A40 autoroute

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{{Infobox road

|country = FRA

|type = A

|route = 40

|alternate_name=Autoroute des Titans
Autoroute Blanche

|maint=
APRR
ATMB

|map=France A40.svg

|length_km=208

|established=1973

|direction_a=West

|direction_b=East

|terminus_a= {{jct|country=FRA|E|15|E|21|A|6}} at Mâcon

|terminus_b= {{jct|country=FRA|E|25|N|205}} at Passy

|e-road={{Jct|country=FRA|E|21|E|25|E|62}}

|junction={{jct|country=FRA|E|62|A|406}} in Saint-André-de-Bâgé

{{jct|country=FRA|A|39}} in Viriat

{{jct|country=FRA|E|611|A|42}} in Druillat

{{jct|country=FRA|A|404}} in Saint-Martin-du-Frêne

{{jct|country=FRA|E|21|E|62|A|41}} in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois

{{jct|country=FRA|A|411}} in Scientrier

{{jct|country=FRA|A|410}} in Scientrier

}}

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 {{convert|208|km|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.{{cite web|title=RN205: Between the Autoroute Blanche and the Mont Blanc Tunnel |url=http://www.atmb.com/atmb/en/routeblanche/351/the-route-blanche.html |publisher=ATMB |access-date=16 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806210916/http://www.atmb.com/atmb/en/routeblanche/351/the-route-blanche.html |archive-date=6 August 2012 }}

Nomenclature

File:A411 panneaux D47a PMV XAK30 XM9z E36b.jpg

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

Image:autoroute A40 02.jpg viaduct on the "Highway of the Titans" of Autoroute A40]]

=ATMB=

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=

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.

List of exits and junctions

class="plainrowheaders wikitable"
scope=col\|Region !scope=col\|Department !scope=col\|Junction !scope=col\|Destinations !scope=col\|Notes
rowspan="44"\|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes \|rowspan="2"\|Saône-et-Loire \|Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A6 - A40 \|Paris, Dijon, Chalon-sur-Saône \|
{{Motorway exit\|1 : Mâcon-centre}} \| Mâcon \|
rowspan="20"\|Ain \|{{Motorway exit\|2 : Feillens}} \|Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, Pont-de-Vaux, Feillens, Replonges \|
{{Motorway exit\|3 : Replonges}} \|Pont-de-Veyle, Vonnas, Replonges, Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, Bourg-en-Bresse, Bâgé-Dommartin \|
Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A406 - A40 \|Moulins, Montceau-les-Mines, Mâcon - sud \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway rest\|Aire des Planons (Eastbound)}} {{Motorway rest\|Aire du musée de la Bresse (Westbound)}}
{{Motorway exit\|4 : Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon}} \|Vonnas, Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon \|
{{Motorway exit\|5 : Bourg-en-Bresse - nord}} \|Montrevel-en-Bresse, Viriat, Attignat, Bourg-en-Bresse - centre
Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A39 - A40 \|Metz-nancy, Strasbourg, Lons-le-Saunier, Lille, Dijon, Paris (A5) \|
{{Motorway exit\|6 : Viriat}} \|Bourg-en-Bresse - centre, Bourg-en-Bresse - est, Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, Val-Revermont, Viriat \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway service\|Aire de Bourg Teyssonge (Eastbound)}} {{Motorway service\|Aire de Bourg Jasseron (Westbound)}}
{{Motorway exit\|7 : Bourg-en-Bresse - sud}} \| Bourg-en-Bresse - centre, Tossiat, Ceyzériat, Péronnas \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway rest\|Aire de Certines (Eastbound)}} {{Motorway rest\|Aire de Tossiat (Westbound)}}
Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A42 - A40 \|Lyon, Chambéry, Grenoble, Saint Exupéry \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway rest\|Aire de Neuville-sur-Ain (Westbound)}}
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway services\|Aire de Ceignes-Cerdon (Eastbound)}} {{Motorway service\|Aire de Ceignes-Haut-Bugey (Westbound)}}
rowspan="2"\|{{Motorway exit\|8 : Saint-Martin-du-Fresne}} + Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A404 - A40 \|Plateau d'Hauteville, Saint-Martin-du-Fresne \|
Oyonnax, Nantua \|
rowspan="2"\|{{Motorway exit\|9 : Sylans}} \|Saint-Germain-de-Joux, Nantua, Lac de Sylans \|
colspan="2" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway rest\|Aire du Lac (Eastbound)}} {{Motorway rest\|Aire des Neyrolles (Westbound)}}
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway rest\|Aire de La Michaille (Eastbound)}} {{Motorway rest\|Aire de La Semine (Westbound)}}
{{Motorway exit\|10 : Bellegarde}} \|Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille \|
rowspan="22"\|Haute-Savoie \|{{Motorway exit\|11 : Éloise}} \|Seyssel, Frangy, Éloise, Rumilly, Annecy \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway services\|Aire de Valleiry}}
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway toll\|Péage de Viry}}
{{Motorway exit\|13 : Saint-Julien-en-Genevois}} \|Cruseilles, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Annecy
Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A41 - A40 \|Cointrin, Lausanne, Genève - centre, Grenoble, Annecy, Cruseilles \|
{{Motorway exit\|13.1 : Archamps}} \|Collonges-sous-Salève, Archamps, Technopôle \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway rest\|Aire du Télégraphe de Salève (Westbound)}}
rowspan="2"\|Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A411 - A40 + {{Motorway exit\|14 : Annemasse}} \|Genève - Vallard, Gaillard \|
Annemasse, Reigner-Ésery \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway toll\|Péage de Nangy}} + {{Motorway rest\|Aire de Nangy - sud (Eastbound)}} {{Motorway rest\|Aire de Nangy - nord (Westbound)}}
{{Motorway exit\|15 : Vallee Verte}} \|Thonon-les-Bains, Évian-les-Bains, Saint-Jeoire, Vallée Verte, Reignier-Esery \|
Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A410 - A40 \|La Roche-sur-Foron, Annecy, Grenoble (A41), Lyon (A43) \|
{{Motorway exit\|16 : Bonneville - ouest}} \|Bonneville - centre, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, La Roche-sur-Foron \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway services\| Aire de Bonneville}}
{{Motorway exit\|17 : Bonneville-est}} \|Thyez, Marignier, Bonneville - Z. I \|
{{Motorway exit\|18 : Scionzier}} \|Morzine-Avoriaz, Les Gets, Samoëns, Cluses - ouest \|
{{Motorway exit\|19 : Cluses}} \|Flaine, Magland, Les Carroz d'Arâches, Cluses - centre, C.R. des Douanes \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway toll\|Péage de Cluses}}
{{Motorway exit\|20 : Sallanches}} \|Albertville, Megève, Sallanches, Hôpital, Magland \|
colspan="3" style="text-align:center\|{{Motorway rest\|Aire de Passy (Westbound)}}
{{Motorway exit\|21 : Passy}} \|Passy - centre, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
{{Motorway exit\|22 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains}} \|Passy - Chedde, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Albertville
colspan="8" style="text-align:center; \|{{Jct\|country=FRA\|E\|25\|A\|40\|dab1=}} becomes {{Jct\|country=FRA\|E\|25\|N\|205\|dab1=}}
{{jctbtm\|exit

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scope=col|Region

!scope=col|Department

!scope=col|Junction

!scope=col|Destinations

!scope=col|Notes

rowspan="44"|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

|rowspan="2"|Saône-et-Loire

|Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A6 - A40

|Paris, Dijon, Chalon-sur-Saône

{{Motorway exit|1 : Mâcon-centre}}

| Mâcon

rowspan="20"|Ain

|{{Motorway exit|2 : Feillens}}

|Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, Pont-de-Vaux, Feillens, Replonges

{{Motorway exit|3 : Replonges}}

|Pont-de-Veyle, Vonnas, Replonges, Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, Bourg-en-Bresse, Bâgé-Dommartin

Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A406 - A40

|Moulins, Montceau-les-Mines, Mâcon - sud

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway rest|Aire des Planons (Eastbound)}}
{{Motorway rest|Aire du musée de la Bresse (Westbound)}}

{{Motorway exit|4 : Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon}}

|Vonnas, Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon

{{Motorway exit|5 : Bourg-en-Bresse - nord}}

|Montrevel-en-Bresse, Viriat, Attignat, Bourg-en-Bresse - centre

Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A39 - A40

|Metz-nancy, Strasbourg, Lons-le-Saunier, Lille, Dijon, Paris (A5)

{{Motorway exit|6 : Viriat}}

|Bourg-en-Bresse - centre, Bourg-en-Bresse - est, Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, Val-Revermont, Viriat

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway service|Aire de Bourg Teyssonge (Eastbound)}}
{{Motorway service|Aire de Bourg Jasseron (Westbound)}}

{{Motorway exit|7 : Bourg-en-Bresse - sud}}

| Bourg-en-Bresse - centre, Tossiat, Ceyzériat, Péronnas

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway rest|Aire de Certines (Eastbound)}}
{{Motorway rest|Aire de Tossiat (Westbound)}}

Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A42 - A40

|Lyon, Chambéry, Grenoble, Saint Exupéry

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway rest|Aire de Neuville-sur-Ain (Westbound)}}

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway services|Aire de Ceignes-Cerdon (Eastbound)}}
{{Motorway service|Aire de Ceignes-Haut-Bugey (Westbound)}}

rowspan="2"|{{Motorway exit|8 : Saint-Martin-du-Fresne}} +
Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A404 - A40

|Plateau d'Hauteville, Saint-Martin-du-Fresne

Oyonnax, Nantua

rowspan="2"|{{Motorway exit|9 : Sylans}}

|Saint-Germain-de-Joux, Nantua, Lac de Sylans

colspan="2" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway rest|Aire du Lac (Eastbound)}}
{{Motorway rest|Aire des Neyrolles (Westbound)}}

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway rest|Aire de La Michaille (Eastbound)}}
{{Motorway rest|Aire de La Semine (Westbound)}}

{{Motorway exit|10 : Bellegarde}}

|Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille

rowspan="22"|Haute-Savoie

|{{Motorway exit|11 : Éloise}}

|Seyssel, Frangy, Éloise, Rumilly, Annecy

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway services|Aire de Valleiry}}

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway toll|Péage de Viry}}

{{Motorway exit|13 : Saint-Julien-en-Genevois}}

|Cruseilles, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Annecy

Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A41 - A40

|Cointrin, Lausanne, Genève - centre, Grenoble, Annecy, Cruseilles

{{Motorway exit|13.1 : Archamps}}

|Collonges-sous-Salève, Archamps, Technopôle

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway rest|Aire du Télégraphe de Salève (Westbound)}}

rowspan="2"|Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A411 - A40 +
{{Motorway exit|14 : Annemasse}}

|Genève - Vallard, Gaillard

Annemasse, Reigner-Ésery

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway toll|Péage de Nangy}} +
{{Motorway rest|Aire de Nangy - sud (Eastbound)}}
{{Motorway rest|Aire de Nangy - nord (Westbound)}}

{{Motorway exit|15 : Vallee Verte}}

|Thonon-les-Bains, Évian-les-Bains, Saint-Jeoire, Vallée Verte, Reignier-Esery

Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg A410 - A40

|La Roche-sur-Foron, Annecy, Grenoble (A41), Lyon (A43)

{{Motorway exit|16 : Bonneville - ouest}}

|Bonneville - centre, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, La Roche-sur-Foron

colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway services| Aire de Bonneville}}

{{Motorway exit|17 : Bonneville-est}}

|Thyez, Marignier, Bonneville - Z. I

{{Motorway exit|18 : Scionzier}}

|Morzine-Avoriaz, Les Gets, Samoëns, Cluses - ouest

{{Motorway exit|19 : Cluses}}