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 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 This section of the autoroute is operated by APRR. 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)
List of exits and junctions {| class="plainrowheaders wikitable" |- !scope=col|Region !scope=col|Department !scope=col|Junction !scope=col|Destinations !scope=col|Notes |- |rowspan="20"|Centre-Val de Loire |rowspan="4"|Loiret | A10 - A71 |Paris, Le Mans, Chartres, Fontainebleau, Orléans - nord Bordeaux, Tours, Blois
|Orléans, La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle
|La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Olivet, Orléans - La Source, Orléans - Sologne (parcs d'activités)
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- |rowspan="7"|Loir-et-Cher |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Lamotte-Beuvron, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Nouan-le-Fuzelier, Neung-sur-Beuvron, Vouzon
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Salbris, Neung-sur-Beuvron, Romorantin-Lanthenay
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- || A85 - A71 |Nantes, Tours, Blois, Romorantin-Lanthenay
|rowspan="9"|Cher | A20 - A71() |Toulouse, Limoges, Châteauroux, Vierzon - centre
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | becomes
|Vierzon, Mehun-sur-Yèvre
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Bourges, Issoudun, Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, Saint-Doulchard, Nevers
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Saint-Amand-Montrond, Châteauroux
|rowspan="24"|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |rowspan="10"|Allier |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Vallon-en-Sully, Montluçon
| A714 - A71() |Guéret (RN 145), Montluçon
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | becomes |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- |rowspan="2"| A79 - A71 + |Mâcon, Moulins, Bourbon-l'Archambault
|Montmarault, Commentry, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Saint-Éloy-les-Mines
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | becomes again |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | |- | A719 - A71() |Ébreuil, Vichy, Gannat, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
|rowspan="14"|Puy-de-Dôme |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Combronde, Saint-Éloy-les-Mines
| A89 Westbound - A71 |Bordeaux, Limoges
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | overlaps and becomes |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Riom, Volvic, Châtel-Guyon
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; |
|Gerzat, Z. I. Ladoux
|rowspan="2"| A89 Eastbound - A71 + |Lyon, Thiers, Saint-Étienne (A72)
|Clermont-Ferrand - Quartiers Nord
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; | becomes again
|Clermont-Ferrand - Quartiers Est, Aulnat, C.H.R.U
| A711 - A75 & A71 |Lyon (A89), Saint-Étienne, Thiers
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; | becomes
The Spur Autoroutes A719
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.
Exchange A71-A719 13, km 1 Towns served: Ébreuil and Gannat 14, km 6 Towns served: Gannat and Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 24 km 15, km 9 Towns served: Gannat and Vichy
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.
References
External links
A71 Motorway in Saratlas (in French)