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The A50 autoroute is a French motorway connecting
Marseille
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to
Toulon
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. The motorway is 65 km and has a mixture of 2x2 and 2x3 lanes that run through mountainous coastal terrain along the
Mediterranean
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. As such, it has some relatively sharp turns and steep gradients by French motorway standards, and some sections have a reduced speed limit of 110 km/h.
The first section between Marseille and
Aubagne
Aubagne (; according to the classic norm or according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In 2020, the commune was awarded three flowers by the ...
was opened in 1962 and was until 1963 part of the
A52 autoroute A5 and variants may refer to:
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until it was renumbered after the surrounding motorways were constructed. Most of the remainder between Aubagne and Toulon was completed by 1975. The road is tolled between Roquefort-la-Bédoule and Sanary-sur-Mer and is managed by ESCOTA and was the first section to trial Télépéage or Télébadge, an automatic toll payment system using a windscreen mounted sensor, in 1992.
At the eastern end of the A50, drivers can choose between entering
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
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by the RN 8 or crossing under the city by going through the tunnel de Toulon, which leads directly to the A57 autoroute and on to Hyeres and
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million
*''Exchange A50-A55'' Junction with
A55 autoroute A55 may refer to:
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in
Marseille
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.
* Péage
*01 (''Prado'') Towns served:
Marseille
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.
*02 (''Place de Pologne/Menpenti-La Capelette'') Towns served:
Marseille
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.
*''Exchange A50-A507'' Junction with A507 spur to A7
*03 (''La Pomme'') Towns served:
Marseille
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.
**Service Area: La Pomme
*04 (''La Valentine'') Towns served: Saint-Marcel
*05 (''La Penne'') Towns served: La-Penne-sur-Huveaune
*''Exchange A50-A501'' Junction with A501 spur to A52
*00 (''Aubagne Sud-A502'') Towns served: Junction with A502 spur to D8n and Aubagne
*00 ''Exchange A52-A50'' Junction with A52 to Aix.
*06 (''Carnoux'') Towns served: Carnoux-en-Provence
*07 (''La Bédoule-nord/sud'') Towns served: Roquefort-la-Bédoule
**Rest Area: Pas d'Ouillier
*08 (''Cassis'') Towns served: Cassis
*Péage de
La Ciotat
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*09 (''La Ciotat'') Towns served:
La Ciotat
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**Service Area: Le Liouquet/Les Plaines Baronnes
*10 (''Les Lecques'') Towns served: Les Lecques
*11 (''La Cadière-d'Azur'') Towns served:
Le Beausset
Le Beausset (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Var department
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*Péage de
Bandol
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*12 (''Bandol'') Towns served:
Bandol
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The region, located near the coast ...
Ollioules
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Population
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*14 (''Châteauvallon'') Towns served: La Seyne-sur-Mer
*15 (''Toulon-Ouest/La Seyne-Centre/Arsenal'') Towns served: Port and town of
Toulon
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, La Seyne-sur-Mer
*16 (''Bon Rencontre'') Towns served: Beauclaire,
Toulon
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*Autoroute becomes the N8 into Toulon and to the A57 to
Nice
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