Route nationale 138
Route nationale 138 or RN 138 was a French Route nationale (trunk road) linking Rouen to Tours in the North-West of France. Part of the road (now "RD 338") is the temporarily a portion of the Circuit de la Sarthe known as the Mulsanne Straight. Downgrade. Before the 1972 downgrade, the RN 138 linked Rouen to Saintes via Saumur. This portion of the road was partly downgraded between La Flèche and Niort, becoming RD 938. It was later renumbered: The remainder was downgraded in 2006. The road was then renumbered according to each département: Route nationale