The A2 Autoroute is a French autoroute that travels 76 km (47 mi) 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.

A2 autoroute shield
A2 autoroute
Route information
Part of E19
Maintained by SANEF
Length76 km (47 mi)
Existed1972–present
Major junctions
South end A 1 near Combles
Major intersections A 26 near Cambrai
A 23 near Valenciennes
North endBelgian road A7
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in France

In conjunction with the A1 autoroute and the Belgian A7 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, with no exits on the southernmost 22.8 kilometres (14.2 mi) of the A2 between the A1 and the A26 at Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt. From Cambrai onward it is a non-toll autoroute managed by the government of the Nord department. Two lanes travel in each direction.

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

Lists of Exits and Junctions

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Exit/Junction Destination
     A 1
     A 26 – Calais, Reims
  14  Cambrai
  15  Bouchain
  16  Hordain
  17  Douchy-les-Mines
     A 21 – Douai
  18  Denain
  19  Northbound only Parc d'activités de l'aerodrome
  20  Valenciennes - le Vignoble, ZI Prouvy-Rouvignies
     A 23 – Lille, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
  21  Valenciennes - Centre
  21a  Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
  21b  Valenciennes - Centre
  22a  Northbound only   D 649 – Maubeuge
  22b  Northbound only Valenciennes - le Roleur
  23    D 659 – St. Saulve,, Maubeuge
  23.1  Sebourg, Parc D'Activites de la Vallee de l'Escaut
  24  Onnaing
  25  Quievrechain, Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
  26 
(Northbound exit, Southbound entrance)
Crespin
Belgian Border;   A 2 becomes Belgian road A7

European Routes

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European Route Location
  E19 entire length

References

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