The A65 autoroute is motorway in south west France. Construction started in 2008 and it was officially opened on 14 December 2010.[1] It connects Langon (Gironde) to Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), with a toll payable of € 19.70 for the complete journey in car.
Known also as Autoroute de Gascogne, its length is approximately 150 km. The construction project has been 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.[2]
The financing, construction and running the motorway was born 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.
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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, at a junction with A62, then crosses the Gironde and the Eastern part of the Landes where it integrates the By-pass round Aire-sur-l'Adour. Finally it heads through the northern Pyrénées-Atlantiques joining the A64 at Poey-de-Lescar, near Pau.
The road consumes 2000 hectares 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.
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