A9 autoroute | |
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La Languedocienne La Catalane | |
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Maintained by Vinci Autoroutes | |
Length | 280.5 km (174.3 mi) |
Existed | 1967–present |
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Location | |
Country | France |
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The A9 autoroute (La Languedocienne/La Catalane) is a motorway in Southern France.
The road forms part of the European route E15, as does the A9 road (Scotland). The road runs between Orange and Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales at the frontier with Spain where it becomes the Autopista AP-7.
The route passes the following major towns and cities Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), Narbonne (Aude), Béziers and Montpellier (Hérault), Nîmes (Gard) and Orange (Vaucluse) before joining the A7 autoroute (Marseille to Lyon). The route is 2x3 as far south as exit 41 (Perpignan-Nord); widening between exit 41 and the Spanish frontier is currently (2012) in progress.
The A9 autoroute was operated by the Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF), taken over in 2006 by Vinci Autoroutes. The cost of travelling the whole road through the Languedoc-Roussillon region in a car is 23.70 euros (from 1 February 2012).[1]
Montpellier
[edit]Around Montpellier the road splits into the A9 and the A709, the latter of which is toll-free. Exits 28 to 32 (inclusive) of the A9 can be reached only from the A709. If one accidentally stays on the A9, the distance can be up to 35 km to the next exit.
Junctions
[edit]A9-A7 Junction
21: (Orange) : town served Orange
Aires de repos : Roquemaure
22: (Roquemaure) 14 km : towns served Roquemaure, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Avignon
Aire de Tavel
Aires de repos : Estézargues
23: (Remoulins) 29 km : towns served Remoulins and Avignon
Aires de repos : Lédenon
Aire de Marguerittes
24: (Nîmes-Est) 47 km : towns served Nîmes
25: (Nîmes-Ouest) 55 km : towns served Nîmes
A9-A54Junction
Aires de repos : Milhaud, Gard
Aires de repos : Vergèze
26: (Gallargues) 73 km : towns served Aimargues and Aigues-Mortes
Aire d'Ambrussum
27: (Lunel) 79 km : towns served Lunel
Aires de repos : Nabrigas
Aires de repos : Mas du Roux
Exits 28-32 (inclusive) are no longer on the main A9 (as of May 30, 2017); you have to follow *Montpellier* and get on the A709.
- (A709)
Péage
- (A709)
28: (Vendargues) 90 km : towns served Vendargues and Montpellier
- (A709)
Aires de repos : Saint-Aunès
- (A709)
29: (Montpellier-Est) 97 km : towns served Montpellier and La Grande-Motte
- (A709)
30: (Montpellier) 101 km : towns served Montpellier and Palavas-les-Flots
- (A709)
31: (Montpellier) 103 km : towns served Montpellier and Palavas-les-Flots
- (A709)
32: (Montpellier) 106 km : towns served Montpellier
- (A709)
Péage
- (A709)
Exits 28-32 (inclusive) are no longer on the main A9 (as of May 30, 2017); you have to follow *Montpellier* and get on the A709.
Aire de Montpellier-Fabrègues
Aires de repos : Gigean
33: (Sète) 130 km : towns served Balaruc-le-Vieux and Sète
Aires de repos : Mèze (Southbound), Loupian (Northbound)
Aires de repos : Floransac
34: (Agde-Pézenas) 155 km : towns served Agde and Pézenas
Aire de Béziers-Montblanc
A9-A75 Junction: towns served Béziers
36: (Béziers-Ouest) 173 km : towns served Béziers
Aires de repos : Lespignan
Aire de Narbonne-Vinassan
37: (Narbonne-Est) 195 km : towns served Narbonne
38: (Narbonne-Sud) 198 km : towns served Narbonne
A9-A61 Junction
Aires de repos : Prat-de-Cest (Southbound), Bages (Northbound)
39: (Sigean) 215 km : towns served Sigean
Aires de repos : Gasparets (Southbound), Sigean (Northbound)
Aire de La Palme
40: (Leucate) 226 km : towns served Port-Leucate
Aires de repos : Fitou
Aires de repos : Château de Salses
41: (Perpignan-Nord) 248 km : towns served Rivesaltes, Port-Barcarès and Perpignan
Aires de repos : Rivesaltes (Southbound), Pia (northbound)
42: (Perpignan-Sud) 262 km : towns served Perpignan and Bourg-Madame
Aires de repos : Les Pavillons
Aire Village Catalan
43: (Le Boulou) 275 km : towns served Le Boulou, Port-Vendres and Céret
Péage
Aires de repos : Les Contrôles
- Customs Post (French and Spanish), The A9 continues 1 km before becoming the AP-7
Spain
Gallery
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The A9 in Pyrénées-Orientales
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The A9 in Hérault
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The A9 in Gard
References
[edit]- ^ ASF: Tarifs applicable au 1er février Archived December 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine