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.

A4 autoroute shield
A4 autoroute
Autoroute de l'Est
Route information
Part of E25 / E50
Length482 km (300 mi)
Existed1974–present
Major junctions
West endParis (Porte de Bercy)
Major intersections
East endStrasbourg
Location
CountryFrance
Highway system
  • Roads in 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

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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

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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 and   A 355
  49 Reichstett
  49.1 Hoenheim
  50 Bischheim
  51 Strasbourg-centre

List of Tolls

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

European Routes

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European Route Location
  E50   Boulévard Périphérique through     A 320
  E25     A 31 through   51 

References

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  1. ^ "SENAT". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
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