The A68 autoroute is a long motorway in southern

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. It connects

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

Albi Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig� ...

. It starts with a junction with the A61 and a junction with the A62. It is also known as ''L’autoroute du Pastel''.

Junctions

*''A61-A68'' Junction between the A61 and the A68 *01 (''L'Union'') km 2: Towns served:

L'Union L'Union (; oc, Sent Joan le Nòu) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is a suburb of Toulouse, located just to the northeast of the city. History L'Union was founded in the 1790s after the fusion of ''Belbèz ...

**Péage *02 ''Exchange A68-A680'' km 10: A680 spur Towns served: to Gragnague and Verfeil *03 (''Montastruc'') km 13 Towns served: Montastruc-la-Conseillère *04 (''Buzet'') km 16 Towns served:

Buzet-sur-Tarn Buzet-sur-Tarn (, literally ''Buzet on Tarn''; oc, Buset) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Roqueserière-Buzet station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez. Population See also *Communes of th ...

*06 (''Saint-Sulpice Lavaur'') km 26 Towns served: Saint-Sulpice and Lavaur **Service Area: Saint-Sulpice *07 (''Rabastens'') km 32 Towns served:

Rabastens Rabastens () is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. The historian Gustave de Clausade (1815–1888) was born in Rabastens of which he became mayor in 1848. Population Transport Rabastens-Couffouleux station has rail conne ...

*08 (''Lisle'') km 41 Towns served:

Lisle-sur-Tarn Lisle-sur-Tarn (; oc, L'Illa d'Albigés) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The city is located halfway between Toulouse and Albi on the A68 motorway, in the Gaillac vineyard, on the banks of the Tarn. Histori ...

**Rest Area: Sanbatan/Les Issarts *09 (''Gaillac'') km 47 Towns served:

Gaillac Gaillac (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It had in 2013 a population of 14,334 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called Gaillacois. Geography Gaillac is a town situated between Toulouse, Albi and Montauban. It has g ...

*10 (''Cadalen'') km 52 Towns served:

Cadalen Cadalen (; oc, Cadaluènh) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France. The communes cooperate in the follow ...

*11 (''Marssac'') km 61 Towns served:

Marssac-sur-Tarn Marssac-sur-Tarn (, literally ''Marssac on Tarn''; oc, Marçac de Tarn) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Transport Marssac-sur-Tarn station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez. See also *Communes of the Tar ...

and

merges into the RN88.

Future

There are proposals to extend the motorway to

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via Le Puy en Velay.

References

External links

A68 Motorway in Saratlas
Autoroutes in France {{france-road-stub