autoroute
Noun
Meaning
(in Quebec) An expressway, freeway, motorway or highway.
An expressway in any Francophone country.
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Roads A7 autoroute near Orange French autoroute network There are ~950,000 km of roads in France. citation The French motorway network or autoroute system consists largely of toll roads, except around large cities and in parts of the north.
Road communications Bayonne is located at the intersection of the A63 autoroute (Bordeaux-Spain) and the D1 extension of the A64 autoroute (towards Toulouse ).
With the building of new highways, particularly the Paris Marseille autoroute which opened in 1970, Provence became destination for mass tourism from all over Europe.