A71 autoroute  The A71 autoroute is a motorway in central France. It is also called "l'Arverne". It starts at Orléans and ends at Clermont-Ferrand. The autoroute is 2x2 lanes and is operated by the Société Cofiroute (Orléans-Bourges). The section between Orléans to Salbris was opened on 24 October 1986. In 1989 it was completed to Bourges. This section of the autoroute is operated by SAPRR. It is 2x2 lanes and a toll road. The road has the double numbering A71/A89 between Combronde and Gerzat. Opened in 1997, first section of this motorway bypasses Gannat by north (9 km). The highway was extended to the gates of Vichy, precisely on a roundabout at Espinasse-Vozelle; this 14 km section, inaugurated 9 January, was opened on 12 January 2015. There are proposals to extend the autoroute beyond Vichy to form part of the A77 to (Moulins-Roanne). Former autoroute opened in 1998 (7 km long). Junctions are:    This motorway, 1 km long and with reduced features, connects the exit 1.4 of A711 at the roundabout of Champ-Lamet between Lempdes and Pont-du-Château, at the crossroads with three other departmental roads. There are proposals to create a major motorway route through Montluçon as part of a transport route from Central Europe to the Atlantic coast.