A4 autoroute

The A4 Autoroute, also known as autoroute de l'Est (English: Motorway of the East), is a French autoroute that travels 482 km (300 mi) between the cities of Paris and Strasbourg. It forms parts of European routes E25 and E50. It is France's second longest after the A10 autoroute.

This article is about the French motorway. For other uses, see List of A4 roads.

A4 autoroute
Autoroute de l'Est
Route information
Part of E 25 / E 50
Length482 km (300 mi)
Existed1974–present
Major junctions
West endParis (Porte de Bercy)
 
  • A 86 near Joinville-le-Pont
  • A 86 near Nogent-sur-Marne
  • A 104 near Collégien
  • A 140 near Meaux
  • A 26 near Rheims
  • A 34 near Rheims
  • A 26 near La Veuve
  • A 31 near Metz
  • A 315 near Metz
  • A 314 near Metz
  • A 320 near Freyming-Merlebach
  • A 340 near Brumath
  • A 35 near Reichstett
East endStrasbourg
Highway system
Autoroutes of France
The A4 near Auve in the Marne department.

Its construction began in the 1970s near Paris. The first section between Paris's Porte de Bercy and Joinville-le-Pont opened in 1974 with a single carriageway. A second carriageway was added in 1975, and the following sections between Joinville and Metz were opened in 1975 and 1976. Former autoroutes A32 and A34 were integrated into the A4 in 1982.

From Paris, the autoroute passes the new town of Marne-la-Vallée and Disneyland Paris. It continues on to some of the major cities of France's northeast, including Rheims and Metz, before terminating in Strasbourg. Local roads provide a connection to southern Germany.

Its westernmost part between the Périphérique and the A86 ring road in Paris is reputed to be one of the busiest sections of road in Europe, with 257,000 vehicles a day recorded in 2002.[1]

History
Segment Terminus Segment Terminus Construction Year Notes
Porte de Bercy Saint-Maurice 1974 (first carriageway)
Porte de Bercy Saint-Maurice 1974 (second carriageway)
Saint-Maurice Joinville-le-Pont 1974 (first carriageway)
Saint-Maurice Joinville-le-Pont 1975 (second carriageway)
Joinville Coutevroult 1976
Coutevroult Bouleurs 1975
Bouleurs Château-Thierry 1976
Château-Thierry Tinqueux 1975
Tinqueux Les Islettes 1976
Les Islettes A 31 1975
A 31 Metz (east) 1976
Metz (east) Merlebach 1971 formerly A 32
Merlebach Mundolsheim 1976
Mundolsheim Strasbourg 1972
Ormes Taissy 2010 Contournement sud de Reims / replaces old road

List of Exits and Junctions
Exit/Junction Destination
Boulevard Périphérique
2 (westbound only) Charenton
3 Maisons Alfort, St Maurice
4 A 86, Joinville-le-Pont Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon
5 A 86, Nogent-sur-Marne A1, Lille, Bobigny
6 (Eastbound only) Champingy-sur-Marne
8 Marne-la-Vallée Porte de Paris
9 (Westbound only) Noisy le Grand - Centre
10 Marne-la-Vallée Cite D'escartes
N 104

Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes

10.1 Marne-la-Vallée Val Maubué,
A 104 Lille, Charles de Gaulle
12 Marne-la-Vallée Val de Bussy
12.1 (Eastbound only) Marne-la-Vallée Val d'Europe
13 Marne-la-Vallée Val de Lagny Provins
14 Marne-la-Vallée Val d'Europe Parcs DISNEY
15 (Westbound only) Coutevroult
16 Crécy-la-Chapelle
A 140 Meaux
18 St. Jean-les-Deus-Jumeaux
19 Montreuil-aux-Lions
20 Château-Thierry
21 Dormans
22 A 344

Reims Centre -Tinqueux

A 26 (North) Calais, Brussels, Lille
23 Epernay, Reims Sud
A 34 Charleroi, Reims Est
A 26 (South) Troyes Lyon
27 La Veuve
28 St. Etienne-au-Temple
29 Sainte-Menehould
29.1 Clermont-en-Argonne
30 Voie Sacrée
31 Verdun
32 Fresnes-en-Woëvre
33 Jarny
34a (Eastbound only) Batilly
34/34b Ste. Marie
35 Marange-Silvange
36 Sémécourt
A 31, Croix de Hauconcourt
37 Argancy
A 315, Bifurcation de Mey
A 314, Bifurcation de Lauvallières
38 Boulay
39 Saint-Avold
40 A 320, Freyming-Merlebach
41 Farébersviller
41.1 (Eastbound only) Puttelange
42 Sarreguemines
43 Sarre-Union
44 Phalsbourg ( N 4)
45 Saverne
46 Hochfelden
47 A 340, Brumath-nord
48 Brumath-sud
A 35
49 Reichstett
49.1 Hoenheim
50 Bischheim
51 Strasbourg-centre

List of Tolls
Péages (Tolls)
 de Coutevroult
 de Montreuil-aux-Lions
 de Dormans
 de Taissy
 de Beaumont
 de Saint-Avold
 de Loupershouse
 de Schwindratzheim

European Routes
European Route Location
E 50  Boulévard Périphérique through   A 320
E 25   A 31 through  51 
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References
  1. SENAT

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