High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Before railroads and highways were developed, the Rhone was an important inland trade and transportation route, connecting the cities of Arles, Avignon, Valence, Vienne and Lyon to the Mediterranean ports of Fos, Marseille and Sete. Travelling down the Rhone by barge would take three weeks. By motorized vessel, the trip now takes only three days. The Rhone is classified as a class V waterway from the mouth of the Saone river to the sea. The Saone, which is also canalized, connects the Rhone ports to the cities of Villefranche-sur-Saone, Macon and Chalon-sur-Saone. Smaller vessels can travel further northwest, north and northeast via the Centre-Loire-Briare and Loing Canals to the Seine river, via the Canal de la Marne a la Saone to the Marne, via the Canal des Vosges to the Moselle and via the Canal du Rhone au Rhin to the Rhine.

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