# A47 autoroute > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A47_autoroute > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A47_autoroute.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A47_autoroute > Source revision: 1307637964 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Ternay%2C_Rh%C3%B4ne) |terminus_b={{Jct|country=FRA|N|88}} in [Saint-Chamond](/source/Saint-Chamond%2C_Loire) |junction= }} The '''A47 autoroute''' is a {{convert|29.5|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} highway in central [France](/source/France). Completed in 1983 it connects [Givors](/source/Givors) (Lyon) to [Saint-Étienne](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne). It also serves the suburbs south-west of [Lyon](/source/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](/source/Saint-Chamond%2C_Loire) and [Rive-de-Gier](/source/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](/source/noise_pollution). * 1983: Opening of the short section between [Givors](/source/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](/source/A45_autoroute) 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](/source/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes) |rowspan="8"|[Rhône](/source/Rh%C3%B4ne_(department)) |rowspan="2"|17px|link=|alt= '''[A7](/source/A7_autoroute) & [A46](/source/A46_autoroute) - A47''' | [Lyon](/source/Lyon) - centre & sud, [Marseille](/source/Marseille), [Valence](/source/Valence%2C_Dr%C3%B4me), [Vienne](/source/Vienne%2C_Is%C3%A8re) | |- |Lyon - est, [Paris](/source/Paris) ([A6](/source/A6_autoroute)), [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg) ([A42](/source/A42_autoroute)), [Grenoble](/source/Grenoble) ([A43](/source/A43_autoroute)) | |- | '''{{Motorway exit|8 : Chasse-sur-Rhône}}''' |[Chasse-sur-Rhône](/source/Chasse-sur-Rh%C3%B4ne), [Ternay](/source/Ternay%2C_Rh%C3%B4ne) | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|9.1 : Givors - Les Plaines}}''' |[Givors](/source/Givors) - centre, [Grigny](/source/Grigny%2C_Rh%C3%B4ne) | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|9.2 : Givors - centre}}''' |Givors |Exit only from Saint-Etienne |- |'''{{Motorway exit|9.3 : Givors Montrond}}''' |[Mornant](/source/Mornant), Givors, ''Centre Commercial'' |Entry and exit from Lyon |- |'''{{Motorway exit|10 : Givors - ouest}}''' |Givors, [Saint-Romain-en-Gier](/source/Saint-Romain-en-Gier) | |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:center;|{{Motorway service|Aire de Saint-Romain-en-Gier (''Westbound'')}} |- |rowspan="13"|[Loire](/source/Loire_(department)) |'''{{Motorway exit|11 La Madelaine}}''' |[Saint-Martin-la-Plaine](/source/Saint-Martin-la-Plaine), [Rive-de-Gier](/source/Rive-de-Gier), [Brignais](/source/Brignais), [Mornant](/source/Mornant), [Chabanière](/source/Chabani%C3%A8re) - La Madeleine | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|12 : Sardon}}''' |[Lorette](/source/Lorette%2C_Loire), [Genilac](/source/Genilac), Rive-de-Gier | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|13 : La Grand-Croix}}''' |[Saint-Paul-en-Jarez](/source/Saint-Paul-en-Jarez), [Cellieu](/source/Cellieu), [La Grand-Croix](/source/La_Grand-Croix), Lorette, ''[Parc du Pilat](/source/Pilat_Regional_Natural_Park)'' | |- |'''{{Motorway exit|14 : Saint-Chamond - centre}}''' |[Saint-Chamond](/source/Saint-Chamond%2C_Loire), [L'Horme](/source/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](/source/Sorbiers%2C_Loire), ''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](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne) |Entry and exit from Saint-Etienne - centre |- |rowspan="2"|17px|link=|alt= '''RN 88 & RN 488 ([A72](/source/A72_autoroute)) - A47''' |Saint-Étienne - Autres Quartiers, [Le Puy-en-Velay](/source/Le_Puy-en-Velay), [Firminy](/source/Firminy) | |- |Saint-Étienne - centre, [Feurs](/source/Feurs), [Roanne](/source/Roanne), [Thiers](/source/Thiers%2C_Puy-de-D%C3%B4me), [Clermont-Ferrand](/source/Clermont-Ferrand) ([A89](/source/A89_autoroute)) | |- {{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](/source/Saratlas) {{Autoroutes}} {{Authority control}} A47 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [A47 autoroute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A47_autoroute) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A47_autoroute?action=history)). 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