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A71 autoroute
Route information
Length	290.5 km (180.5 mi)
Existed	1986–present
Major junctions
South end	Clermont-Ferrand - A75 A 89 A 719 A 714 A 20
North end	Orléans - A10
Location
Country	France
Highway system
Roads in France Autoroutes Routes nationales

TheA71 autoroute is a motorway in centralFrance. It is also calledl'Arverne. It starts atOrléans and ends atClermont-Ferrand.

The autoroute is 2x2 lanes and is operated by the SociétéCofiroute (Orléans-Bourges). The section betweenOrléans toSalbris was opened on 24 October 1986. In 1989 it was completed toBourges.

This section of the autoroute is operated by SAPRR. It is 2x2 lanes and a toll road. The road has the double numberingA71/A89 betweenCombronde andGerzat.

• 1987 : The section betweenMontmarault andClermont-Est (71 km) is opened.
• 1988 : The section betweenForêt-de-Tronçais and Montmarault (38 km) is opened.
• 1989 : The opening of the section betweenBourges and the Forêt-de-Tronçais (70 km)

Department	Location	km	mi	Junction	Destinations	Notes
Puy-de-Dôme	Clermont-Ferrand	0.65	0.40	D 772 -Junction 16 - Le Brezet	Le Brezet /Aulnat
		3.6	2.2	A 710 -Junction 15	Clermont-Ferrand Nord/Riom /Limoges
	Gerzat	7.3	4.5	D 210 -Junction 14 - Péage de Clermont Barrière	Gerzat
	Riom	13.3	8.3	D 2009 -Junction 13 - Riom	Riom /Volvic /Châtel-Guyon
	Combronde	23.4	14.5	A 89 -A89	Limoges /Bordeaux
	Saint-Myon	26.1	16.2	D 223a -Junction 12.1	Saint-Éloy-les-Mines / Combronde
Allier	Gannat	37.7	0.0	A 719 -Junction 12 - Péage de Gannat		Access from A719 and D998 towards A71
		37.7	23.2	D 998 /A 719 -Junction 13 - Péage de Gannat	Gannat /Vichy /Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule	Northbound access only after exit to toll
	Montmarault	69.9	43.4	A 79 -Junction 11 - Moulins	Montmarault /Moulins /Bourbon-l'Archambault
	Bizeneuille	93.2	57.9	A 714 -Junction 10 - Péage de Montluçon	Gueret / Montluçon
	Haut-Bocage	108.0	67.1	D 553 -Junction 9 - Péage de Forêt de Troncais	Vallon-en-Sully
Cher	Orval	137.0	85.1	D 300 -Junction 8	Saint-Amand-Montrond /Châteauroux
	Bourges	178.0	110.6	N 151 -Junction 7	Bourges
	Vierzon	205.0	127.3	D 2076 -Junction 6	Vierzon Est
		210.0	130.4	A 20 -Junction 5	Vierzon Centre / Chateauroux
Loir-et-Cher	Theillay	216.0	134.2	A 85 -A85	Nantes /Tours /Blois
	Salbris	231.0	143.5	D 724 -Junction 4	Salbris /Selles-Saint-Denis
	Nouan-le-Fuzelier	250.0	155.3	D 923 -Junction 3 - Péage Lamotte-Beuvron	Lamotte-Beuvron / Nouan-le-Fuzelier /La Ferté-Beauharnais
Loiret	Olivet	282.0	175.2	D 2271 -Junction 2	Olivet / Orleans - La Source /Saint Jeans le Blanc
	La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin	289.0	179.5	D 2552 -Junction 1 - La Chapelle Saint Mesmin	Orleans Centre
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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 atEspinasse-Vozelle; this 14 km section, inaugurated 9 January, was opened on 12 January 2015.^[1]

• Exchange A71-A719
• 13, km 1 Towns served:Ébreuil andGannat
• 14, km 6 Towns served:Gannat andSaint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 24 km
• 15, km 9 Towns served:Gannat andVichy

There are proposals to extend the autoroute beyondVichy to form part of theA77 to (Moulins-Roanne).

Former autoroute opened in 1998 (7 km long). Junctions are:

• Exchange A71-A710 Junction with the A710
• Exchange A89-A710 Junction with theA89 (7 km)

• Exchange A75-A711 Junction with theA75
• 1.3 km 4 Towns served:Lempdes
• 1.4 km 5 Towns served:Pont-du-Château
• Exchange A89-A711 Junction with theA89 (11 km)

This motorway, 1 km long and with reduced features, connects the exit 1.4 of A711 at the roundabout of Champ-Lamet betweenLempdes andPont-du-Château, at the crossroads with three other departmental roads.

• 
  A711 towards Clermont-Ferrand (August 2009)
• 
  A712 autoroute

Motorway connecting the A71 with the traffic ring of Montluçon.

There are proposals to create a major motorway route through Montluçon as part of a transport route from CentralEurope to theAtlantic coast.

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