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 Highway") through the snow laden Alps between Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and Annemasse on the Swiss border.

The Nantua viaduct on the "Highway of the Titans" of Autoroute A40

Characteristics

• 2 2 lanes
• 2 3 lanes between its junctions with the A42 and A39 (21 km)

History

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-Le Fayet 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, Fran ois Mitterrand opened the motorway giving it the name L'Autoroute des Titans.
• 1987 : Opening of the section M con to Bourg-Nord (27 km)
• 1989 : Opening of the section Sylans to Ch tillon-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.

Junctions

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  Exchange A6-A40) Motorway starts at junction with A6 to Paris (north), Lyon (south)
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  01 (M con-centre) km 2 Towns served: M con
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  02 (Feillens) km 5 Towns served: Pont-de-Vaux
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  03 (Pont-de-Veyle)km 8 Towns served:
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  Exchange A406-A40 Junction with A406 (under construction) to
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    Rest Area: L' tang Quinard (eastbound), Saint-Andr de Bag (westbound)
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  04 (Vonnas) km 18 Towns served: Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon, RN79
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  05 (Bourg-Nord) km 30 Towns served: Bourg-en-Bresse
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  Exchange A39-A40 Junction with A39 to Dole (north)
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  06 (Lons-le-Saunier/ tienne-du-Bresse) km 39 Towns served: RN83, Bourg-en-Bresse
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    Service Area: Aire de Bourg
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  07 (Bourg-Sud) km 50 Towns served: RN75, Bourg-en-Bresse
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    Rest Area: Certines (eastbound), Tossiat (westbound)
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  Exchange A42-A40 Junction with the A42 to Lyon (south)
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    Rest Area: Neuville-sur-Ain (westbound)
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    Service area: Ceignes-Cerdon (westbound)
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    Rest Area: Ceignes-Haut-Bugey (westbound)
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  08 (Nantua St-Martin du Fresne) km 81 Towns served: St Martin du Fresne
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  Exchange A404-A40 Junction with the A404 to Oyonnax
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  09 (Nantua les Neyrolles) km 90 Towns served: Nantua
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    Rest area: Le Lac (westbound), Les Neyrolles de Bag (eastbound)
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    Rest Area: La Michaille (eastbound), La Semine (westbound)
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  10 (Bellegarde) km 106 Towns served: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
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  11 (Frangy Seyssel) km 115 Towns served:RN508, Frangy
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    Service Area: Aire de Valleiry
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  P age de Viry
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  13 (Saint-Julien) km 136 Towns served: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
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  Exchange A41-A40-A401 Junction with the A41 (proposed) and A401 spur to Geneva (Switzerland)
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  13.1 (Parc d'Affaire Internationale) km 138 Towns served: Archamps
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    Rest Area: T l graphe de Sal ve
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  14 (Annemasse) km 152 Towns served: Geneva (Switzerland) via spur A411. Annemasse
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  P age de Nangy
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  15 (Bo ge/Vallee Verte) km 161 Towns served: RN503 to Thonon-les-Bains
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  Exchange A410-A40 Junction with the A410 to Annecy.
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  16 (Bonneville-Ouest) km 170 Towns served: Bonneville
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    Service Area: Aire de Bonneville
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  17 (Bonneville-Est) km 174 Towns served: Bonneville
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  18 (Cluses-Ouest) km 183 Towns served: Cluses
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  19 (Cluses-Centre) km 188 Towns served: Cluses
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  P age de Cluses
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  20 (Sallanches) km 198 Towns served: Sallanches
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    Rest Area: Passy (westbound)
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  21 (Passy Saint-Gervais) km 206 Towns served: Meg ve, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
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  22 (Saint-Gervais) km 208 the autoroute ends becoming the RN205 towards Chamonix and Turin (Italy)

External links

• A40 autoroute in Saratlas

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