A1 autoroute (France)

This article is about the French motorway A1. For information about other roads of the same name, or other meanings, see A1 motorway (disambiguation).

A1 autoroute shield

A1 autoroute
Autoroute du Nord
Route information
Part of
Maintained by SANEF
Length: 211 km (131 mi)
Existed: 1967 – present
Major junctions
South end: Paris (Porte de la Chapelle)
  A 86 near Paris
A 3 near Seine-Saint-Denis
A 29 in Picardy
A 2 near Combles
A 26 in Pas-de-Calais
A 21 near Noyelles-Godault
A 22 near Aéroport de Lesquin
North end: Lille
Highway system
Autoroutes of France
The A1 near Roissy-en-France
The A1 near Péronne

The A1 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Nord (the Northern Motorway), is the busiest of France's autoroutes. With a length of 211 km (131 mi), it connects Paris with the northern city of Lille. It is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF). The autoroute serves the northern suburbs of Paris, including the Stade de France, Le Bourget, Paris' Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, and Parc Astérix. From there it crosses Picardy, without directly passing through any of the major cities of the région. Throughout Picardy, the A1 runs parallel to the LGV Nord.

Around 120 km (75 mi) from Paris, between the towns of Amiens and Saint-Quentin and near the Aire de service d'Assevillers (the largest motorway plaza in Europe), the A1 crosses over the A29. A few dozen kilometers further north it forms the southern terminus of the A2, which branches off towards Brussels. The A1 is also crossed by the A26 and the A21, and it makes up part of European routes E15, E17, and E19. At its northern terminus, the A1 turns into the A25.

History

List of exits and junctions

Exit/Junction Destination
 1 Boulevard Péripherique
 2  Saint-Denis
 3  Sarcelles, Amiens via N 1 and A 16
 4  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  Péronne
 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

European Routes

European Route Location
 1  through  A 2
 A 3 A 104 through  A 26
 A 26 through  21 

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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