The A72 is an autoroute (motorway) in France. It is long.
The motorway is operated by Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF) and links Balbigny to Saint-Étienne on one of the steepest and meandrous motorways in France. Over of the motorway is limited to 110 km/h (70 mph) as sections are considered too dangerous for the standard 130 km/h (80 mph) speed limit.
The motorway has 2 lanes both directions with 3 lane sections near Saint-Étienne.
The road is also numbered the European route E70. In 2006, the section between Clermont-Ferrand and the A89 spur became part of the A89.
List of exits and junctions {| class="plainrowheaders wikitable" |- !scope=col|Region !scope=col|Department !scope=col|Junction !scope=col|Destinations !scope=col|Notes |- |rowspan="18"|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |rowspan="18"|Loire | A89 - A72 |Clermont-Ferrand, Thiers, Roanne, Lyon (A6)
|Feurs, Boën
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|Montrond-les-Bains, Montbrison
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|Thiers, Roanne par RD, Montrond-les-Bains, Veauche, Saint-Étienne-Loire Airport Andrézieux-Bouthéon |Entry and exit from Saint-Étienne
|Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, La Fouillouse, Aéroport de Saint-Étienne-Loire, Opéra Parcs, Autres Zones
|Saint-Étienne, La Fouillouse, Firminy, Annonay, Le Puy-en-Velay, Villars, Bellevue, Hôpital Nord
|Saint-Étienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
|Saint-Étienne - centre, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Villars, L’Étrat
|Saint-Étienne, Technopole
|Saint-Étienne, La Talaudière, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Zénith-Cité du Design, Z. I. Molina
|Saint-Étienne, Sorbiers
|Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, Monthieu, Terrenoire
| RN 488 - A72 |Saint-Chamond, Valence, Lyon (A7)
|Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, Saint-Étienne, Centres Commerciaux
| RN 88 - A72 |Le Puy-en-Velay, Annonay, Firminy, Saint-Étienne - Autres-Quartiers
External links
A72 autoroute in Saratlas