A40 autoroute

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A40 autoroute
Autoroute des Titans Autoroute Blanche
Route information
Part of E 25 E 60
Maintained by ATMB
Length	205.9 km (127.9 mi)
Existed	1973–present
Major junctions
West end	E 15 / A 6 at Mâcon
Major intersections	1 D 906 2 D 68 / D 68B / D 933 3 D 1079 / D 1179 E 62 / A 406 4 D 47 / D 1079 5 D 92 / D 975 / D 1479 A 39 6 D 52F / D 1083 7 D 1075 E 611 / A 42 8 A 404 / D 12 / D 31 / D 1084 9 D 1084 10 Bellegarde D 101 11 D 14 / D 908A / D 1508 13 A 41 / D 1201 13.1 D 18 / D 18B / D 318 / D 1206 14  / D 2 / D 906A / D 1206 15 Vallée Verte D 903 E 712 / A 410 16 Bonneville D 19 / D 1203 17 D 19 / D 1205 18 D 304 / D 1205 19 D 1205 20 D 2105 21 D 39 / D 339
East end	N 205 / D 43 / D 902 / D 1205 at Passy
Highway system
Autoroutes of 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[]

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[]

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

ATMB[]

• 1973 : The section between 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[]

• 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[]

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.

Junctions[]

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Exit/Junction	Destination
	Exchange A6-A40 Motorway starts at junction with A 6 to Paris (north), Lyon (south)
1	(Mâcon-centre) 2 km Towns served: Mâcon
2	(Feillens) 5 km Towns served: Pont-de-Vaux
3	(Pont-de-Veyle) 8 km Towns served:
	Exchange A406-A40 Junction with A 406 (under construction) to
Rest Area: L'Étang Quinard (eastbound), Saint-André de Bagé (westbound)
4	(Vonnas) 18 km Towns served: Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon, N 79
5	(Bourg-Nord) 30 km Towns served: Bourg-en-Bresse
	Exchange A39-A40 Junction with A 39 to Dole (north)
6	(Lons-le-Saunier/Étienne-du-Bresse) 39 km Towns served: Bourg-en-Bresse,
Service Area: Aire de Bourg
7	(Bourg-Sud) 50 km Towns served: Bourg-en-Bresse,
Rest Area: Certines (eastbound), Tossiat (westbound)
	Exchange A42-A40 Junction with the A 42 to Lyon (south)
Rest Area: Neuville-sur-Ain (westbound)
Service area: Ceignes-Cerdon (westbound)
Rest Area: Ceignes-Haut-Bugey (westbound)
8	(Nantua St-Martin du Fresne) 81 km Towns served: St Martin du Fresne
	Exchange A404-A40 Junction with the A 404 to Oyonnax
9	(Nantua les Neyrolles) 90 km Towns served: Nantua
Rest area: Le Lac (eastbound), Les Neyrolles de Bagé (eastbound)
Rest Area: La Michaille (westbound), La Semine (westbound)
10	(Bellegarde) 106 km Towns served: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
11	(Frangy Seyssel) 115 km Towns served: Frangy,
Service Area: Aire de Valleiry
Péage de Viry
13	(Saint-Julien) 136 km Towns served: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
13.1	(Parc d'Affaire Internationale) 138 km Towns served: Archamps
Rest Area: Télégraphe de Salève
14	(Annemasse) 152 km Towns served: Geneva (Switzerland) via spur . Annemasse
Péage de Nangy
15	(Boëge/Vallee Verte) 161 km Towns served: to Thonon-les-Bains
	Exchange A410-A40 Junction with the A 410 to Annecy
16	(Bonneville-Ouest) 170 km Towns served: Bonneville
Service Area: Aire de Bonneville
17	(Bonneville-Est) 174 km Towns served: Bonneville
18	(Cluses-Ouest) 183 km Towns served: Cluses
19	(Cluses-Centre) 188 km Towns served: Cluses
Péage de Cluses
20	(Sallanches) 198 km Towns served: Sallanches
Rest Area: Passy (westbound)
21	(Passy Chedde) 206 km Towns served: Megève, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
22	(Passy) 208 km the autoroute ends becoming the N 205 towards Chamonix and Turin (Italy)

References[]

External links[]

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