A1 autoroute explained

Country:FRA
Type:A
Route:1
Alternate Name:Autoroute du Nord
Maint:SANEF
Map:Carte Autoroute A1.svg
Length Km:211
Established:1967
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A:Paris (Porte de la Chapelle)
Terminus B: in Lille
Junction:

The A1 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Nord (the Northern Motorway), is the busiest of France's autoroutes. With a length of 211km (131miles), it connects Paris with the northern city of Lille. It is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF). The autoroute serves the northern suburbs of Paris, including the Stade de France, Le Bourget, Paris' Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, and Parc Astérix. From there it crosses Hauts-de-France, without directly passing through any of the major cities of the région. Throughout Hauts-de-France, the A1 runs parallel to the LGV Nord.

Around 120km (80miles) from Paris, between the towns of Amiens and Saint-Quentin and near the Aire de service de Cœur des Hauts-de-France (the largest motorway plaza in Europe), the A1 crosses over the A29. A few dozen kilometers further north it forms the southern terminus of the A2, which branches off towards Brussels. The A1 is also crossed by the A26, the A21 and the A22, and it makes up part of European routes E15, E17, E19 and E42. At its northern terminus, the A1 turns into the A25.

History

List of exits and junctions

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Île-de-FranceParis0.00.0Boulevard Périphérique + Porte de la Chapelle Lyon / Porte d'Aubervilliers / Metz-Nancy / Rouen / Porte de Clignancourt
Seine-Saint-Denis2.31.24Saint-Denis-La Plaine, Stade de France,Entry and exit only from Paris
3.51.86Saint-Denis-Centre/Universités, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
4.52.48Stains, Garges-lès-GonesseEntry and exit only from Paris
4.82.48La CourneuveEntry only from Paris
7.14.34  La Défense, Aubervilliers, Cergy-PontoiseEntry and exit only from Lille
8.34.9Le Blanc-Mesnil, Le Bourget, Paris-Porte de la Villette
11.46.83 
Val d'Oise12.57.45Soissons, Marne-la-Vallée, Lyon, Sarcelles, Gonesse
15.39.32Roissy-en-France, Aéroport CDG
21.713.04 Amiens), (Cergy-Pontoise), (Senlis via Soissons, Marne-la-Vallée, Lyon
27.316.7Survilliers, Saint-Witz
Hauts-de-FranceOise33.020.5Parc Astérix
42.326.1Senlis, Chantilly, Creil, Meaux
57.535.4Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Compiègne-Sud
66.441.0Compiègne-Nord, Beauvais
80.149.7Montdidier, Ressons-sur-Matz
Somme101.464.0Roye
118.773.32 Saint-Quentin, Rouen, Amiens
121.275.1Péronne-Sud
131.681.4Albert, Péronne-Nord
137.485.12 Bruxelles, Liège, Valenciennes, Cambrai
Pas-de-Calais147.191.3Bapaume
165.9102.52Arras-Centre
170.3105.6 Calais Béthune, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Reims
174.8108.11Douai, Arras-Nord
182.4113.0Hénin-Beaumont
184.7114.33Lens
185.3114.9 Lens, Douai-Nord, Hénin-Beaumont-Centre
189.6117.4Plate-forme multimodale de Dourges
192.8119.3Carvin
Nord201.3125.1Seclin
205.7127.4Aéroport de Lille-Lesquin
207.4128.6  Gand, Roubaix, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Tourcoing
211.0131.1  Lille, Dunkerque