300px, right The A50 autoroute is a French motorway connecting

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. The motorway is 65 km and has a mixture of 2x2 and 2x3 lanes that run through mountainous coastal terrain along the

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. As such, it has some relatively sharp turns and steep gradients by French motorway standards, and some sections have a reduced speed limit of 110 km/h. The first section between Marseille and

Aubagne Aubagne (, ''Aubanha'' in Occitan language, Occitan according to the classic norm or ''Aubagno'' according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In ...

was opened in 1962 and was until 1963 part of the

A52 autoroute The A52 autoroute is a 25.3 km long motorway in the Bouches du Rhone departement of southeastern France. The road links the A8 autoroute with the A50 autoroute and runs from a junction 1 km east of the Péage de La Barque on the A8 ...

until it was renumbered after the surrounding motorways were constructed. Most of the remainder between Aubagne and Toulon was completed by 1975. The road is tolled between Roquefort-la-Bédoule and

Sanary-sur-Mer Sanary-sur-Mer (, literally ''Sanary on Sea''; oc, Sant Nari), popularly known as Sanary, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 16,696. Sanary-sur-Mer ...

and is managed by ESCOTA and was the first section to trial Télépéage or Télébadge, an automatic toll payment system using a windscreen mounted sensor, in 1992. At the eastern end of the A50, drivers can choose between entering

by the RN 8 or crossing under the city by going through the tunnel de Toulon, which leads directly to the

A57 autoroute The A57 autoroute is a motorway in south eastern France. It is 55 km long and runs from the ''Tunnel de Toulon'' to the A8 near Le Luc. The road is a toll motorway north of Toulon. It is operated by ESCOTA. It connects with the A570 spur t ...

and on to Hyeres and

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. The southern carriageway of the tunnel finally opened in 2014, after some 20 years of planning and construction, making the tunnel a 2x2 lane two-way link between the A50 and A57. Until then, the tunnel had only a two-lane carriageway running east to west, which opened in 2002.

Junctions

*''Exchange A50-A55'' Junction with

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. * Péage *01 (''Prado'') Towns served:

. *02 (''Place de Pologne/Menpenti-La Capelette'') Towns served:

. *''Exchange A50-A507'' Junction with A507 spur to A7 *03 (''La Pomme'') Towns served:

. **Service Area: La Pomme *04 (''La Valentine'') Towns served: Saint-Marcel *05 (''La Penne'') Towns served: La-Penne-sur-Huveaune *''Exchange A50-A501'' Junction with A501 spur to A52 *00 (''Aubagne Sud-A502'') Towns served: Junction with A502 spur to D8n and Aubagne *00 ''Exchange A52-A50'' Junction with A52 to

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. *06 (''Carnoux'') Towns served:

Carnoux-en-Provence Carnoux-en-Provence (; oc, Carnós de Provença), commonly referred to simply as Carnoux, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It was created in 1966 from the commune of ...

*07 (''La Bédoule-nord/sud'') Towns served: Roquefort-la-Bédoule **Rest Area: Pas d'Ouillier *08 (''Cassis'') Towns served:

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*Péage de

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*09 (''La Ciotat'') Towns served:

**Service Area: Le Liouquet/Les Plaines Baronnes *10 (''Les Lecques'') Towns served: Les Lecques *11 (''La Cadière-d'Azur'') Towns served:

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*Péage de

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*12 (''Bandol'') Towns served:

**Rest Area:

Sanary Sanary-sur-Mer (, literally ''Sanary on Sea''; oc, Sant Nari), popularly known as Sanary, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 16,696. Sanary-sur-Mer i ...

*13 (''Ollioules'') Towns served:

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*14 (''Châteauvallon'') Towns served:

La Seyne-sur-Mer La Seyne-sur-Mer (; "La Seyne on Sea"; oc, La Sanha), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 62,888. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is pa ...

*15 (''Toulon-Ouest/La Seyne-Centre/Arsenal'') Towns served: Port and town of

*16 (''Bon Rencontre'') Towns served: Beauclaire,

*Autoroute becomes the N8 into Toulon and to the A57 to

References

External links

A50 Motorway in Saratlas
{{Autoroutes A50