barrier it applies to. We rebuild our copy of France once a week, so a clearance corrected on Monday is here by the following weekend. The table lists the 100 lowest restrictions in the country; the map shows every one of them.

Of the 49,924 restrictions in France, 13,755 carry no height at all. That does not mean the road is clear. It means somebody recorded that a limit exists without recording the number — an unsigned height barrier, a sign nobody has read closely, or a tag that says only "lower than the usual limit". Treat those as unknown obstacles, not as open road. The rest break down as 17,232 under 2.5 m, 4,820 between 2.5 and 3.2 m, 6,547 between 3.2 and 4.0 m, and 7,570 above 4.0 m, with a median stated clearance of 2.50 m.

Coverage is uneven, and honestly so

This data is surveyed by people, and people survey what they drive. Motorways and trunk roads in France are close to complete; farm tracks, private yards and small village underpasses are not. Bouches-du-Rhône alone accounts for 1,809 of the country's restrictions, which says as much about who maps there as about where the low bridges are. A road with no marker on this map has probably never been surveyed for clearance — it is not a guarantee of headroom.

How tall is your vehicle

Vehicle	Typical height
Small campervan (VW California, Transit Custom)	2.0–2.2 m
Panel van conversion with a roof vent	2.6–2.9 m
Coachbuilt motorhome	3.0–3.5 m
Motorhome with a roof box or satellite dome	up to 3.6 m
Box truck / lorry	4.0 m

Measure yours rather than trusting the brochure: an air conditioner, a solar panel or a roof rack routinely adds 20 cm to a figure that was measured empty, and a loaded suspension does not give it back. Write the number on a sticker on the dashboard — it is the only figure that matters at the moment you are looking at a bridge and a queue of traffic behind you.

Before you drive

Restrictions cluster where old railways cross old roads, and those are exactly the routes a satnav picks to avoid a motorway toll. If your vehicle is over 3 m, plan the route before you start rather than trusting the shortest line on a phone screen.

Questions

How do I find the low bridges on my route in France?

Open the map above and look along your route before you leave: all 49,924 recorded restrictions in France are on it, coloured by clearance, and the table lists the 100 lowest with the town and road each one is on. On the road itself you want something watching ahead for you — a plan made at the kitchen table does not help at a junction you have already reached.

What is the maximum vehicle height allowed in France?

The general limit is 4.00 m, and anything lower than that has to be signed. That is exactly what makes the 49,924 restrictions on this page worth reading: they are the places where the ordinary limit does not apply.

How many low bridges are there in France?

Recorded here are 49,924 height restrictions of every kind — railway bridges, tunnels, underpasses and height barriers. 17,232 of them are under 2.5 m and 4,820 are between 2.5 and 3.2 m — the band that stops an ordinary campervan — while 7,570 are above 4.0 m.

What is the lowest bridge in France?

The lowest clearance a road vehicle could pass is 2.00 m; anything tagged lower is a gate or a barrier rather than a road. The median stated clearance is 2.50 m, and the table above starts at the lowest and works up.

A restriction on the map has no height. Does that mean the road is clear?

No. 13,755 of the 49,924 restrictions in France carry no number at all: somebody recorded that a limit exists without recording what it is — an unsigned barrier, a sign nobody read closely. Treat those as unknown obstacles, not as open road.

Where does this data come from, and how current is it?

From OpenStreetMap, rebuilt weekly; these figures were last measured on September 6, 2026. Coverage is uneven and this page says so: Bouches-du-Rhône alone accounts for 1,809 of the restrictions, which is as much about where people survey as about where the low bridges are.

Nearby countries

Spain11,894 · lowest 2.00 m Italy23,077 · lowest 2.00 m Switzerland8,827 · lowest 2.00 m Germany101,456 · lowest 2.00 m Belgium4,295 · lowest 2.00 m Luxembourg587 · lowest 2.00 m

On the road

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