A43 autoroute
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Autoroute de la Maurienne | |
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Maintained by AREA/SFTRF | |
Length | 208 km (129 mi) |
Existed | 1972–present |
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West end | Boulevard périphérique de Lyon in Lyon |
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Country | France |
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The A43 autoroute, also known as l'autoroute alpine and l'autoroute de la Maurienne, is a motorway in France. Travelling through the French Alps, the road connects the city of Lyon with the Tunnel du Fréjus, near Modane, which passes the Italian border towards Turin. The autoroute opened in phases as it was constructed between 1973 and 1998.
Characteristics
- 2×2 lanes
- 2x3 lanes between the Boulevard Périphérique in Lyon, the A46 and the A48 (34 km)
- 2×4 lanes between the A46 and the A432 (7 km)
- 4+3 lanes between the A432 and the toll barrier at Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (7 km)
- 208 km long
- Service areas
History
- 1973: Opening of the section between Lyon and Bourgoin-Jallieu.
- 1974: Opening of the section between Bourgoin-Jallieu and Chambéry.
- 1990: Widening of the road to 2x3 lanes between Saint-Quentin-Fallavier and the junction with the A48.
- 1991: Opening of the L'Epine Tunnel.
- 1991: Opening of section between Montmélian (A41) and Aiton. The section previously numbered A41 between Chambéry and Montmélian was re-numbered the A43.
- 1996: Opening of section between Aiton and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
- 1998: Opening of section between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne.
- 2000: Opening of section between Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne and Freney, and the incorporation of the N566 approach to the Fréjus Tunnel.
- 2002: Completion of Junction 11.
- 2004: Completion of Junction 20.
List of exits and junctions
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Rhône | ![]() ![]() |
Périphérique Nord : Paris (A6), Lyon - centre, Porte de Montchat + ![]() |
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Périphérique Sud : Marseille, Saint-Étienne, Porte de Parilly | ||||
Lyon - Part-Dieu | ||||
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Bron | |||
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Bron, Parc de Parilly | |||
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Eurexpo, Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Bron - Albert-Camus, Parc de Parilly, Parc de Saint-Exupéry | |||
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Le Parc Technologique, Grenoble, Chambéry, Bron - Aviation | |||
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Paris (A6), Z. I. Mi-Plaine, Eurexpo - Exposants | |||
Marseille, Saint-Étienne, Z. I. Lyon Sud-Est | ||||
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Aéroport de Saint-Exupéry, Pont-de-Chéruy, Crémieu, Strasbourg (A39), Genève, Bourg-en-Bresse (A42), Clermont-Ferrand (A89), Paris (A6) | |||
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Heyrieux, Pont-de-Chéruy, L'Isle-d'Abeau - Chesnes, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, Parc d'activité de Chesnes | ||
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Villefontaine, La Verpillière, Vaulx-Milieu, L'Isle-d'Abeau - Parc Technologique | |||
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L'Isle-d'Abeau - Les Sayes, Morestel, Bourgoin-Jallieu - ouest, Crémieu | |||
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Bourgoin-Jallieu - centre, Nivolas-Vermelle, Ruy-Montceau | |||
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Marseille, Valence (A49), Grenoble | |||
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La Tour-du-Pin - centre | |||
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La Tour-du-Pin | |||
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Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Isère, Les Avenières, Les Abrets | |||
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Bourg-en-Bresse, Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie, Belley, Saint-Genix-les-Villages | ||
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Lac d'Aiguebelette, Novalaise, Aiguebelette-le-Lac | |||
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Genève, Annecy, Aix-les-Bains | |||
Bourg-en-Bresse, Annecy, Aix-les-Bains, Lyon par RD, Le Bourget-du-Lac, Savoie Technolac, Aéroport de Chambéry - Savoie, Chambéry | ||||
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Saint-Baldoph, Challes-les-Eaux, Myans | |||
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Chignin, Les Marches | |||
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Grenoble | |||
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Montmélian | |||
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Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, Massif des Bauges | |||
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Tarentaise, Val d’Arly, Beaufortain, Albertville | |||
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La Rochette, Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny, Chamoux-sur-Gelon | |||
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Aiguebelle, chaîne des Hurtières, Épierre, Col du Grand Cucheron | |||
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La Chambre, vallée des Villards, Col de la Madeleine, Col du Glandon | |||
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Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Hermillon, Vallée de l'Arvan, Col de la Croix de Fer | |||
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Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Hermillon, Vallée de l'Arvan, Col de la Croix de Fer | |||
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Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, Valloire, Valmeinier, Col du Galibier | |||
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Autoroute becomes single lane. | ||||
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Chambéry, Albertville, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne par RD, Modane, Haute Maurienne, Vanoise, Col du Mont-Cenis, Col de l'Iseran | |||
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Valfréjus, Modane | |||
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External links
- A43 autoroute in Saratlas