A7 autoroute

This article is about the French motorway A7. For other uses, see A7 motorways.
A7 autoroute shield
A7 autoroute
Autoroute du Soleil
Route information
Part of E15 / E80 / E712 / E714
Maintained by
DIR Centre-Est
ASF
DIR Méditerranée
Length306 km (190 mi)
Existed1951–present
Major junctions
North endM 7 at Oullins-Pierre-Bénite (Lyon)
Major intersections
South endMarseille
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in France

The A7 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Soleil (English: the Motorway of the Sun) is a French motorway. It continues the M7 and links Lyon to Marseille. The autoroute du Soleil is 306 km (190 mi) long and forms part of European routes E15, E80, E712, and E714.

History

The part of the road in Marseille was built by the Nazi invaders in 1941.[1]

The section of the motorway going through Lyon between La Mulatière and Perrache train station has been declassified in 2020, which were downgraded to a fast lane in 2017, have been transformed into an urban boulevard under the name M7 (route métropolitaine 7).[2]

A7 Autoroute near Lyon
A7 Autoroute near Orange

List of exits and junctions

M7

Region Department Junctions Destinations Notes
M 7 becomes M 6 (A6)
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône   M6 - M7

Paris (A6), Clermont-Ferrand (A89)

Exit 1.1 : La Part-Dieu  Lyon, alt Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc
Exit 1.2 : Lyon- centre  Lyon - Presqu'Île
Exit 1.3 : Gerland  Lyon - La Confluence, alt alt Perrache, alt Musée des Confluences
Exit 2 : La Mulatière  La Mulatière, Oullins - centre
Exit  3 : alt Oullins - La Saulaie  Oullins Exit from Lyon and entry to Marseille
Exit 4 : Pierre-Bénite - nord  Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, alt Oullins - La Saulaie, alt Z. I. Les Lônes
M 7 overlaps and becomes
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

A7

Region Department Junctions Destinations Notes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône
 A450 - M7 & A7 Oullins-Pierre-Bénite, Brignais, alt Hôpitaux sud
Exit 5 : Saint-Fons  Saint-Fons Boulevard Périphérique
Exit 6 : Feyzin  Vénissieux, Saint-Priest, Feyzin, alt Z. I. - Lyon - Sud Est, alt Belle Étoile
 Aire de Solaize (Northbound)
Exit 7 : Solaize  Solaize, Vernaison, Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, alt Pôle de Recherche
 Aire de Sérézin-du-Rhône (Southbound)
 A46 & A47- A7 Paris (A6), Strasbourg (A42), Grenoble (A43), Genève
Saint-Étienne, Givors, Chasse-sur-Rhône, Clermont-Ferrand (A72)
becomes E15 /
Isère Exit 8 : Chasse - sud  Chasse-sur-Rhône
Exit 9 : Vienne - nord  Vienne, Valence, Grenoble
Exit 10 : Condrieu  Ampuis, Condrieu
Exit 11 : Vienne - sud  Vienne, L'Isle-d'Abeau
 Péage de Vienne-Reventin +
 Aire de Vienne-Reventin
 Aire d'Auberives (Southbound)
 Aire de La Grande Borne (Northbound)
 Aire de Roussillon (Southbound)
Exit 11.1 : Auberives  Auberives-sur-Varèze
Exit 12 : Chanas  Chanas, Annonay, Péage-de-Roussillon, Salaise-sur-Sanne
Drôme  Aire de Saint-Rambert-d'Albon
 Aire du Bornaron (Southbound)
 Aire de La Galaure (Northbound)
 Aire de La Bouterne (Northbound)
Exit 13 : Tain-l'Hermitage  Tain-l'Hermitage, Tournon-sur-Rhône, Romans-sur-Isère, Saint-Donat
 Aire du Pont de l'Isère (Southbound)
 Aire de Latitude 45 (Northbound)
Exit 14 : Valence - nord  Valence - centre, Bourg-lès-Valence
Exit 15 : Valence - sud  Valence, Grenoble (A49 by RN 532), Romans-sur-Isère, Gap, Crest, Portes-lès-Valence
 Aire de Portes Les Valence
 Aire de Bellevue (Southbound)
 Aire de Livron (Northbound)
Exit 16 : Loriol  Loriol-sur-Drôme, Crest, Privas, La Voulte, Livron, Mémorial des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Loriol
 Aire de Bras de Zil (Southbound)
 Aire de Saulce (Northbound)
Exit 17 : Montélimar - nord  Montélimar, Le Teil, Dieulefit, Saulce-sur-Rhône
 Aire de la Coucourde (Southbound)
 Aire du Logis Neuf (Northbound)
 Aire de Savasse (Southbound)
 Aire du Roubion (Northbound)
 Aire de Montélimar
Exit 18 : Montélimar - sud  Montélimar, Le Puy-en-Velay, Aubenas, Valréas, Nyons, Pierrelatte
 Aire de Pierrelatte (Southbound)
 Aire de Donzère (Northbound)
 Aire de Tricastin (Northbound)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Vaucluse Exit 19 : Bollène  Bollène, Alès, Pont-Saint-Esprit, Vaison-la-Romaine
 Aire de Mornas-Village (Southbound)
 Aire de Mornas-les-Adrets (Northbound)
Exit 20 : Orange - nord  Piolenc, Mondragon, Pont-Saint-Esprit
 A9 - A7 Nîmes, Montpellier, Perpignan, Barcelone, Toulouse (A61) Entry and exit from Lyon
E15 / becomes E714 /
Exit 21 : Orange - centre  Orange, Caderousse, Valréas, Nyons, Nîmes (A9)
 Aire de Orange-Le Grès (Southbound)
 Aire de Orange-Le Coudoulet (Northbound)
Exit 22 : Orange - sud  Orange, Carpentras, Sarrians, Courthezon, Vaison-la-Romaine
 Aire du Fournalet (Southbound)
 Aire de Sorgues (Northbound)
Exit 23 : Avignon - nord  Avignon, Le Pontet, Sorgues, Vedène, Carpentras
 Aire de Morières (Southbound)
Exit 24 : Avignon - sud  Avignon, Apt, alt Aéroport d'Avignon–Provence, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Châteaurenard
Bouches-du-Rhône  Aire de Cabannes (Southbound)
 Aire de Noves (Northbound)
 Aire de Cavaillon
Exit 25 : Cavaillon  Cavaillon, Arles, Beaucaire, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tarascon, Apt, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
 Aire de Sénas
Exit 26 : Sénas  Sénas, Lambesc, Aix-en-Provence
Exit 27 : Salon-de-Provence - nord  Salon-de-Provence
 Aire de Lamanon (Northbound)
 A54 - A7 Salon-de-Provence - centre, Arles, Nîmes, Barcelone (A9), Fos - Martigues
E714 / becomes E80 / E714 /
 Péage de Lançon de Provence
 Aire de Lançon de Provence
 A8 - A7 Aix-en-Provence, Toulon (A52), Nice
E80 / E714 / becomes again E714 /
Exit 28 : Rognac - Berre  Rognac, La Fare-les-Oliviers, Berre-l'Étang, Salon-de-Provence
Exit  29 : Vitrolles - Roucas  Vitrolles - centre
 Aire de Vitrolles (Northbound)
Exit 30/30a/30b : Marignane  Marignane - Ville, Aix-en-Provence, alt Marseille-Provence (Marignane), Saint-Victoret, Vitrolles - sud, Les Pennes-Mirabeau
 A55 - A7 Arles, Fos - Martigues, Nîmes, Marseille - Vieux-Port, L'Estaque, alt alt Port de Marseille
Exit 31 : Les Pennes-Mirabeau  Les Pennes-Mirabeau, alt Plan de Campagne
 A51 - A7 Aix-en-Provence, Nice (A8), Gap, Gardanne, Septèmes-les-Vallons, alt Plan de Campagne
E714 / becomes E712 / E714 /
Exit 32 : Saint-Antoine  Marseille, Septèmes-les-Vallons, alt Hôpital Nord
Exit 33 : Les Aygalades  Marseille Entry and exit from Lyon
Exit 34 : Arnavaux  Marseille - Sainte-Marthe, La Rose (A507)
 A507 - A7 Marseille - La Rose, Saint-Loup, Aubagne, Toulon (A50) Entry and exit from Lyon
Exit 35 : Le Canet  Marseille - Saint-Barthélemy, alt alt Port de Marseille Entry and exit from Lyon
 A557 - A7 Marseille - La Joliette, Vieux-Port (A55)
Exit 36 : Plombières  Marseille - Menpenti, Cinq Avenues, Belle de Mai, Saint-Mauront Entry and exit from Lyon
E712 / E714 / ends at Marseille - Saint-Charles
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Traffic

This autoroute is fairly heavy throughout the year. Much of the transit of heavy goods between northern France and the Benelux countries and Germany and the Mediterranean passes through the Rhône valley, and thus along the A7. Traffic is also generated by local transit around the larger cities of the region (Lyon, Vienne, Valence, Orange, Avignon). During holiday periods, traffic is particularly congested, southbound at the beginning of holidays, northbound at the end. The last week-end of July and the first week-end of August are particularly crowded in both directions; jams can occasionally stretch for hundreds of kilometers.

Future

The section of the motorway going through Lyon between La Mulatière and Perrache train station are in the process of being declassified, with the intent of turning this section into an urban boulevard. To compensate, a new motorway, the A44 will be built bypassing Lyon and connecting to the A7.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bastide de la Guillermy". Tourisme Marseille. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Feu vert pour le déclassement des autoroutes A6-A7". Le Progrès. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Feu vert pour le déclassement des autoroutes A6-A7". Le Progrès. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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