A7 autoroute
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| Autoroute du Soleil | |
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| Maintained by ASF | |
| Length: | 302.5 km (188.0 mi) |
| Existed: | 1958 – present |
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| North end: | Lyon (A6) |
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A46 near Lyon A46 near Chasse-sur-Rhône A9 near Orange A54 near Salon-de-Provence A8 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur A55 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur A51 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur A557 in Marseille |
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| South end: | Marseille (Porte d'Aix) |
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| Autoroutes of France | |
The A7 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Soleil (English: the Motorway of the Sun) is a French motorway. It continues the A6 and links Lyon to Marseille. The autoroute du Soleil is 302.5 km (188.0 mi) long and forms part of European routes E15, E80, and E714.
The part of the road in Marseille was built by the Nazi invaders in 1941.
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.
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