A4 autoroute
A4 autoroute | |
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Autoroute de l'Est | |
Route information | |
Part of E25 E50 | |
Length | 482 km (300 mi) |
Existed | 1974–present |
Major junctions | |
West end | Paris (Porte de Bercy) |
East end | Strasbourg |
Location | |
Country | France |
Highway system | |
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The A4 Autoroute, also known as autoroute de l'Est (English:Eastern Motorway) is a French autoroute that travels 482 km (300 mi) between the cities of Paris and Strasbourg. It forms parts of European routes E25 and E50.
Its construction began in the 1970s near Paris. The first section between Paris's Porte de Bercy and Joinville-le-Pont opened in 1974 with a single carriageway. A second carriageway was added in 1975, and the following sections between Joinville and Metz were opened in 1975 and 1976. Former autoroutes A32 and A34 were integrated into the A4 in 1982.
From Paris, the autoroute passes the new town of Marne-la-Vallée and Disneyland Paris. It continues on to the major cities of France's northeast, including Rheims, and terminates in Strasbourg. Local roads provide a connection to southern Germany.
Its westernmost part between the Périphérique and the A86 ring road in Paris is reputed to be one of the busiest sections of road in Europe, with 257,000 vehicles a day recorded in 2002.[1]
History
Segment Terminus | Segment Terminus | Construction Year | Notes |
Porte de Bercy | Saint-Maurice | 1974 (first carriageway) | |
Porte de Bercy | Saint-Maurice | 1974 (second carriageway) | |
Saint-Maurice | Joinville-le-Pont | 1974 (first carriageway) | |
Saint-Maurice | Joinville-le-Pont | 1975 (second carriageway) | |
Joinville | Coutevroult | 1976 | |
Coutevroult | Bouleurs | 1975 | |
Bouleurs | Château-Thierry | 1976 | |
Château-Thierry | Tinqueux | 1975 | |
Tinqueux | Les Islettes | 1976 | |
Les Islettes | A 31 | 1975 | |
A 31 | Metz (east) | 1976 | |
Metz (east) | Merlebach | 1971 | formerly A 32 |
Merlebach | Mundolsheim | 1976 | |
Mundolsheim | Strasbourg | 1972 | |
Ormes | Taissy | 2010 | Contournement sud de Reims / replaces old road |
List of Exits and Junctions
Exit/Junction | Destination | |
Boulevard Périphérique | ||
2 (westbound only) | Charenton | |
4 | A 86, Joinville-le-Pont | |
5 | A 86 LILLE BOBIGNY Nogent-sur-Marne | |
6 (Eastbound only) | Champingy-sur-Marne | |
8 | Marne-la-Vallée Porte de Paris | |
9 (Westbound only) | Noisy le Grand - Centre | |
10 | Marne-la-Vallée Cite D'escartes | |
N 104
Lyon Bordeaux Nantes | ||
10.1 | Marne-la-Vallée Val Maubué, | |
A 104 Lille, Charles de Gualle | ||
12 | Marne-la-Vallée Val de Bussy | |
12.1 (Eastbound only) | Marne-la-Vallée Val d'Europe | |
13 | Marne-la-Vallée Val de Lagny Provins | |
14 | Marne-la-Vallée Val d'Europe
Parcs DISNEY | |
15 (Westbound only) | Coutevroult | |
16 | Crécy-la-Chapelle | |
A 140 Meaux | ||
18 | St. Jean-les-Deus-Jumeaux | |
19 | Montreuil-aux-Lions | |
20 | Château-Thierry | |
21 | Dormans | |
22 | Reims Centre -Tinqueux A344 | |
A 26 (North) | ||
23 | Epernay | |
A 34 Charleroi, Reims Est | ||
A 26 (South) | ||
27 | La Veuve | |
28 | St. Etienne-au-Temple | |
29 | Sainte-Menehould | |
29.1 | Clermont-en-Argonne | |
30 | Voie Sacrée | |
31 | Verdun | |
32 | Fresnes-en-Woëvre | |
33 | Jarny | |
34a (Eastbound only) | Batilly | |
34/34b | Ste. Marie | |
35 | Marange-Silvange | |
36 | Sémécourt | |
A 31, Croix de Hauconcourt | ||
37 | Argancy | |
A 315, Bifurcation de Mey | ||
A 314, Bifurcation de Lauvallières | ||
38 | Boulay | |
39 | Saint-Avold | |
40 | A 320, Freyming-Marlebach | |
41 | Farébersviller | |
41.1 (Eastbound only) | Puttelange | |
42 | Sarreguemines | |
43 | Sarre-Union | |
44 | Phalsbourg ( N 4) | |
45 | Saverne | |
46 | Hochfelden | |
47 | A 340, Brumath-nord | |
48 | Brumath-sud | |
A 35 | ||
49 | Reichstett | |
49.1 | Hoenheim | |
50 | Bischheim | |
51 | Strasbourg-centre |
List of Tolls
Péages (Tolls) |
de Coutevroult |
de Montreuil-aux-Lions |
de Dormans |
de Taissy |
de Beaumont |
de Saint-Avold |
de Loupershouse |
de Schwindratzheim |
European Routes
European Route | Location |
E50 | Boulévard Périphérique through A 320 |
E25 | A 31 through 51 |