A42 autoroute

A42 autoroute
Route information
Part of
Length:	52.3 km (32.5 mi)
Major junctions
North end:	A40
South end:	Lyon
Highway system
Autoroutes of France

The A42 autoroute is a short motorway in France. Being completed in 1987, the road connects the city of Lyon to its junction with the A40 roughly 50 km north-east of Lyon.

Characteristics

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

History

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

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.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• A42 autoroute in Saratlas