A2 autoroute

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A2 autoroute shield
A2 autoroute
Route information
Part of E19
Maintained by SANEF
Length76 km (47 mi)
Existed1972–present
Major junctions
South end A1 near Combles
Major intersections A26 near Cambrai
A23 near Valenciennes
North endBelgian road A7
Highway system
  • Roads in France

The A2 Autoroute is a French autoroute that travels 76 km from the A1 near the commune of Combles in Picardy to the border with Belgium, where it continues on as the Belgian motorway A7. The entire length is concurrently designated as European route E19.

In conjunction with the A1 autoroute and the Belgian it is the main route between Paris and Brussels. Until other more direct motorway routes are completed it is also the fastest route from Paris to the Belgian city of Liège.

From Combles to Cambrai, the autoroute is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF) and is a toll road. From Cambrai onward it is a non-toll autoroute managed by the government of the Nord départment. Two lanes travel in each direction.

The A2 was opened in 2 stages in 1972. The first stage from junction 15 to the Belgian border opened on the 28th of March. The remainder, from Junction 15 to the interchange with the A1 opened on the 19th of December 1972.

Lists of Exits and Junctions[]

Exit/Junction Destination
  A1
  A26 Calais (southbound only) Reims
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 14  Cambrai
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 15  Bouchain
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 15.1  Hordain
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 16  Douchy-les-Mines
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 17  Douai
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 18  Denain
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 19  Northbound only Parc d'activites de l'aerodrome
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 20  Valenciennes - le Vignoble, ZI Prouvy-Rouvignies
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 21  Valenciennes - Centre
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 21a  Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 21b  Valenciennes - Centre
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 22a  Northbound only Maubeuge
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 22b  Northbound only Valenciennes - le Roleur
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 23  St Saulve, Maubeuge
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 23.1  Sebourg
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 24  Onnaing
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 25  Quievrechain, Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg 26  Crespin
Belgian Border; A2 becomes Belgian road A7

European Routes[]

European Route Location
E19 entire length

Route map:

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