A1 autoroute

controlled-access highway from Paris to Lille
(Redirected from A1 motorway (France))

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 shield
A1 autoroute
Autoroute du Nord
Route information
Part of E 15 / E 17 / E 19
Maintained by SANEF
Length211 km (131 mi)
Existed1967–present
Major junctions
South endParis (Porte de la Chapelle)
Major intersections
North endLille
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in France

Exits and junctions

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Exit/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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Dans les coulisses de l'A1, l'autoroute la plus fréquentée d'Europe". LCI (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. A1 autoroute data and images