A47 autoroute

{{Short description|Road in France}} {{Expand French|topic=transp|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |country = FRA |type = A |route = 47 |alternate_name= |maint= DIR Centre-Est |map= |length_km=29.5 |established=1962 |direction_a=North |direction_b=South |terminus_a={{Jct|country=FRA|E|15|A|7|E|15|A|46}} in Ternay |terminus_b={{Jct|country=FRA|N|88}} in Saint-Chamond |junction= }} The '''A47 autoroute''' is a {{convert|29.5|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} highway in central France. Completed in 1983 it connects Givors (Lyon) to Saint-Étienne. It also serves the suburbs south-west of Lyon and east of Saint-Étienne.

==Characteristics== * Toll free motorway * 2x2 lanes * 45 km long

==History== * 1953 and 1962: Opening of the central section between Saint-Chamond and Rive-de-Gier (current Junction 11). * 1970: Opening of an extension to Givors. In Givors, A47 is built on the site of an old road, which makes it run close to neighbouring buildings creating noise pollution. * 1983: Opening of the short section between Givors and the junction with the A7 and A46 autoroutes. As a result, Lyon and St-Etienne are linked totally by motorway from beginning to end. * 1991: Opening of the St-Chamond by-pass. The old A47 through St-Chamond was re-numbered the D288 (expressway). * 1998: For the Football World Cup the section between St-Chamond and St-Etienne was widened to 2x3 lanes but this section is numbered the RN88.

==Future== There are plans to transform sections of the A47 into an urban boulevard if the A45 to Lyon and Saint-Etienne, bypassing Givors, is built.

==Junctions== {| class="plainrowheaders wikitable" |- !scope=col|Region !scope=col|Department !scope=col|Junction !scope=col|Destinations !scope=col|Notes |- |rowspan="21"|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |rowspan="8"|Rhône |rowspan="2"|17px|link=|alt= '''A7 & A46 - A47''' | Lyon - centre & sud, Marseille, Valence, Vienne | |- |Lyon - est, Paris (A6), Strasbourg (A42), Grenoble (A43) | |- | '''{{Motorway exit|8 : Chasse-sur-Rhône}}''' |Chasse-sur-Rhône, Ternay | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|9.1 : Givors - Les Plaines}}''' |Givors - centre, Grigny | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|9.2 : Givors - centre}}''' |Givors |Exit only from Saint-Etienne |- |'''{{Motorway exit|9.3 : Givors Montrond}}''' |Mornant, Givors, ''Centre Commercial'' |Entry and exit from Lyon |- |'''{{Motorway exit|10 : Givors - ouest}}''' |Givors, Saint-Romain-en-Gier | |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center;|{{Motorway service|Aire de Saint-Romain-en-Gier (''Westbound'')}} |- |rowspan="13"|Loire |'''{{Motorway exit|11 La Madelaine}}''' |Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Rive-de-Gier, Brignais, Mornant, Chabanière - La Madeleine | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|12 : Sardon}}''' |Lorette, Genilac, Rive-de-Gier | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|13 : La Grand-Croix}}''' |Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Cellieu, La Grand-Croix, Lorette, ''Parc du Pilat'' | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|14 : Saint-Chamond - centre}}''' |Saint-Chamond, L'Horme |Entry and exit from Lyon |- |rowspan="2"|'''{{Motorway exit|15 : Saint-Chamond - Stélytec}}''' |Saint-Chamond, Cellieu, L'Horme | |- |{{Motorway service|Aire du Pays du Gier}} | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|16 : Saint-Chamond - ouest}}''' |Saint-Chamond - La Varizelle, Sorbiers, ''Parc du Pilat'' | |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center|'''{{Jct|country=FRA|A|47|dab1=}} becomes {{Jct|country=FRA|N|88|dab1=}}''' |- |'''{{Motorway exit|17 : Saint-Chamond - La Varizelle}}''' |Saint-Chamond - Izieux + Zone Commerciale | |- |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center|{{Motorway service|Aire de la Chabure (''Eastbound'')}} |- |'''{{Motorway exit|18 : Saint-Étienne - Terrenoire}}''' |Saint-Étienne |Entry and exit from Saint-Etienne - centre |- |rowspan="2"|17px|link=|alt= '''RN 88 & RN 488 (A72) - A47''' |Saint-Étienne - Autres Quartiers, Le Puy-en-Velay, Firminy | |- |Saint-Étienne - centre, Feurs, Roanne, Thiers, Clermont-Ferrand (A89) | |- {{jctbtm|exit|}}

==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://saratlas.free.fr/index.php?page=autoroute&route=a47&lang=en A47 autoroute] in Saratlas

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