A13 autoroute

Autoroute 13, or L'Autoroute de Normandie links Paris to Caen, Calvados.

A13 autoroute
Route information
Part of E 46
Length	225 km (140 mi)
Existed	1946–present
Major junctions
East end	Périphérique, Paris
	A 12 A 14 A 154 A 139 A 28 A 29 A 131 A 132
West end	Périphérique Caen
Location
Major cities	Mantes-la-Jolie, Rouen, Pont-l'Évêque, Caen
Highway system
Autoroutes of France

The motorway starts in Paris at the Porte d'Auteuil, a former gate of the Paris walls, and ends at Mondeville's Mondeville 2 (Porte de Paris) exchange junction on the Boulevard Périphérique (Caen). The A13 is France's oldest motorway (opening in 1946) and is intensively used between Paris and Normandy for both commuting and holiday makers. The A13 is operated by the Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie from Buchelay toll onwards, whilst the Parisian stretch of motorway is operated by the Île-de-France Council. Its total length is 225 km (140 mi). The A13 is toll-free within the Île-de-France region and between junctions 21 and 24 to the south of Rouen.