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A40 autoroute
Autoroute des Titans
Autoroute Blanche
Route information
Part of E21 / E25 / E62
Maintained by
APRR
ATMB
Length208 km (129 mi)
Existed1973–present
Major junctions
West end E15 / E21 / A 6 at Mâcon
Major intersections E62 / A 406 in Saint-André-de-Bâgé

A 39 in Viriat
E611 / A 42 in Druillat
A 404 in Saint-Martin-du-Frêne
E21 / E62 / A 41 in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
A 411 in Scientrier

A 410 in Scientrier
East end E25 / N 205 at Passy
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in France

The Autoroute A40 is a motorway in France that extends from Mâcon on the west to Passy on the east, terminating not far from Chamonix and the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The road runs 208 kilometres (129 mi) through Bresse, the high southern Jura Mountains, northern Prealps and French Alps. It was fully completed in 1990, and includes 12 viaducts and 3 tunnels. The road is maintained by Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône (APRR and ATMB), comprising part of European routes E25 and E62.[1]

Nomenclature

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A trilingual sign written: "Welcome to the 'White Motorway'" in the Rhône-Alpes region

Autoroute A40 is named Autoroute des Titans ("Highway of the Titans") for the dramatic engineering construction through the mountainous sections between Bourg-en-Bresse and Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, and as Autoroute Blanche ("the White Motorway") through the snow-laden Jura and Alps between Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and Annemasse on the Swiss border.

History

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The Nantua viaduct on the "Highway of the Titans" of Autoroute A40

ATMB

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  • 1973 : The section between Vallard and Bonneville was opened.
  • 1974 : The section between Bonneville and Cluses was opened.
  • 1975 : The section between Cluses and Sallanches was opened.
  • 1976 : The section between Sallanches-Passy was opened in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Jacques Chirac.
  • 1982 : The 50 kilometre section between Bellegarde and Annemasse is opened.

These sections were previously numbered B41.

APRR

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  • 1985 : Section between Bourg-Nord and -Bourg-Sud (20 km) completed.
  • 1986 : Opening of section between Bourg-Sud and Sylans (Nantua) (61 km). The French President, François Mitterrand opened the motorway giving it the name L'Autoroute des Titans.
  • 1987 : Opening of the section Mâcon to Bourg-Nord (27 km)
  • 1989 : Opening of the section Sylans to Châtillon-en-Michaille (13 km)
  • 1990 : Opening of the junction between the A6 autoroute and the A40 (3 km)
  • 1995 : Widening of the Chamoise Tunnel and viaduct at Nantua and Neyrolles

The western section between the A6 and A42 was originally given the number F42. The whole road was re-numbered the A40 including a short section where the road merges with the A42.

Characteristics

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The autoroute is made up of two lanes for each traffic direction except between its junctions with the A42 and A39 (21 km) where there are three lanes on each side.

List of exits and juctions

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Region Department Junction Destinations Notes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Saône-et-Loire  A6 - A40 Paris, Dijon, Chalon-sur-Saône
Exit 1 : Mâcon-centre  Mâcon
Ain Exit 2 : Feillens  Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, Pont-de-Vaux, Feillens, Replonges
Exit 3 : Replonges  Pont-de-Veyle, Vonnas, Replonges, Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, Bourg-en-Bresse, Bâgé-Dommartin
 A406 - A40 Moulins, Montceau-les-Mines, Mâcon - sud
 Aire des Planons (Eastbound)
 Aire du musée de la Bresse (Westbound)
Exit 4 : Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon  Vonnas, Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon
Exit 5 : Bourg-en-Bresse - nord  Montrevel-en-Bresse, Viriat, Attignat, Bourg-en-Bresse - centre
 A39 - A40 Metz-nancy, Strasbourg, Lons-le-Saunier, Lille, Dijon, Paris (A5)
Exit 6 : Viriat  Bourg-en-Bresse - centre, Bourg-en-Bresse - est, Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, Val-Revermont, Viriat
 Aire de Bourg Teyssonge (Eastbound)
 Aire de Bourg Jasseron (Westbound)
Exit 7 : Bourg-en-Bresse - sud  Bourg-en-Bresse - centre, Tossiat, Ceyzériat, Péronnas
 Aire de Certines (Eastbound)
 Aire de Tossiat (Westbound)
 A42 - A40 Lyon, Chambéry, Grenoble, Saint Exupéry
 Aire de Neuville-sur-Ain (Westbound)
 Aire de Ceignes-Cerdon (Eastbound)
 Aire de Ceignes-Haut-Bugey (Westbound)
Exit 8 : Saint-Martin-du-Fresne  +
 A404 - A40 		Plateau d'Hauteville, Saint-Martin-du-Fresne
Oyonnax, Nantua
Exit 9 : Sylans  Saint-Germain-de-Joux, Nantua, Lac de Sylans
 Aire du Lac (Eastbound)
 Aire des Neyrolles (Westbound)
 Aire de La Michaille (Eastbound)
 Aire de La Semine (Westbound)
Exit 10 : Bellegarde  Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille
Haute-Savoie Exit 11 : Éloise  Seyssel, Frangy, Éloise, Rumilly, Annecy
 Aire de Valleiry
 Péage de Viry
Exit 13 : Saint-Julien-en-Genevois  Cruseilles, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Annecy
 A41 - A40 Cointrin, Lausanne, Genève - centre, Grenoble, Annecy, Cruseilles
Exit 13.1 : Archamps  Collonges-sous-Salève, Archamps, Technopôle
 Aire du Télégraphe de Salève (Westbound)
 A411 - A40 +
Exit 14 : Annemasse  		Genève - Vallard, Gaillard
Annemasse, Reigner-Ésery
 Péage de Nangy +
 Aire de Nangy - sud (Eastbound)
 Aire de Nangy - nord (Westbound)
Exit 15 : Vallee Verte  Thonon-les-Bains, Évian-les-Bains, Saint-Jeoire, Vallée Verte, Reignier-Esery
 A410 - A40 La Roche-sur-Foron, Annecy, Grenoble (A41), Lyon (A43)
Exit 16 : Bonneville - ouest  Bonneville - centre, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, La Roche-sur-Foron
  Aire de Bonneville
Exit 17 : Bonneville-est  Thyez, Marignier, Bonneville - Z. I
Exit 18 : Scionzier  Morzine-Avoriaz, Les Gets, Samoëns, Cluses - ouest
Exit 19 : Cluses  Flaine, Magland, Les Carroz d'Arâches, Cluses - centre, C.R. des Douanes
 Péage de Cluses
Exit 20 : Sallanches  Albertville, Megève, Sallanches, Hôpital, Magland
 Aire de Passy (Westbound)
Exit 21 : Passy  Passy - centre, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Exit 22 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains  Passy - Chedde, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Albertville
E25 / A 40 becomes E25 / N 205
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi


References

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  1. ^ "RN205: Between the Autoroute Blanche and the Mont Blanc Tunnel". ATMB. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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