A42 autoroute

For other uses, see A42 (disambiguation).

A42 autoroute
Route information
Part of E15 / E611
Maintained by DIR Centre-Est and APRR
Length	53.3 km (33.1 mi)
Existed	1987–present
Major junctions
South end	Boulevard périphérique de Lyon in Villeurbanne
Major intersections	E15 / A 46 in Vaulx-en-Velin and Neyron E70 / A 432 in La Boisse
North end	E21 / E62 / A 40 in Druillat
Location
Country	France
Highway system
Roads in France Autoroutes Routes nationales

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

Lists of exits and junctions

Region	Department	Junction	Destinations	Notes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	Rhône	Boulevard périphérique de Lyon - A42	Périphérique Nord : Clermont-Ferrand, Roanne (A89), Lyon - centre, Porte de la Doua
			Périphérique Sud : Marseille (A7), Grenoble (A43), Porte de Cusset
		1/1b : Villeurbanne	Villeurbanne - Croix-Luizet, Saint-Jean, Vaulx-en-Velin
		1a : Vaulx-en-Velin	Vaulx-en-Velin - centre
		RN 346 - A42	Marseille (A7), Grenoble (A43)
		E611 / A 42 overlaps and becomes E611 / A 42 / E15 / A 46
		A46 - A42	Paris (A6), Villefranche-sur-Saône, Clermont-Ferrand (A89)
		E611 / A 42 / E15 / A 46 becomes again E611 / A 42
	Ain	4 : Miribel	Neyron, Miribel, Parc de Miribel-Jonage
		5 : Beynost	Beynost, Genève, Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost
		Péage de Beynost
		A432 - A42	Saint-Exupéry, Grenoble (A48), Chambéry, Paris, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Saint-Etienne (A47), Marseille (A7), Clermont-Ferrand (A89)
		5.1 : La Boisse - Montluel	La Boisse, Montluel
		Aire de Lyon - Montluel (Eastbound)  Aire de Lyon - Dagneux (Westbound)
		6 : Balan	Dagneux, Balan
		7 : Pérouges	Pérouges, Meximieux, Lagnieu, Z. I. Plaine de l'Ain
		Aire de Brotteaux (Eastbound)  Aire de Chazey-sur-Ain (Westbound)
		8 : Ambérieu-en-Bugey	Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Lagnieu, Chambéry
		9 : Pont-d'Ain	Pont-d'Ain
		A40 - A42	Paris (A6), Strasbourg (A39), Milan, Genève, Oyonnax, Bourg-en-Bresse
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

Template:Attached KML/A42 autoroute

KML is from Wikidata

• A42 autoroute in Saratlas