A72 autoroute
{{Short description|Road in France}}
{{Expand French|topic=transp|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|country = FRA
|type = A
|route = 72
|alternate_name =
|map = Autoroute A72 - plan.png
|e-road={{jct|country=FRA|E|72}}
|length_km=242
|terminus_a=Bordeaux
|junction=
|terminus_b=Toulouse
}}
The A72 is an autoroute (motorway) in France. It is {{convert|55|km|mi}} long.
The motorway is operated by Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF) and links Balbigny to Saint-Étienne on one of the steepest and meandrous motorways in France. Over {{convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on}} of the motorway is limited to 110 km/h (70 mph) as sections are considered too dangerous for the standard 130 km/h (80 mph) speed limit.
The motorway has 2 lanes both directions with 3 lane sections near Saint-Étienne.
The road is also numbered the European route E70. In 2006, the section between Clermont-Ferrand and the A89 spur became part of the A89.
Junctions
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| colspan="3" | {{Image label begin|image=Autoroute logo model.svg|width=298}} {{Image label|x=-400|y=-40.0|scale=-1|text=A 72}} {{Image label end}} |
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| Junction number & name | Northbound exits | Southbound exits |
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| {{Motorway exit|6}} |
| colspan="3" | {{Motorway services|Aire de la plaine du Forez}} |
| {{Motorway exit|7}}
|RD 496, Montbrison, Montrond-les-Bains |RD 496, Montbrison, Montrond-les-Bains |
| colspan="3" | {{Motorway rest|Aire de Chante-Perdrix}} |
| colspan="3" | {{Motorway toll|Péage de la Veauchette}} |
| {{Motorway exit|8}}
| |RD 12, Andrézieux-Bouthéon |
| {{Motorway exit|8b}}
|RD 498, RN82, Andrézieux-Bouthéon | |
| {{Motorway exit|8a}}
|RD 498, RN82, Andrézieux-Bouthéon | |
| {{Motorway exit|9}}
|RD 100, Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert |RD 100, Andrézieux-Bouthéon, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert |
| {{Motorway exit|10}}
|RD 201, Villars |RD 201, Villars |
| {{Motorway exit|11}}
| |Rue Francis Léger, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez |
| {{Motorway exit|12}}
|Rue Montyon, Rue Claude Verney-Carron, Saint-Étienne |Rue Montyon, Rue Claude Verney-Carron, Saint-Étienne |
| {{Motorway exit|13}}
| |Rue Charles Cholat, Saint-Étienne |
| {{Motorway exit|14}}
|RD 3, Boulevard Georges Pompidou, Saint-Étienne |RD 3, Boulevard Georges Pompidou, Saint-Étienne |
| {{Motorway exit|15}}
| |Rue de la Talaudière, Saint-Étienne |
| {{Motorway exit|16}}
| |RD 32, Rue Émile Zola, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Jean-de-Bonnefonds |
| {{Motorway exit| }} |
