A2 autoroute

The A2 Autoroute is a French autoroute that travels 76 km 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
Route information
Part of E 19
Maintained by SANEF
Length	76 km (47 mi)
Existed	1972–present
Major junctions
South end	A 1 near Combles
	A 26 near Cambrai A 23 near Valenciennes
North end	Belgian road A7
Highway system
Autoroutes of 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. From Cambrai onward it is a non-toll autoroute managed by the government of the Nord départment. Two lanes travel in each direction.

The A2 was opened in 2 stages in 1972. The first stage from junction 15 to the Belgian border opened on the 28th of March. The remainder, from Junction 15 to the interchange with the A1 opened on the 19th of December 1972.

Lists of Exits and Junctions

Exit/Junction	Destination
	A 1
	A 26 Calais (southbound only) Reims
14	Cambrai
15	Bouchain
15.1	Hordain
16	Douchy-les-Mines
17	Douai
18	Denain
19  Northbound only	Parc d'activites de l'aerodrome
20	Valenciennes - le Vignoble, ZI Prouvy-Rouvignies
21	Valenciennes - Centre
21a	Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
21b	Valenciennes - Centre
22a  Northbound only	Maubeuge
22b  Northbound only	Valenciennes - le Roleur
23	St Saulve, Maubeuge
23.1	Sebourg
24	Onnaing
25	Quievrechain, Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
26	Crespin
Belgian Border; A 2 becomes Belgian road A7

European Routes

European Route	Location
E 19	entire length