The A61 autoroute is a French motorway forming part of the ''Autoroute de Deux Mers''. It is long.
It connects
Narbonne
Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...
(and a junction on
A9) and
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
, where it becomes the
A62 towards
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
. It also has junctions with the
A64 towards
Bayonne
Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...
and
A68 towards
Albi
Albi (; ) is a commune in France, commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department, on the river Tarn (river), Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ...
on the outskirts of Toulouse. It is totally a toll road and operated by ASF. It is with 2x2 lanes on the majority of its course except for the section between Toulouse and the junction with A66 close to
Villefranche-de-Lauragais which is 2x3 lanes. It is also the
European route
The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The network is numbered from E1 up and its roads cross national borders. It also reaches Central ...
E80.
Junction
*''Exchange A61-A68-A62'' Junction with
A62 to
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
and
A68 to Albi.
*15 km 231 (''La Roseraie'') Towns served: Toulouse
*16 km 233 (''Soupetard'') Towns served: Toulouse
*17 km 235 (''Lasbordes'') Towns served: Toulouse, Castres via RN126.
*18 km 236 (''Montaudran'') Towns served: Toulouse
*19 km 239 (''Le Palays-A620'') Junction with A620 spur to Toulouse Centre.
*Péage de Toulouse sud
**Service Area km 248: Toulouse sud
**Rest Area km 256: Ayguesvives/Baziège
*''Exchange A61-A66'' Junction with the
A66 to
Pamiers,
Andorra
Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...
and
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
.
*20 km 264 (''Villefranche de Lauragais'') Towns served: Gardouch, Villefranche-de-Lauragais
**Rest Area km 265: Renneville/Villefranche
**Rest Area km 274: Port Lauragais
*21 km 288 (''Castelnaudary'') Towns served:
Castelnaudary
Castelnaudary (; ) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France. It is located in the former province of the Lauragais and famous for cassoulet of which it claims to be the world capital, and of which it ...
**Rest Area km 292: Mireval/Castelnaudary
*22 km 302 (''Bram'') Towns served: Bram
**Rest Area km 303: Montréal/Bram
**Service Area km 312: Carcassonne-Arzens
*23 km 319 (''Carcassonne ouest'') Towns served:
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a French defensive wall, fortified city in the Departments of France, department of Aude, Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. It is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the department.
...
**Rest Area km 323: Belvédère d'Auriac/Belvédère de la Cité
*24 km 329 (''Carcassonne est'') Towns served: Carcassonne
**Service Area km 340: Les Corbières
**Rest Area km 354: Fontcouverte/La Peyrière
*25 km 357 (''Lézignan'') Towns served: Lézignan-Corbières
**Rest Area km 366: Bizanet
**Rest Area km 375: Narbonne Jonquières
**Rest Area km 376: Pech Loubat
*''Exchange A9-A61'' Junction with the
A9 to
Perpignan
Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...
,
Narbonne
Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...
and
Orange.
External links
A61 Motorway in Saratlas
{{Authority control
A61
Narbonne