A1 autoroute
controlled-access highway from Paris to Lille
The A1 is an autoroute (motorway) in France. It is the busiest autoroute in Europe.[1] Over 180,000 vehicles use it every day, including over 63,000 lorries.[1] It connects Paris and Lille. It also passes next to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. The autoroute is 211 kilometres (131 mi) long. It is the main road linking Paris to Belgium and the Netherlands. The A26 autoroute joins the A1 autoroute near Arras. This also makes the A1 a link to Calais and England.[2]
A1 autoroute | |
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Autoroute du Nord | |
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Route information | |
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Maintained by SANEF | |
Length | 211 km (131 mi) |
Existed | 1967–present |
Major junctions | |
South end | Paris (Porte de la Chapelle) |
North end | Lille |
Location | |
Country | France |
Highway system | |
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Exits and junctions
changeExit/Junction | Destination |
1 | Boulevard Péripherique |
2 | Saint-Denis |
3 | Sarcelles, Amiens via N 1 and A 16 |
4a | Stains, Garges-lès-Gonesse |
4b | La Courneuve |
Aire de repos de La Courneuve | |
A 86, Nanterre | |
5 | Le Blanc-Mesnil |
A 3, A 104 | |
6 | Aéroport CDG, Senlis via N 17 |
Aire de services de Vémars | |
7 | Chantilly |
Parc Astérix | |
8 | Senlis, Creil, Meaux |
Péage de Chamant | |
9 | Pont-Sainte-Maxence |
10 | Compiègne, Beauvais |
11 | Montdidier |
12 | Amiens, Roye |
A 29 | |
13 | Saint-Quentin |
Aire de services d'Assevillers | |
13.1 | Albert, Péronne |
A 2 | |
14 | Bapaume |
Aire de services de Wancourt | |
15 | Arras |
A 26 | |
Péage de Fresnes-lès-Montauban | |
16 | Douai, Arras via N 50 |
16.1 | Hénin-Beaumont |
17 | Lens |
A 21 | |
17.1 | Plate-forme multimodale de Dourges |
18 | Carvin |
Aire de repos de Carvin | |
19 | Seclin |
20 | Aéroport de Lille-Lesquin |
A 27 | |
21 | Lille |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dans les coulisses de l'A1, l'autoroute la plus fréquentée d'Europe". LCI (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ A1 autoroute data and images