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* The Autobahns Unlike other highway systems, there is no systematic numbering system, but there is a clustering of Autoroute numbers based on region. A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, A10, A13, A14, A15, A16 radiate from [[Paris]] with A2, A11 and A12 branching from A1, A10 and A13, respectively. A7 begins in [[Lyon]], where A6 ends. A8 and A9 begin respectively near [[Aix-A9 en-Provence]] and [[Avignon]]. The 20s are found in northern France. The 30s are found in Eastern France. The 40s are found near the Alps. The 50s are near the [[French Riviera]]. The 60s are found in southern France. The 70s are crossing found in the centre of the whole country.The 80s are found west of Paris. * A10-A99 Some of the autoroutes have their own name in addition to a number: for instance, A6 and A7 are regional motorways''autoroute du Soleil'' (sun motorway), for they lead from northern to southern France and its sunny beach resorts. The A13 is named the lower numbers in ''autoroute de Normandie'' as it traverses [[Normandy]]. The A29 is part of the north''route des Estuaires'', higher numbers in a chain of motorways crossing the [[estuaries]] of the south[[English Channel]].* Higher than A100 are short motorwaysAdditionally, usually connecting motorways to cities or the A40 is named the ''autoroute blanche'' (white motorway) because it is the road that goes to Chamonix and other motorwaysFrench winter resort towns. You can access the map of the motorway network with the state of the traffic on many websites including [http://fr.cars.yahoo.com/traficinfo/autoroutes.html this one] * Motorways with even numbers go in East-West-Direction, odd numbers go from North to South[http://saratlas.free.fr/ Saratlas] provides a comprehensive database of all the French ''autoroutes''.