The ''autoroute'' (, highway or motorway) system in

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consists largely of

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s (76% of the total). It is a network of of motorways as of 2014. On road signs, autoroute destinations are shown in blue, while destinations reached through a combination of autoroutes are shown with an added autoroute logo. Toll autoroutes are signalled with the word ''péage'' (toll or toll plaza). French A1

Length

Numbering scheme

Unlike other

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systems, there is no systematic numbering system, but there is a clustering of Autoroute numbers based on region. A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, A10, A13, A14, A15, A16 radiate clockwise from

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

with A2, A11, and A12 branching from A1, A10, and A13, respectively. A7 begins in

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, where A6 ends. A8 and A9 begin from the A7. The 20s are found in northern France. The 30s are found in eastern France. The 40s are found near the Alps. The 50s are in the southeast, near the

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. The 60s are found in southern France. The 70s are found in the centre of the country. The 80s are found in western France.

Named routes

Autoroutes are often given a name, even if these are not very used: *A1 is the ''autoroute du Nord'' (Northern motorway). *A4 is the ''autoroute de l'Est'' (Eastern motorway). *A6 and A7 are ''autoroutes du Soleil'' (Motorways of the Sun), as both lead from northern France to the sunny beach resorts of southern France. *A8 is named ''La provençale'' as it cross the geographical region of

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. *A9 is named ''La Languedocienne'' as it crosses the geographic region of

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*A10 is named ''L'Aquitaine'' because it leads to

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and the region

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. *A11 is named ''L'Oceane'' because it leads to the Atlantic Ocean (

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) *A13 is named the ''autoroute de Normandie'' as it traverses the region

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. *A16 is named ''L'Européenne'' (the European) because it connects Paris with several European destinations such as the

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, as well as

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, which is connected with England. *A20 is named ''L'occitane'' as it leads to the region

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in south-west France. *A21 is named the ''rocade minière'' (mining road) because it crosses the

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, the largest mining stub in France. *A26 is named the ''autoroute des Anglais'' (motorway of the English) as it connects

, the main point of arrival for cars and lorries from the UK, before continuing to

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, and through the

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region, whose wines are loved by the British. In addition it passes near the sites of the most famous battles fought by the

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, such as

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and the Somme and not far from

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and

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in Belgium. It also passes sites of earlier UK interest such as Crecy and

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. *A35 is called ''l'Alsacienne'' or ''autoroute des Cigognes'' (

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' motorways)as it passes only through the historical region of

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, for whom storks are a cultural symbol *A36 is called ''la Comtoise'' after the region Franche Comté * A40 is named the ''autoroute blanche'' (white motorway) as it connects the French winter resort towns and the Alps. * The A61 and A62 are named ''autoroute des deux mers'' (the two seas motorway) because these roads connect the

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and the

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from

via

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. *A68 is called ''autoroute du Pastel'' because it leads to Albi and to the ''Lauragais'' where woad was cultivated to produce pastel. *A71 is called ''L'Arverne''. *A75 is called ''La Méridienne''. *A77 is called ''Autoroute de l'Arbre''. *A84 is called ''Autoroute des Estuaires''. It is part of the main route between Belgium and Spain, avoiding Paris. *A104, one of Paris's

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s, is also known as ''La Francilienne'' because it circles the region of Ile-de-France.

Administration

The status of motorways in France has been the subject of debate through years, from their construction until recently. Originally, the autoroutes were built by private companies mandated by the French government and followed strict construction rules as described below. They are operated and maintained by mixed companies held in part by private interests and in part by the state. Those companies hold concessions, which means that autoroutes belong to the French state and their administration to semi-private companies.

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controls around of motorway. The different companies are as follows: * ALIS (SEM, SAPN 8%,

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20.2%, Ixis 26%, DTP Terrassement 13.44%), operating the A28 Rouen-Alençon 125 km
Alis, official site
* SAPRR (

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), 1801 km
SAPRR, official site
*

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( Société des Autoroutes Rhône-Alpes, SAPRR Subsidiary at 99.82%), 381 km
AREA, official site
* ASF ( Autoroutes du sud de la France), 2325 km
ASF, official site
(bought by vinci-autoroutes.com

) * ATMB Autoroutes et tunnels du Mont-Blanc, 107 km
ATMB, official site
* CEVM (

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, groupe

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), 2.5 km
CEVM, official site
* Cofiroute (Compagnie Industrielle et Financière des Autoroutes, private company part of

group), 896 km
Cofiroute, official site
*

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(

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, ASF group), 460 km
Escota, official site
(bought by vinci-autoroutes.com

) *

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(Société des autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France), A.C.S. group (Spain), 1317 km
SANEF, official site
* SAPN (Société des autoroutes Paris-Normandie, SEM, groupe

), 366 km
SAPN, official site
* SFTRF,

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, 67 km
SFRTF, official site
Only in the

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region do most of the autoroutes belong to the government. They are operated by the regional council and are free from tolls.

Safety on French autoroutes

Motorway Speed Limits

France has the following

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s for limited access roads classified as motorways: * Under normal conditions - * In rain or wet road conditions - * In heavy fog or snowy/icy conditions - Limited access roads classified as express roads have lower speed limit (). In normal conditions, there is a minimum speed of in the leftmost lane. There is no minimum speed on the others lanes, however the speed must be adapted to the conditions and not constitute a hazard by being too low.

Safe design

The ''autoroutes'' are designed to increase driver

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and allow for higher speed limits () than on regular roads () without increasing the risk of accidents. Dynamic Information on French Autoroute

The safety features include: * one way driving: the lanes driving in the opposite direction are separated by at least a crash barrier designed to resist the oblique impact of a car at up to ; there are no intersecting roads but overpasses and underpasses; * wider carriageways, with at least 2 (often 3) lanes driving in the same direction, with a larger turning radius - ''some recently built autoroutes have one-lane-only sections''; for privately operated motorways, in 2017, the proportion is 6800 km (74%) in 2x2 lanes, 2252 km (25%) in 2x3 lanes, 84 km (1%) in 2x4 lanes. Each lane is 3.5m wide. * long entrance and exit ramps or slip roads to get in or out of the ''autoroute'' without disturbing the traffic; * an emergency lane, where it is forbidden to drive (except for emergency services), to park (except in case of emergency) and to walk; Since 2000, new emergency lanes on newly built motorways should be 2.5m wide (or 3m if there are more than 2000 trucks a day). According to the 2000 standard, the emergency lane must be included in a 10m wide (8.5m for sections limited to 110 km/h) security zone without obstacles (in case the security zone includes an upwards slope, it is limited to the line where the slope reaches a height of 3m). * presence of emergency call boxes every on each side, that allow to

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with the possibility to locate the call; some call boxes have flashing light that warn when there is a problem ahead; Aire de pique-nique

* rest areas (''aire de repos'', i.e. car park with public toilets) every (4–6 minutes of driving) and service areas (''aire de service'' with a least a gas station) every (20–30 minutes of driving) - ''on most recently built ''autoroutes'' these distances may be longer, up to 30/60km''; * regularly patrolling security services, to clear any obstacle and protect drivers in trouble (usually a breakdown or a flat tyre) with appropriate warning signs and beacons; * dynamic information panels that warn about possible difficulties ahead (e.g. accident, roadworks, traffic jam); * a radio station (107.7 MHz in FM) provides traffic information bulletins every 15 minutes (with a report in English in certain areas) and breaking news for emergencies; * on heavy traffic days (e.g. beginning and end of school holidays), specific information and recreation events may be organised in rest areas; * ''radars automatiques'' (speed cameras) are installed in many locations, and announced by a specific road sign.

Safety results

Fatalities on motorways have decreased between 2002 and 2016.

Fatalities accidents scenario

On French motorways, in 2016, 121 fatal accidents are direct/initial accidents representing 82% of fatal accidents, 16 (11%) fatal accidents occurs after a previous accident, and 10 (7%) fatal accidents occur after an incident. Three scenarios catch two-thirds of initial accidents: * A01 simple collision of two vehicle without direction change * A06 crash on protection system such as safety traffic barrier * A05 loss of vehicle control

Fatalities and accidents remaining factors

Most of fatalities occur by night. Several factor of accidents are more highly probable by night in proportion to the traffic, although inattentiveness remains risky during the day.

Young drivers

Young drivers between 18 and 34 years old represent 19% of motorway drivers, but they are overrepresented in fatal motor vehicle collisions and are involved in more than half of fatal accidents.

Pedestrians

Although pedestrians are forbidden on motorways in conformity with the Vienna Convention, they are still sometimes killed on motorways. In case a vehicle on a carriage cannot move, motorways safety rules remains applicable: it is forbidden for a pedestrian to travel on the motorway by article 421-2 from the "Code de la route" law. For this reason, in case of accident or breakdown, it is advised to turn on hazard warning lights, wear

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, and go in a safer place such as the other side from the

traffic barrier Traffic barriers (sometimes called Armco barriers, AK Steel (formerly Armco) genericized trademark also known in North America as guardrails or guard rails and in Britain as crash barriers) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from ...

where there is no traffic. Since 2008, it is clarified that warning triangles are no longer mandatory when they would endanger the driver of the disabled vehicle.

Economics

Autoroute A2 - Barrière de péage de Hordain-5699

The toll roads were granted as concessions to

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corporations; the free roads are directly administered by the national government. Tolls are either based on a flat-rate for access to the road or on the distance driven. The latter case is the most common for long distances; users take a ticket from an automatic machine when they enter the autoroute, and pay according to the distance when exiting; toll booths accept multiple payment methods. Péage

In 2005, the Villepin government proposed a controversial plan to sell all of the state's holdings in autoroute companies to private investors. Critics contend that the price announced is well below the profit forecasts for these companies, and thus that the government sacrifices the future to solve current budgetary problems.Press release of 12-14-2005

List of Autoroutes

Others

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. Autoroute in

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, a French overseas territory. * A104: The Francilienne around the

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(Paris) region * A105:

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* A110: Ablis -

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(proposed) * A115: A15 (

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) -

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* A131: Bourneville ( A13 exit 26) -

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* A132: A13 / Pont-L'Évêque - Canapville * A154: A13 -

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* A199: Torcy -

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(downgraded into RD 199) * A203:

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- Glaire * A211: A21 - N17 * A216: A16/ A26 - N216

* A260:

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- A26 *

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: A4 -

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* A330: Nancy -

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* A391: A39 - RN83 * A404: Saint-Martin-du-Frêne -

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- Arbent * A406:

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* A430: Chamousset - Gilly-sur-Isère * A432: Saint-Laurent-de-Mure -

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(access to

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) * A570: A57 -

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* A620: A61 - A62 ( West ring of

) * A621:

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* A623: A620 - A61 * A624:

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* A630:

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- Bègles *

A631 The A631 is a road running from Sheffield, South Yorkshire to Louth, Lincolnshire in England. It passes through the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The road has many towns on its route including Rotherham, Mal ...

: Bègles * A641:

Oeyregave Oeyregave (; oc, Ueire Gave) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department o ...

- Orthevielle * A645:

Ponlat-Taillebourg Ponlat-Taillebourg (; oc, Pontlat e Talhaborg) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French ...

Seilhan Seilhan (; oc, Selhan) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Name The name ''Seilhan'' is thought to derive from an old Gallo-Roman geographical name (Caelius + anum) but seems to be associated with fountains and ...

* A660: Mios - Gujan-Mestras * A680: Castelmaurou - Verfeil * A710:

Gerzat Gerzat (; Auvergnat: ''Gerzac'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (admi ...

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label= Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attra ...

* A711: Lempdes - Pont-du-Château * A712: Lempdes - Pont-du-Château * A714:

Bizeneuille Bizeneuille (; oc, Bijanuelha) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Inter ...

- Saint-Victor * A719:

Gannat Gannat (; Auvergnat: ''Gatnat'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Gannat was a sub-prefecture until 1926, with a population of around 5,800 inhabitants. There is a castle (the Château de Gannat), two churches of which ...

Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot () is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also * Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercom ...

* A750: A75 to

Clermont-l'Hérault Clermont-l'Hérault (; oc, Clarmont d'Erau) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Geography Chief town of the Canton, Clermont-l'Hérault is located about 40 km west of Montpellier, halfway between the Mediterra ...

- Montpellier * A810:

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. Wit ...

- A10 * A811:

Carquefou Carquefou (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France. Population Economy The headquarters of the geophysical research company Sercel is located in Carquefou Sport In 2008, the loca ...

- Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire * A813: Banneville-la-Campagne-

Frénouville Frénouville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas re ...

* A831:

Rochefort Rochefort () may refer to: Places France * Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department ** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard * Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department * Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...

Fontenay-le-Comte Fontenay-le-Comte (; Poitevin: ''Funtenaes'' or ''Fintenè'') is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region of Western France. In 2018, it had a population of 13,302, while its functional area had a po ...

* A837 ''Autoroute des Oiseaux'':

- Écurat ( A10) * A844: A11- A82

Radio coverage

The FM 107.7 radio coverage is available in 2017 on 8902 kilometres of the (ASFA) network. This is list of highways that are updated in 107.7 FM every 15 minutes, live 24/7 (if the highway is said alone, it means that the station covers all around it):

Sanef 107.7 (1850km)

; Nord * A1: Roissy-en-France - Carvin * A2: A1 - Hordain * A16: L'Isle-d'Adam - Boulogne-sur-Mer * A26: Calais - Saint-Quentin * A29: Neufchâtel-en-Bray - Saint-Quentin ; Est * A4: Noisy-le-Grand - Reichstett * A26: Saint-Quentin - northern Troyes * A314 * A315 * A344 ; Ouest * A13: Orgeval - Caen * A14: Carrières-sur-Seine - Orgeval * A29: (Beuzeville - Saint-Saëns; outside Normandy) * A132 * A139 * A154 * A813

Autoroute INFO (2487km)

; Centre-Est (live from Dijon) * A5: Lieusant - Langres * A6: Fleury-en-Bière - Limonest * A19: Courtenay - Sens * A26: northern Troyes - southern Troyes * A31: Beaune - Toul * A36: Beaune - Mulhouse * A39: Dijon - Bourg-en-Bresse * A40: Mâcon - Bellegarde * A46: Anse - Vaulx-en-Velin * A71: Bourges - Clermont-Ferrand * A77: A6 - Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire * A105 * A311 * A391 * A406 * A411 * A430 * A714 ; Rhône-Alpes (live from Chambéry) * A40: Bellegarde - Le Fayet * A41: Genève - Chambéry - Grenoble * A42: Bourg-en-Bresse - Vaulx-en-Velin * A43: Saint-Priest - Chambéry -

Tunnel du Fréjus A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube const ...

A48 A48 may refer to : * A48 motorway (France), a road connecting the A43 and Grenoble * A48 road (Great Britain), a road connecting Gloucester, England and Carmarthen, Wales * Autovía A-48, a motorway under construction connecting Cadiz and Algeciras ...

: Bourgoin-Jallieu - Saint-Égrève * A49 * A51: Le Pont de Claix - Col du Fau

Environment

99% of the privately managed network is protected by natural fencing. Privately managed motorways have 1764

wildlife crossing Wildlife crossings are structures that allow animals to cross human-made barriers safely. Wildlife crossings may include underpass tunnels or wildlife tunnels, viaducts, and overpasses or green bridges (mainly for large or herd-type animals); ...

structures.

References

External links

Official Website of the ASFA, with information on the Autoroute network and instructions on how to use them
(route log)
The automatic tolling system in France: Liber-tGo Camp France - List of French autoroute companies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Autoroutes Of France Lists of roads in France