| Country: | FRA |
| Type: | A |
| Route: | 72 |
| Map: | Autoroute A72 - plan.png |
| Length Km: | 242 |
| Terminus A: | Bordeaux |
| Terminus B: | Toulouse |
The A72 is an autoroute (motorway) in France. It is 55km (34miles) 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 35km (22miles) 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.
| Junction number & name | Northbound exits | Southbound exits | |
| 5.1 | A89, Balbigny | A89, Balbigny | |
| RN89, Feurs | RN89, Feurs | ||
| RD 496, Montbrison, Montrond-les-Bains | RD 496, Montbrison, Montrond-les-Bains | ||
| RD 12, Andrézieux-Bouthéon | |||
| RD 498, RN82, Andrézieux-Bouthéon | |||
| RD 498, RN82, Andrézieux-Bouthéon | |||
| RD 100, Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | RD 100, Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert | ||
| RD 201, Villars | RD 201, Villars | ||
| Rue Francis Léger, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez | |||
| Rue Montyon, Rue Claude Verney-Carron, Saint-Étienne | Rue Montyon, Rue Claude Verney-Carron, Saint-Étienne | ||
| Rue Charles Cholat, Saint-Étienne | |||
| RD 3, Boulevard Georges Pompidou, Saint-Étienne | RD 3, Boulevard Georges Pompidou, Saint-Étienne | ||
| Rue de la Talaudière, Saint-Étienne | |||
| RD 32, Rue Émile Zola, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Jean-de-Bonnefonds | |||
| RN 88 | RN 88, RN 488 | ||