European route E62

The European route E62 is a road in Europe and a part of the United Nations International E-road network. It connects the French Atlantic port city of Nantes to Genoa, the largest of Italy's port cities by some criteria. Between France and Italy it also passes through Switzerland, via Geneva and Lausanne. After crossing into Italy, the E62 passes Milan, Italy's largest commercial centre, before descending to Genoa on the Mediterranean coast.

Nantes is France's sixth largest city by population, but the rest of the E62's route across France from west to east serves middling or smaller towns and cities, two of the best known of them to English speakers being, for historical reasons, Poitiers and for reasons involving viticulture, Mâcon. Reflecting the relatively low population densities across much of the French heartland, most of the western section of the E62 follows toll free Routes Nationales rather than autoroutes.The route enters Switzerland near Geneva and follows the northern and eastern shores of the Lake of Geneva before tracking the course of the Rhône upstream towards the Italian frontier. Italy is entered via the Simplon Pass which is one of the gentler of Alpine passes, although both the approaches and the pass itself follow single carriageway roads and are not suitable for fast driving. Soon after entering Italy, the road reverts to Autostrada quality, permitting rapid progress at most times of day, though in Italy tolls, variable according to vehicle type and distance traveled, are payable by autostrada users

E62 Nantes-Genoa
State	Dep Can Prv	National Road Number	Section	Junction (national numbering)	Pan European road connections
	44 49	R.N.249	Nantes - Cholet		E3 & E60
	49 85	R.N.160	Cholet - Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
	85 79	R.N.149	Mortagne-sur-Sèvre - Bressuire west
	79	R.N.149	Bressuire northern by-pass
	79	R.N.149	Bressuire east - Parthenay
	79 86	R.N.149	Parthenay - Poitiers
	86	R.N.147	Poitiers eastern by-pass		E5
	86 87	R.N.147	Mignaloux Beauvoir - Bellac
	87 23	R.N.145	Bellac - Saint Maurice la Souterraine		E9
	23	R.N.145	Saint Maurice la Souterraine - Gouzon
	23 03	R.N.145	Gouzon - Montluçon
	03	R.N.145	Montluçon northern by-pass
	03	A71	Montluçon - Montmarault	A 71 10 Montluçon A 71 L'Allier A 71 11 Montmarault	doubling with E11
	03 71	R.N.79	Montmarault - Paray le Monial
	71	R.N.79	Paray le Monial - Mâcon