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. City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Arpitan: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Arpitan: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area... Pont-dAin is a commune in the French département of Ain. ... The A40 autoroute is a spectacular motorway through the western Alps in France. ... The A 39 autoroute is a motorway in eastern France. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... Panorama of Chamonix valley Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a town and commune in eastern France, in the Haute-Savoie département, at the foot of Mont Blanc. ... Mulhouse (French: Mulhouse, pronounced ; Alsatian: Milhüsa; German: Mülhausen) is a town and commune in eastern France close to Swiss and German border. ...

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

Characteristics

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

City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Arpitan: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area... Pérouges is a commune and medieval walled town in the French département of Ain, 30km north east of Lyon. ...

History

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

1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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.

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External links

• A42 autoroute in Saratlas

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