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| A75 autoroute | |
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| La Méridienne (French) | |
Beginning of the autoroute at Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Route information | |
| Part of | |
| Length | 335 km (208 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | |
| Major intersections | |
| South end | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Regions | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,Occitania |
| Departments | Puy-de-Dôme,Haute-Loire,Cantal,Lozère,Aveyron,Hérault |
| Highway system | |
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TheA75 is anautoroute (motorway) inFrance.
Known also asla Méridienne, it is a developmental project aiming to speed up, and reduce the cost of car travel fromParis to the south of France. Apart from theMillau Viaduct, it is free for the entire 335 km (208 mi) betweenClermont-Ferrand andBéziers. It was not due to be finished until spring 2011,[1] but was fully opened in December 2010. South ofSt. Flour there are views of theGarabit viaduct.
A large portion of the A75 is also part of theEuropean route E11.
The building of a motorway across theMassif Central, in itself, poses engineering challenges. Much of the motorway runs at an altitude in excess of 800 metres (2,600 ft) with 50 kilometres (31 mi) in excess of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).[2]
The greatest engineering challenge was theMillau Viaduct, which carries the road over theTarn. It was constructed under a government contract with theEiffage group, effective for 75 years. Eiffage collects tolls at agreed rates making this the only tolled part of the A75.
South of the Millau Viaduct in thePégairolles-de-l'Escalette commune, the road descends from theLarzac Plateau into the Lergue river valley, losing several hundred meters in altitude in a short distance. Including the Tunnel de Pas d'Escalette, the relatively tight and twisty nature of the motorway at this point means that lower variable speed limits are imposed over this stretch of road.
Other features include:Viaducts and bridges

Passes
Tunnels
| Region | Department | Junction | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Puy-de-Dôme | Lyon (A89), Saint-Étienne, Thiers | ||||
| Billom,Cournon-d'Auvergne | ||||||
| Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand,La Bourboule,Mont-Dore,Aubière | ||||||
| Cournon-d'Auvergne, Pérignat-lès-Sarliève, | ||||||
| Vic-le-Comte,Le Cendre,Gergovie, Pérignat-lès-Sarliève,La Roche-Blanche,Orcet | ||||||
| Aydat,Saint-Amant-Tallende,Veyre-Monton, Orcet | ||||||
| Besse,Saint-Nectaire,Champeix, Veyre-Monton | ||||||
| Montpeyroux,Coudes | ||||||
| Coudes,Vic-le-Comte | ||||||
| Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe,Saint-Yvoine | ||||||
| La Ribeyre | ||||||
| Issoire - centre | Entry and exit from Clermont-Ferrand | |||||
| Orbeil, Issoire | ||||||
| Saint-Germain-l'Herm,Ambert,Sauxillanges,Parentignat, Issoire | ||||||
| Besse, Saint-Nectaire, Champeix, Issoire -Aérodrome, centre | ||||||
| Ardes,Saint-Germain-Lembron,Le Broc,Le Breuil-sur-Couze | ||||||
| Le Broc | ||||||
| Jumeaux,Auzat-la-Combelle, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Le Breuil-sur-Couze | ||||||
| Brassac-les-Mines,Sainte-Florine,Charbonnier-les-Mines | ||||||
| Haute-Loire | Lempdes-sur-Allagnon,Auzon | Entry and exit from Clermont-Ferrand | ||||
| Le Puy-en-Velay,Brioude, Sainte-Florine,Vergongheon | ||||||
| Ardes,Lorlanges | ||||||
| Brioude,Blesle,Espalem | ||||||
| Cantal | ||||||
| Aurillac, | Entry and exit from Clermont-Ferrand | |||||
| Massiac | Entry and exit from Béziers | |||||
| Saint-Poncy | ||||||
| Vieillespesse | ||||||
| Coren,Montchamp | ||||||
| Espalion,Chaudes-Aigues, Coren,Saint-Flour -centre, Bel-Air, Aurillac, Murat | ||||||
| Saint-Flour -centre, Bellevue,Saint-Georges | ||||||
| Ruynes-en-Margeride, | ||||||
| Loubaresse, | ||||||
| Occitanie | Lozère | Albaret-Sainte-Marie - La Garde,Les Monts-Verts - Le Bacon | ||||
| Fournels,Le Malzieu-Ville,Saint-Chély-d'Apcher | ||||||
| Le Malzieu-Ville,Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole, Saint-Chély-d'Apcher,Rimeize,Chaudes-Aigues, Fournels | ||||||
| Aumont-Aubrac,Nasbinals | Entry and exit from Clermont-Ferrand | |||||
| Aumont-Aubrac | Entry and exit from Béziers | |||||
| Le Buisson | ||||||
| Antrenas,Marvejols, Nasbinals | ||||||
| Le Monastier, Chirac | ||||||
| Nîmes,Mende,Florac,Chanac, | ||||||
| Saint-Germain-du-Teil | Entry and exit from Clermont-Ferrand | |||||
| Banassac, La Canourgue, | ||||||
| Aveyron | Campagnac,Saint-Geniez-d'Olt | |||||
| Rodez,Sévérac-le-Château,le Massegros,Laissac | ||||||
| Le Massegros | Entry and exit from Béziers | |||||
| Engayresque, Verrières | ||||||
| Cahors,Meyrueis,Pont-de-Salars,Vézins-de-Lévézou,Aguessac,Micropolis, Vezins de Levezon,Pont de Salars, Meyrenes, | ||||||
| Millau,Saint-Beauzély, | ||||||
| Albi,Saint-Affrique,Roquefort,Saint-Rome-de-Cernon | ||||||
| Millau - centre,Nant,La Cavalerie, Saint-Affrique, Roquefort, | ||||||
| L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac, | ||||||
| Hérault | Le Caylar, | |||||
| Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras,Les Rives | Entry and exit from Béziers | |||||
| Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette | ||||||
| Lodève,Soubès, Le Vigan,Ganges, | ||||||
| Lodève,Lunas,Bédarieux,Le Bousquet-d'Orb,Lamalou-les-Bains | Entry and exit from Béziers | |||||
| Le Bosc, Lodève - sud, Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière, | No southbound entry | |||||
| Southbound entry and northbound exit only | ||||||
| Ceyras,Salelles-du-Bosc,Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière,Saint-Félix-de-Lodez | ||||||
| Montpellier, | ||||||
| Bédarieux,Canet,Nébian,Clermont-l'Hérault, | ||||||
| Paulhan,Adissan,Lézignan-la-Cèbe | ||||||
| Sète,Mèze,Montagnac, Lézignan-la-Cèbe,Pézenas - nord | ||||||
| Pézenas,Castelnau-de-Guers | ||||||
| Agde,Bessan,Florensac | Entry and exit from Clermont-Ferrand | |||||
| Roujan,Tourbes,Valros, Pézenas | ||||||
| Servian,Montblanc,Florensac, Valros | ||||||
| Béziers - centre,Narbonne,Boujan-sur-Libron | Entry and exit from Clermont-Ferrand | |||||
| Valras-Plage,Serignan, | ||||||
| Montpellier, Sète,Lyon (A7) | ||||||
| Narbonne,Barcelone,Toulouse (A61) | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
In May 2007, construction started on the final section of the A75, a connection fromPézenas to theA9 autoroute a kilometre or so east of the previousBéziers east intersection 35. The route to the south of the present D609 Pézenas-Béziers road bypassingValros opened in February 2009. Further sections opened in spring 2010. The final section, a gap between Valros and Servian, was completed in December 2010. According to Serge Cuculière, construction operations manager, the delay was due to difficulties encountered on the section ("Les difficultés recontrées sur la section exigent un temps de réalisation plus important").[1]
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