A7 autoroute

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This article is about the French motorway A7. For other uses, see A7 motorways.
A7 autoroute
Autoroute du Soleil
File:Autoroute A7 FR 2.svg
Route information
Part of File:Route européenne 15.svgFile:Route européenne 80.svgFile:Route européenne 714.svg E15 / E80 / E714
Maintained by ASF
Length302.5 km (188.0 mi)
Existed1958–present
Major junctions
North endFile:Autoroute française 6.svg A 6 at Lyon
Major intersections
South endMarseille (Porte d'Aix)
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in 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]

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A7 Autoroute near Lyon
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A7 Autoroute near Orange

Sorties (Exits)

File:France A7.svg
A7

Péages (Tolls)

  • Péage de Vienne
  • Péage de Lançon de Provence

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.

Future

The section of the motorway going through Lyon between La Mulatière and Perrache train station are in the process of being declassified, with the intent of turning this section into an urban boulevard. To compensate, a new motorway, the A44 will be built bypassing Lyon and connecting to the A7.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bastide de la Guillermy". Tourisme Marseille. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Feu vert pour le déclassement des autoroutes A6-A7". Le Progrès. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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