A42 autoroute

Characteristics

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

  History

• 1983: Section between Neyron and Chazey opened
• 1988: Section between Chazey and Pont-d'Ain opened

  Junctions

• 01 Towns served Lyon Centre, Périphérique
• 01b Towns served: Villeurbanne Croix-Luizet, St Jean
• 01a 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 : Towns served: Neyron and Miribel
• 05 : Towns served: Beynost
• * Péage de Beynost
• Exchange A42-A432 Junction with the A432 to Marseille
• * Service Area: Lyon-Dagneux/Lyon-Montluel
• 06 Towns served: Montluel and Balan
• 07 Towns served: Pérouges, Meximieux and Saint-Jean-de-Niost
• *Rest Area: Ambérieu
• 08 Towns served: Ambérieu-en-Bugey
• 09 Towns served: Pont-d'Ain
• Exchange A42-A40 Junction with A40 to Mâcon, Geneva and end of autoroute.