The A71 autoroute is a motorway in central France. It is also called l'Arverne. It starts at Orléans and ends at Clermont-Ferrand.
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.
Exchange A10-A71 Junction with the A101 (Orléans-Centre) Towns served: Orléans2 (Olivet) Towns served: OlivetRest Area: Le Bois de Bailly/Le Bois du TélégrapheRest Area:Chaumont-sur-Tharonne/La Ferté-Saint-Aubin3 (Lamotte-Beuvron) Towns served: Lamotte-BeuvronRest Area: L'Étang du Marais/La BriganderieRest Area: Les Marembets/La Saulot4 (Salbris) Towns served: SalbrisService Area: SalbrisExchange A71-A85 Junction with A85Exchange A20-A71 Junction with A206 (Vierzon-Est) Towns served: VierzonRest area: Les Croquettes/La Chaussée de CésarService Area: Bourges7 (Bourges) Towns served: BourgesBourges to Clermont-Ferrand
This section of the autoroute is operated by SAPRR. 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)Rest Area: Le Gîte des Loups/Le Bois des DamesService Area: Centre de la France8 (Saint-Amand) Towns served: Saint-Amand-MontrondRest Area: Le Grand Meaulnes/Vallon-en-Sully9 (Vallon-en-Sully) Towns served: Vallon-en-Sully and HérissonExchange A714-A71 Junction with the A714 spur to Guéret and MontluçonService Area: L'Allier11 (Montmarault) Towns served: MontmaraultRest Area: La Bouble/Chantelle-en-BourbonnaisExchange A71-A719 Junction with A719 spur to Vichy, Gannat and ÉbreuilService Area: Volcans12.1 (Combronde) Towns served: CombrondeExchange A89-A71 Junction with the A89Rest Area: Montpertuis/Pessat-Villeneuve13 (Riom) Towns served: Riom14 (Gerzat) Towns served: Gerzat15 (Clermont-Ferrand) Towns served: Clermont-FerrandExchange A710-A71 Junction with the A710 spur to16 (Brezet) Towns served: Clermont-FerrandExchange A75-A71 Junction with A75 to Saint-Étienne and Lyon.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-A71913, km 1 Towns served: Ébreuil and Gannat14, km 6 Towns served: Gannat and Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 24 km15, km 9 Towns served: Gannat and VichyThere are proposals to extend the autoroute beyond Vichy to form part of the A77 to (Moulins-Roanne).
Media related to A719 autoroute at Wikimedia CommonsFormer autoroute opened in 1998 (7 km long). Junctions are:
Exchange A71-A710 Junction with the A710Exchange A89-A710 Junction with the A89 (7 km)Exchange A75-A711 Junction with the A751.3 km 4 Towns served: Lempdes1.4 km 5 Towns served: Pont-du-ChâteauExchange A89-A711 Junction with the A89 (11 km)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.
There are proposals to create a major motorway route through Montluçon as part of a transport route from Central Europe to the Atlantic coast.
