The A65 autoroute is a motorway in south west
France
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. Construction started in 2008 and it was officially opened on 14 December 2010. It connects
Langon (
Gironde
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Pau (
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon language, Gascon Occitan language, Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; ) is a Departments of France, department located in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan ...
), with a toll payable of €19.70 for the complete journey by car.
Known also as ''Autoroute de Gascogne'', its length is approximately . The construction project was initiated by CIACT, who announced the beginning of work in 2008. It was built by a joint venture A'LIENOR, 65% owned by Eiffage and 35% by SANEF, who will have effective control for 65 years.
The financing, construction and running of the motorway was borne by the private company with no public subsidy required. Funds of over one billion euros were needed from the shareholders and banks to finance the road.
Schedule
*2006-2007 Decree of
declaration of public utility (DUP). Final negotiation of the contract with the State, which will be published after the publication of the decree. Detailed studies into the detail and preliminary procedures to complete the work: Investigations and Hydraulics (legal issues on water).
*2008 land Acquisition and beginning of work
*Opened December 16, 2010.
Layout
The road increases the speed of journeys from Bordeaux to Pau by automobile. It offers an alternative to the RN134 and RD932 and RD934 (Landes and the Gironde). The road starts in
Langon, near
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 ...
, at a junction with
A62, then crosses the
Gironde
Gironde ( , US usually , ; , ) is the largest department in the southwestern French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,623,749. and the Eastern part of the
Landes where it integrates the By-pass round
. Finally it heads through the northern
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon language, Gascon Occitan language, Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; ) is a Departments of France, department located in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan ...
joining the
A64 at
Poey-de-Lescar, near
Pau.
Lists of Exits and junctions
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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Bordeaux
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Libourne
Libourne (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
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Agen
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Toulouse
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Roquefort
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Barbotan-les-Thermes
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Villeneuve-sur-Lot
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Mont-de-Marsan
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Bayonne
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Nogaro
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Geography
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Tarbes
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Morlaàs
Morlaàs (; Gascon Morlans) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
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Lourdes
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Saragosse
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Environmental impact
The road consumes 2000 ha of virgin countryside, in particular sections of France's largest forest, Les Landes. It was predicted to require 4 million tons of aggregates in its construction.
Extension
The motorway was to be extended south, connecting Pau to
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Oloron-Sainte-Marie (; ; ) is a commune in the southwestern French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
History
The town was founded by the Romans in the 1st century, then known as ''Illoronensium''. Situated on the Roman way between the ...
as the A650 but the project was abandoned in 2008. It would have started at the interchange with the A64 Bayonne - Toulouse autoroute at Poey-de-Lescar and would have run as far as the bypass of Oloron-Sainte-Marie. The ultimate aim would be to connect to the
Somport Tunnel to Spain.
External links
A'LIENOR Autoroute de Gascogne A65 : Pau - LangonA65 Motorway in Saratlas
References
{{Autoroutes
Autoroutes in France, A65