A4 autoroute

A4 autoroute
A4 autoroute
Autoroute de l'Est
Route information
	Part of E25 / E50
Length	482 km (300 mi)
Existed	1974–present
Major junctions
West end	Paris (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 & A 355 near Vendenheim;
East end	Strasbourg
Location
Country	France
Highway system
	Roads in France; Autoroutes; Routes nationales;

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.

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