A1 autoroute

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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

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]

Exits and junctions[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

  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