A42 autoroute

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The A42 autoroute is a motorway in Lyon. It was completed in 1987. It connects the city of Lyon to Pont-d'Ain with junctions with the A40 and A39 to Geneva, Chamonix and Mulhouse.

The road forms part of a ring road round Lyon and serves the suburbs of the north and eastern side.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 3 Junctions 4 External links

[edit] Characteristics

• 2x2 lanes
• 2x3 lanes between Lyon and Pérouges (26 km)
• 70 km long
• Service areas

[edit] History

• 1983 : Section between Neyron and Chazey (30 km) opened
• 1988 : Section between Chazey and Pont-d'Ain (19.5 km) opened

[edit] Junctions

• 01 (Lyon: porte de Croix-Barret) Towns served Lyon Centre, Périphérique (RN383)
• 01b (Villeurbanne Croix-Luizet-St Jean) Towns served: Villeurbanne Croix-Luizet, St Jean
• 01a (Vauix-en-Velin) Towns served: Vauix-en-Velin
• Exchange A42-N346 Junction with N346 Lyon ring road to Orange south.
• Exchange A42-A46 Junction with A46 part of the Lyon ring road to Paris
• 04 ('Parc de Miribel-Jonage) : Towns served: Neyron and Miribel
• 05 (Beynost) : Towns served: Beynost
  • Péage de Beynost
• Exchange A42-A432 Junction with the A432 to Marseille
  • Service Area: Lyon-Dagneux/Lyon-Montluel
• 06 ('Balan-Dagneux) Towns served: Montluel and Balan
• 07 (Pérouges) Towns served: Pérouges, Meximieux and Saint-Jean-de-Niost
  • Rest Area: Ambérieu
• 08 (Ambérieu) Towns served: Ambérieu-en-Bugey
• 09 (Pont-d'Ain) Towns served: Pont-d'Ain
• Exchange A42-A40 Junction with A40 to Mâcon (north), Geneva (Switzerland) (east) and end of autoroute.

[edit] External links

• A42 autoroute in Saratlas

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