 The contemporary city is served by the A16 and A29 autoroutes.The Jules Verne Viaduct, long, crosses the River Somme to the east of the city and allows circumvention of the city by motorway-type roads.The A16 and A29 autoroutes, the RN1 and the RN25 form a bypass-type motorway around the city that the population has called the "Rocade d'Amiens" [ring road of Amiens].