A71 autoroute shield
A71 autoroute
Route information
Length290.5 km (180.5 mi)
Existed1986–present
Major junctions
South endClermont-Ferrand - A75
North endOrléans - A10
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in France

The A71 autoroute is a motorway in central France. It is also called l'Arverne. It starts at Orléans and ends at Clermont-Ferrand.

History

Orléans to Bourges

Exit 7 towards Paris in December 2009.
Exit 7 towards Paris in December 2009.

The autoroute is 2x2 lanes and is operated by the Société Cofiroute (Orléans-Bourges). The section between Orléans to Salbris was opened on 24 October 1986. In 1989 it was completed to Bourges.

Bourges to Clermont-Ferrand

A71 autoroute near Saint-Amand-Montrond towards Clermont-Ferrand
A71 autoroute near Saint-Amand-Montrond to Clermont-Ferrand

This section of the autoroute is operated by SAPRR. It is 2x2 lanes and a toll road. The road has the double numbering A71/A89 between Combronde and Gerzat.

  • 1987 : The section between Montmarault and Clermont-Est (71 km) is opened.
  • 1988 : The section between Forêt-de-Tronçais and Montmarault (38 km) is opened.
  • 1989 : The opening of the section between Bourges and the Forêt-de-Tronçais (70 km)

Junctions

Department Location km mi Junction Destinations Notes
Puy-de-Dôme Clermont-Ferrand 0.65 0.40 D 772 - Junction 16 - Le Brezet Le Brezet / Aulnat
3.6 2.2 A 710 - Junction 15 Clermont-Ferrand Nord/ Riom / Limoges
Gerzat 7.3 4.5 D 210 - Junction 14 - Péage de Clermont Barrière Gerzat
Riom 13.3 8.3 D 2009 - Junction 13 - Riom Riom / Volvic / Châtel-Guyon
Combronde 23.4 14.5 A 89 - A89 Limoges / Bordeaux
Saint-Myon 26.1 16.2 D 223a - Junction 12.1 Saint-Éloy-les-Mines / Combronde
Allier Gannat 37.7 0.0 A 719 - Junction 12 - Péage de Gannat Access from A719 and D998 towards A71
37.7 23.2 D 998 / A 719 - Junction 13 - Péage de Gannat Gannat / Vichy / Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule Northbound access only after exit to toll
Montmarault 69.9 43.4 A 79 - Junction 11 - Moulins Montmarault / Moulins / Bourbon-l'Archambault
Bizeneuille 93.2 57.9 A 714 - Junction 10 - Péage de Montluçon Gueret / Montluçon
Haut-Bocage 108.0 67.1 D 553 - Junction 9 - Péage de Forêt de Troncais Vallon-en-Sully
Cher Orval 137.0 85.1 D 300 - Junction 8 Saint-Amand-Montrond / Châteauroux
Bourges 178.0 110.6 N 151 - Junction 7 Bourges
Vierzon 205.0 127.3 D 2076 - Junction 6 Vierzon Est
210.0 130.4 A 20 - Junction 5 Vierzon Centre / Chateauroux
Loir-et-Cher Theillay 216.0 134.2 A 85 - A85 Nantes / Tours / Blois
Salbris 231.0 143.5 D 724 - Junction 4 Salbris / Selles-Saint-Denis
Nouan-le-Fuzelier 250.0 155.3 D 923 - Junction 3 - Péage Lamotte-Beuvron Lamotte-Beuvron / Nouan-le-Fuzelier / La Ferté-Beauharnais
Loiret Olivet 282.0 175.2 D 2271 - Junction 2 Olivet / Orleans - La Source / Saint Jeans le Blanc
La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin 289.0 179.5 D 2552 - Junction 1 - La Chapelle Saint Mesmin Orleans Centre
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

The Spur Autoroutes

A719

A719 autoroute towards Vichy. Exit 14
A719 towards Vichy in July 2009.
Terminus of A719 autoroute three months before opening
Three months before opening, the new terminus of A719 autoroute.

Opened in 1997, first section of this motorway bypasses Gannat by north (9 km). The highway was extended to the gates of Vichy, precisely on a roundabout at Espinasse-Vozelle; this 14 km section, inaugurated 9 January, was opened on 12 January 2015.[1]

There are proposals to extend the autoroute beyond Vichy to form part of the A77 to (Moulins-Roanne).

A710

Former autoroute opened in 1998 (7 km long). Junctions are:

  • Exchange A71-A710 Junction with the A710
  • Exchange A89-A710 Junction with the A89 (7 km)

A711

  • Exchange A75-A711 Junction with the A75
  • 1.3 km 4 Towns served: Lempdes
  • 1.4 km 5 Towns served: Pont-du-Château
  • Exchange A89-A711 Junction with the A89 (11 km)

A712

This motorway, 1 km long and with reduced features, connects the exit 1.4 of A711 at the roundabout of Champ-Lamet between Lempdes and Pont-du-Château, at the crossroads with three other departmental roads.

A714

Motorway connecting the A71 with the traffic ring of Montluçon.

Future

There are proposals to create a major motorway route through Montluçon as part of a transport route from Central Europe to the Atlantic coast.

References

  1. ↑ "A719 Gannat - Vichy". APRR (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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