A10 autoroute explained

Country:	FRA
Type:	A
Route:	10
Alternate Name:	l’Aquitaine
Maint:	Vinci Autoroutes
Length Km:	557
Established:	1960
Direction A:	North
Direction B:	South
Terminus A:	near Paris
Terminus B:	near Bordeaux
Junction:	near Champlan near Ponthevrard near Artenay near Orléans near Tours near Chambray-les-Tours near Niort near Saintes

The A10, also called L'Aquitaine, is an Autoroute in France, running for 549 km (341 mi) from the A6 south of Paris to the A630 at Bordeaux. It is the longest motorway in France. It generally parallels the N10 Route Nationale, but deviates significantly from the older N10 between Paris and Tours and between Poitiers and Bordeaux. The closest Routes Nationale to those sections are the N20 from Paris to Orléans, the N152 from Orléans to Tours, the N11 from Poitiers to Niort, the N150 from Niort to Saintes, and the N137 from Saintes to Bordeaux.

All of the A10 is part of the E-road E05; it is also part of the E50 north of the A11 split near Chartres and the E60 between exit 14 at Orléans and exit 19 at Tours. Most of the A10 is a toll road, but it is free north of the N104, near Paris, between exits 20 and 22 in Tours, and south of the N10 (exit 39), near Bordeaux.

List of junctions

Exits are numbered from north to south.

Junction number	Destinations	Notes
	A 6a north - Villejuif; Paris; Arcueil (E 5 north; E 15 north; E 50 east)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	A 6b north - Lille; Metz; Nancy; Rungis; Aéroport Orly; Créteil	northbound exit (Rue de Kuhlman) and southbound entrance
	Massy Longjumeau; Antony-Z.A. (N 20 north)	no northbound exit; N 20 joins southbound
	N 20 south - Étampes; Orléans; La Ville-du-Bois; Linas; Montlhéry; Longjumeau	no southbound entrance; N 20 leaves southbound
	A126 to A 6 south - Évry; Lyon; Chilly-Mazarin
	N188 - Palaiseau; Antony; Massy; Villebon-sur-Yvette
	N444 - Versailles; Igny; Bièvres; Cité scientifique	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Gare de Massy-Palaiseau	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	N 188 - Orsay; Bures	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Chartres Les Ulis; Orsay; Z.A. de Courtabœuf	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	N118 - Les Ulis; Rouen; Versailles; Boulogne-Billancourt; Paris-Porte de Saint-Cloud; Z.A. de Courtabœuf	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	N 104 - Lyon; Metz; Nancy; Évry; Orléans via N 20; Linas; Montlhéry; Arpajon
	Dourdan Limours; Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
	A11 west - Ablis; Chartres; Le Mans; Rennes (E 50 west)	southbound exit and northbound entrance; E 50 joins northbound and leaves southbound
	Étampes Rambouillet; Allainville (N 191)
	Chartres Janville; Châteaudun (N 254)
	Artenay (N154)
	E60 east - Orléans-Nord; Montargis; Fontainebleau; Saran; Centre Routier; Fleury-les-Aubrais (A 701 east)	E60 joins southbound and leaves northbound
	A71 south - Orléans-Centre; Orléans-la Source; Vierzon; Bourges; Limoges; Clermont-Ferrand (E9 south)
	Meung-sur-Loire Beaugency
	Mer Chambord; Beaugency (N 152)
	Blois Vendôme; La Chaussée-Saint-Victor (N 252)
	Angers Château-Renault; Amboise
	A 28 north - Rouen; Le Mans
	Tours-Nord; Chartres; Le Mans; Angers; Laval; Aéroport Saint-Symphorien; Z.I. Tours-Nord (N 10; E 60 west)	E60 joins northbound and leaves southbound
	Montlouis Blois via Route nationale; Le Mans; Laval; Tours-Nord; Vouvray; Tours Val de Loire Airport (N 521)
	Tours-Centre; Montlouis; Saint-Pierre-des-Corps; Amboise
	Vierzon Tours-Sud; Saint-Avertin (N 76; E 604)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Châteauroux Montbazon; Chambray; Loches (N 10; N 143)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Tours-Sud; Saint-Avertin; Chambray-Centre (N 10)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Saumur Chambray-Sud; Joué-lès-Tours; Montbazon; Chinon (N 585)
	Monts Sorigny; Montbazon; Z.A. Isoparc
	Chinon Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine; Loches
	Châtellerault-Centre; Châtellerault-Nord; La Roche-Posay
	Châtellerault-Sud; Châtellerault-Centre; Naintré (N 10)
	Futuroscope Jaunay-Clan; Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
	Limoges Poitiers-Centre; Parthenay; Saumur; Angers; Poitiers-Nord (N 147; E 62)
	Angoulême Poitiers-Sud; Poitiers-Centre; Vivonne; Lusignan (N 10)
	Saint-Maixent-l'École Lusignan (N 11)
	A83 north - Angers; Nantes; La Roche-sur-Yon; Niort-Centre; Saint-Maixent-l'École
	Limoges Angoulême; Melle; Niort-Est; Niort-Centre; Marais Poitevin
	Rochefort La Rochelle; Surgères; Niort-Sud; Marais Poitevin (N 150; N 248; E 601)
	Cognac Surgères; Aulnay; Saint-Jean-d'Angély
	A837 north - La Rochelle; Rochefort (E 602 north)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	E603 - Angoulême; Ile d'Oléron; Royan; Saintes (N 137)
	Jonzac Cognac; Pons
	Montendre Royan; Jonzac; Mirambeau
	Blaye Montendre; Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde
	Libourne Saint-André-de-Cubzac; Bourg; Coutras; Saint-Antoine; Z.A. la Garosse (N 10)
	Angoulême Barbezieux (N 10 north; E 606 north)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Royan via Route nationale; Saintes via RN; Blaye (N 137; E 606)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Libourne Saint-André-de-Cubzac; Bourg	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Ambès Z.I. Bassens; Zone portuaire
	Ambarès Saint-Loubès (N 10 north)
	Ambarès Sainte-Eulalie; Carbon-Blanc
	Carbon-Blanc Bassens	southbound exit only
	Lormont	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	N 230 - Toulouse; Bayonne; Bassin d'Arcachon; Bordeaux; Périgueux	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	A630 - Mérignac (E 5 south)	southbound exit and northbound entrance

External links

• A10 autoroute in Saratlas