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A4 autoroute, L'autoroute de l'Est, France
Map of French A4 motorway. 
The A4 Autoroute, also known as autoroute de l'Est (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 the major cities of France's northeast, including Rheims, and terminates 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.
Length: 482 km (300 mi)
Speed limit: France has the following speed limits for limited access roads classified as motorways:
• Under normal conditions - 130 km/h (80 mph)
• In rain or wet road conditions - 110 km/h (70 mph)
• In heavy fog or snowy/icy conditions - 50 km/h (30 mph)
Limited access roads classified as express roads have lower speed limit (90 or 110 km/h, 55 or 70 mph).
In normal conditions, there is a minimum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) in the lane most left (no minimum speed on the others' right lanes, but speed should be adapted for each situation: not too slow).
Junctions
The motorway links to the following additional motorways and major roads:
— 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-Marlebach
— A 340 near Brumath
— A 35 near Reichstett
— East end: Strasbourg
Source
• www.wikipedia.org
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