A2 (France)

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Autoroute A2

Route information
Part of E 19
Maintained by SANEF
Length76 km (47 mi)
Existed1972–present
Major junctions
South end A 1 near Combles
Major intersections A 26 near Cambrai
A 23 near Valenciennes
North endBelgian road A7
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in France

The A2 Autoroute is a French autoroute that travels 76 km from the A1 near the commune of Combles in Picardy to the border with Belgium, where it continues on as the Belgian motorway A7. The entire length is concurrently designated as E19 (Europe).

In conjunction with the A1 (France) and the Belgian A7 it is the main route between Paris and Brussels. Until other more direct motorway routes are completed it is also the fastest route from Paris to the Belgian city of Liège.

From Combles to Cambrai, the autoroute is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF) and is a toll road, with no exits on the southernmost 22.8 kilometers (14.2 mi) of the A2 between the A1 and the A26 at Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt. From Cambrai onward it is a non-toll autoroute managed by the government of the Nord department. Two lanes travel in each direction.

The A2 was opened in two stages in 1972. The first stage from junction 15 to the Belgian border opened on 28 March. The remainder, from Junction 15 to the interchange with the A1 opened on 19 December 1972.

Lists of Exits and Junctions

Exit/Junction Destination
  A 1
  A 26 – Calais, Reims
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |14 Cambrai
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |15 Bouchain
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |16 Hordain
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |17 Douchy-les-Mines
  A 21 – Douai
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |18 Denain
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |19 Northbound only Parc d'activités de l'aerodrome
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |20 Valenciennes - le Vignoble, ZI Prouvy-Rouvignies
  A 23 – Lille, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |21 Valenciennes - Centre
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |21a Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |21b Valenciennes - Centre
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |22a Northbound only D 649 – Maubeuge
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |22b Northbound only Valenciennes - le Roleur
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |23 D 659 – St. Saulve,, Maubeuge
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |23.1 Sebourg, Parc D'Activites de la Vallee de l'Escaut
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |24 Onnaing
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |25 Quievrechain, Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg |26
(Northbound exit, Southbound entrance)
Crespin
Belgian Border; A 2 becomes Belgian road A7

E-roads

E-road Location
E 19 entire length

References