A71 autoroute
The A71 autoroute is a motorway in central France. It is also called l'Arverne. It starts at Orléans and ends at Clermont-Ferrand.
Orléans to Bourges
The autoroute is 2x2 lanes and is operated by the Société Cofiroute (Orléans-Bourges). The section between Orléans to Salbris was opened on 24 October 1986. In 1989 it was completed to Bourges.
Junctions
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Exchange A10-A71 Junction with the A10 -
1 (Orléans-Centre) Towns served: Orléans - 2 (Olivet) Towns served: Olivet
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Rest Area: Le Bois de Bailly/Le Bois du Télégraphe - Rest Area:Chaumont-sur-Tharonne/La Ferté-Saint-Aubin
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- 3 (Lamotte-Beuvron) Towns served: Lamotte-Beuvron
- Rest Area: L'Étang du Marais/La Briganderie
- Rest Area: Les Marembets/La Saulot
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- 4 (Salbris) Towns served: Salbris
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Service Area: Salbris
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- Exchange A71-A85 Junction with A85
- Exchange A20-A71 Junction with A20
- 6 (Vierzon-Est) Towns served: Vierzon
- Rest area: Les Croquettes/La Chaussée de César
- Service Area: Bourges
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- 7 (Bourges) Towns served: Bourges
Bourges to Clermont-Ferrand
This section of the autoroute is operated by SAPRR. It is 2x2 lanes and a toll road. The road has the double numbering A71/A89 between Combronde and Gerzat.
- 1987 : The section between Montmarault and Clermont-Est (71 km) is opened.
- 1988 : The section between Forêt-de-Tronçais and Montmarault (38 km) is opened.
- 1989 : The opening of the section between Bourges and the Forêt-de-Tronçais (70 km)
Junctions
- Rest Area: Le Gîte des Loups/Le Bois des Dames
- Service Area: Centre de la France
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- 8 (Saint-Amand) Towns served: Saint-Amand-Montrond
- Rest Area: Le Grand Meaulnes/Vallon-en-Sully
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- 9 (Vallon-en-Sully) Towns served: Vallon-en-Sully and Hérisson
- Exchange A714-A71 Junction with the A714 spur to Guéret and Montluçon
- Service Area: L'Allier
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- 11 (Montmarault) Towns served: Montmarault
- Rest Area: La Bouble/Chantelle-en-Bourbonnais
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- Exchange A71-A719 Junction with A719 spur to Vichy, Gannat and Ébreuil
- Service Area: Volcans
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- 12.1 (Combronde) Towns served: Combronde
- Exchange A89-A71 Junction with the A89
- Rest Area: Montpertuis/Pessat-Villeneuve
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- 13 (Riom) Towns served: Riom
- 14 (Gerzat) Towns served: Gerzat
- 15 (Clermont-Ferrand) Towns served: Clermont-Ferrand
- Exchange A710-A71 Junction with the A710 spur to
- 16 (Brezet) Towns served: Clermont-Ferrand
- Exchange A75-A71 Junction with A75 to Saint-Étienne and Lyon.
The Spur Autoroutes
A719
Opened in 1997, first section of this motorway bypasses Gannat by north (9 km). The highway was extended to the gates of Vichy, precisely on a roundabout at Espinasse-Vozelle; this 14 km section, inaugurated 9 January, was opened on 12 January 2015.[1]
- Exchange A71-A719
- 13, km 1 Towns served: Ébreuil and Gannat
- 14, km 6 Towns served: Gannat and Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 24 km
- 15, km 9 Towns served: Gannat and Vichy
There are proposals to extend the autoroute beyond Vichy to form part of the A77 to (Moulins-Roanne).
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Media related to A719 autoroute at Wikimedia Commons
A710
Former autoroute opened in 1998 (7 km long). Junctions are:
- Exchange A71-A710 Junction with the A710
- Exchange A89-A710 Junction with the A89 (7 km)
A711
- Exchange A75-A711 Junction with the A75
- 1.3 km 4 Towns served: Lempdes
- 1.4 km 5 Towns served: Pont-du-Château
- Exchange A89-A711 Junction with the A89 (11 km)
A712
This motorway, 1 km long and with reduced features, connects the exit 1.4 of A711 at the roundabout of Champ-Lamet between Lempdes and Pont-du-Château, at the crossroads with three other departmental roads.
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A711 towards Clermont-Ferrand (August 2009)
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A712 autoroute
Future
There are proposals to create a major motorway route through Montluçon as part of a transport route from Central Europe to the Atlantic coast.
References
- ↑ "A719 Gannat - Vichy". APRR (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to A71 autoroute. |
- A71 Motorway in Saratlas (in French)
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