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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 LyontoMarseille. The autoroute du Soleil is 302.5 km (188.0 mi) long and forms part of European routes E15, E80, and E714.
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| Autoroute du Soleil | |
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| Route information | |
Part of    E15 / E80 / E714 | |
| Maintained by ASF | |
| Length | 302.5 km (188.0 mi) |
| Existed | 1958–present |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  A 6 at Lyon |
| Major intersections |
 A 46 near Chasse-sur-Rhône A 9 near Orange A 54 near Salon-de-Provence A 8 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur A 55 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur A 51 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur A 507 in Marseille A 557 in Marseille |
| South end | Marseille (Porte d'Aix) |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Highway system | |
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The part of the road in Marseille was built by the Nazi invaders in 1941.[1]
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A7-A6 Junction
01 1.8 km: Lyon-centre 02 2.3 km: Lyon-centre 03 4 km: Oullins 04 5.5 km: Pierre-Bénite 05 5.5 km: St.-Fons (vers le Boulevard Périphérique, via le Boulevard Pierre-Sémard) 06 9.1 km: Vénissieux
Aire de Solaize 07 13.5 km: Solaize 07a 14 km: Sérézin-du-Rhône Aire de Sérézin-du-Rhône (southbound) A7-A46-A47 Junction 08 21.5 km: chasse-sur-Rhône (de Marseille) 09 26 km: Vienne, Valence par N7, Grenoble par RN (de Lyon) 10 32 km: Vienne, L'Isle d'Abeau (de Marseille)
Péage de Vienne
Aires de repos : Auberives (northbound) Grande Borne (Southbound)
Aire de SRoussilon (northbound Petrol only) 12 33 km: Chanas Annonay / N82 Aire de St Rambert d'Albon Aires de repos : Blacheronde (northbound) Combe Tourmente (southbound) Aires de repos : Bornaron/La Galaure Aires de repos : Bouterne (southbound) 13 : Tain l'Hermittage Romans Aire de Pont de l'Isere/Latitude 45' 14: Valence nord 15: Gap Valence vers A49 / N532 Aire de Portes les Valence Aires de repos : Bellevue/Livron 16: Loriol-sur-Drôme Crest Privas Aire de Bras de Zil (AR)/Saulce 17: Montélimar Le Teil Dieulefit Aire de Montélimar Aires de repos : Coucourde/Le logis neuf Aires de repos : Savasse/Roubion 18: Montélimar Aubenas Le Puy-en-Velay Aires de repos : Donzere (southbound) Pierrelate (northbound) Aires de repos : Tricastin (southbound) 19: Bollène Alès Aire de Mornas les Adrets (southbound) Mornas village (northbound) A7-A9 Junction 21 167 km: Orange Aires de repos : Orange le Gres/Orange le Coudoulet Aires de repos : Le Fournalet (northbound) 22 172 km: Orange sud Carpentras Aire de Sorgues (southbound) 23 188 km: Avignon nord Carpentras Aire de Morieres (northbound) 24 198 km: Avignon sud, Apt Aires de repos : Noves (southbound) Cabannes (northbound) Aires de repos : Cavaillon 25 211 km: Cavaillon Arles BeaucaireetTarascon Aires de repos : Sénas 26 221 km: Sénas Aires de repos : Lamanon (southbound) 27 229 km: Rognac, Avignon et Lyon par RN A7-A54 Junction Péage de Lançon Provence Aires de repos : A7-A8 Junction 29 254 km: Rognac Berre Aire de Vitrolles 30 : Vitrolles 29: Aéroport Marignane 30: Les Pennes-Mirabeau (de Marseille) A7-A55 Junction 31: Les Pennes-Mirabeau (de Lyon) A7-A51 Junction 32: St Antoine (N8) 33: Les Aygalades 34: Les Arnavaux A7-A507 Junction 35: La Rose, Aubagne, Toulon par RN 36: A557 liaison vers A55, Bd.-Plombière (depuis Lyon) 37: Saint CharlesThis 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.
The section of the motorway going through Lyon between La Mulatière and Perrache train station are in the process of being declassified, with the intent of turning this section into an urban boulevard. To compensate, a new motorway, the A44 will be built bypassing Lyon and connecting to the A7.[2]
