A72 autoroute

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The A72 is an autoroute (motorway) in France.

The motorway is operated by Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF) and links Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Étienne on one of the steepest and meandrous motorways in France. Over 35 km (22 miles) 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. The section between Clermont-Ferrand to the A89 spur will eventually become part of the A89.

[edit] Junctions

A 72
Junction number & name	Northbound exits	Southbound exits
	A710, A711, Clermont-Ferrand	A710, A711, Clermont-Ferrand
1	RD 223, Lezoux	RD 223, Lezoux
Aire de Limagne
2	RD 906, Thiers	RD 906, Thiers
3	RN89, Chabreloche	RN89, Chabreloche
4	RD 53, Noirétable, Saint-Just-en-Chevalet	RD 53, Noirétable, Saint-Just-en-Chevalet
Aire du Haut Forez
5	RD 8, Noirétable, Saint-Germain-Laval	RD 8, Noirétable, Saint-Germain-Laval
5.1	A89, Balbigny	A89, Balbigny
6	RN89, Fleurs	RN89, Fleurs
Aire de la plaine du Forez
7	RD 496, Montbrison, Montrond-les-Bains	RD 496, Montbrison, Montrond-les-Bains
Aire de Chante-Perdrix
Péage de la Veauchette
8		RD 12, Andrézieux-Bouthéon
8b	RD 498, RN82, Andrézieux-Bouthéon
8a	RD 498, RN82, Andrézieux-Bouthéon
9	RD 100, Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert	RD 100, Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
10	RD 201, Villars	RD 201, Villars
11		Rue Francis Léger, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
12	Rue Montyon, Rue Claude Verney-Carron, Saint-Étienne	Rue Montyon, Rue Claude Verney-Carron, Saint-Étienne
13		Rue Charles Cholat, Saint-Étienne
14	RD 3, Boulevard Georges Pompidou, Saint-Étienne	RD 3, Boulevard Georges Pompidou, Saint-Étienne
15		Rue de la Talaudière, Saint-Étienne
16		RD 32, Rue Émile Zola, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Jean-de-Bonnefonds
	RN 88	RN 88, RN 488

[edit] External links

• A72 autoroute in Saratlas

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