A7 autoroute

This article is about the French motorway A7. For other uses, see A7 motorways.

A7 autoroute shield

A7 autoroute
Autoroute du Soleil
Route information
Part of
Maintained by ASF
Length: 302.5 km (188.0 mi)
Existed: 1958 – present
Major junctions
North end: Lyon (A 6)
  A 46 near Lyon
A 46 near Chasse-sur-Rhône
A 9 near Orange
A 54 near Salon-de-Provence
A 8 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
A 55 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
A 51 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
A 557 in Marseille
South end: Marseille (Porte d'Aix)
Highway system
Autoroutes of France

The A7 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Soleil (English: the Motorway of the Sun) is a French motorway. It continues the A6 and links Lyon to Marseille. The autoroute du Soleil is 302.5 km (188.0 mi) long and forms part of European routes E15, E80, and E714.

History

The part of the road in Marseille was built by the Nazi invaders in 1941.[1]

A7 Autoroute near Lyon
A7 Autoroute near Orange

Sorties (Exits)

A7

Péages (Tolls)

Traffic

This autoroute is fairly heavy throughout the year. Much of the transit of heavy goods between northern France and the Benelux countries and Germany and the Mediterranean passes through the Rhône valley, and thus along the A7. Traffic is also generated by local transit around the larger cities of the region (Lyon, Vienne, Valence, Orange, Avignon). During holiday periods, traffic is particularly congested, southbound at the beginning of holidays, northbound at the end. the last week-end of July and the first week-end of August are particularly crowded in both directions; jams can occasionally stretch for hundreds of kilometers.

References

  1. ↑ "Bastide de la Guillermy". Tourisme Marseille. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
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