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[[File:Perpignan_bridgeoveronramp.jpg|right|thumb|266px|The southward view from the bridge over the autoroute.]]

When traveling North, it is recommended to wait by the traffic lights on [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=42.700037,2.886615&spn=0.011591,0.022509&t=h&z=16&om=1&msid=107047389499788319963.0004367e4251f21521864 Cours Lazare Escarguel] where traffic occasionally stops. It is possible to get a lift from here to the autoroute ramp further up.

Another good spot to wait is a small roundabout 10 minutes north of the river on foot. Walk North on Cours Lazare Escarguel, cross the river, where CLE changes its name to Pont Arago. Just before the sidewalk ends, take the stairs (on the right) down to the street below. Continue walking north, parallel to Pont Arago for 5 - 10 minutes. The road will veer to the right and you will be able to see another roundabout. Cars going both North (Toulouse, Montpellier) and South (Barcelona) frequently pass by here. I've successfully hitched from here twice.

To get to the peage (pay toll) by public bus, the best is to take the line number 3, direction ''Pascot''. Get out on the last stop, then walk until the end of ''Avenue Pascot'', then go left on ''Route de Canohes'' until you see the big road (road D900). Go on right and follow this road for few hundred metres untill the toll.

If you're going to Spain and your driver is only driving to [[Le Boulou]] (which is the last exit before Spain) avoid getting out on the last [[petrol station]] called ''Village Catalan''; on the map it looks like the last best place to hitchhike but no one going to Spain stops here because petrol is cheaper on the other side of the border (as of 2008). Instead, go to Le Boulou but ask your driver to drop you off at the final ''barrières de péage'' where all the traffic will have to stop (not to mix it with a small toll barrier on the sliproad which is used only by locals to exit and leave the motorway).

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