A8 autoroute

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The A8 autoroute, La Provençale is a highway in France between Aix-en-Provence and the A7 to the Côte d'Azur.

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[edit] Route

The A8 is an extension of the A7 starting to the west of Aix-en-Provence at La Fare-les-Oliviers. The road passes through the Departments of Bouches de Rhone, Var and Alpes-Maritimes. It serves the towns of Aix-en-Provence, Frejus, Saint-Raphaël, Cannes, Antibes, Nice, Monaco and Menton before crossing the border where it becomes the A10 in Italy. It crosses the mountain ranges of Sainte-Balsam and of Maures between Aix-en-Provence and Frejus and it Massif de Esterel between Saint-Raphaël and Cannes. Following the Grande Cornice, the road offers panoramas of the sea between Nice and Menton.

[edit] Capacity

  • 2x3 lanes from Coudoux (the junction with the A7 to La Barque (junction with theA52).
  • 2x2 lanes in the section through the southern Alps from Nice Saint-Augustin to the frontier with Italy, this section has 15 tunnels. There is a speed limit of 90 km/h in the tunnels (70 km/h for large vehicles).

[edit] Traffic

The road has heavy traffic all year round and is especially congested in July and August (in particular around Antibes and Nice. As a result traffic management schemes have been adopted between Var to Nice-West similar to those on the Péripherique in Paris. The autoroute is regularly closed on the section Nice-Menton as a result of rock falls onto the carriageways. The sections crossing the Maures and L'Esterel mountains are at risk from forest fires in summer.

[edit] Interchanges

[edit] Opening dates of the A8

[edit] External links

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