Daily Trafic level
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More than 27,300 total vehicles in use every day accross the regional road network.
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Road network
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Aquitaine accounts for 5.4 % of the national road network, including 561 kms of motorways and 1511 kms of roads.
"Grand Gabarit Itinerary" (IGG*) especially planned between Bordeaux harbour and Toulouse for Airbus A380 transportation.
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Main motorways
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A10 l'Aquitaine: from Paris to Bordeaux, via Orléans, Tours, Poitiers, Niort and Saintes (543kms).
A62 "L'autoroute des deux mers" from Toulouse to Bordeaux, and then to Narbonne and Montauban.
A63 "l'autoroute des Landes ": across the Landes, from Bordeaux to Hendaye and spanish border(Biriatou).
A64 "La Pyrénéenne": from Toulouse to Bayonne via Tarbes Lourdes and Pau, also crossing the south of France from West to East "Bayonne to Nice".
A89 "La Transeuropéenne": covers 306kms from Lyon to Bordeaux via Clermont-Ferrand.
Future A65 "Langon-Pau": from Bordeaux to Langon, Mont-de-Marsan,Pau. Estimated completion date october 2010.
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Distances
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Driving distance from Paris to Bordeaux: 5h30 mins (600kms)
Driving distance from Paris to Pau: 8h00 mins (750kms)
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Useful contacts
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Car Rental:
www.hertz.fr, www.avis.fr, www.rentacar.fr, www.europcar.com, www.easycar.com
Trafic Information:
www.autoroutes-trafic.fr, www.infotrafic.com, www.bison-fute.equipement.gouv.fr
Itinaries:
www.www.viamichelin.fr, www.mappy.com, www.igg.fr
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Aquitaine Region