The A404 autoroute is a

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. The road connects A40 with

Oyonnax Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du H ...

and was completed in November 1997.

Route

*''Exchange A40-A404/Hauteville'' Junction with the A40 (

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

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). *09 (''Montreal-Le-Cluse/Nantua'') 6 km Towns served:

Nantua Nantua (; Arpitan: ''Nantuat'') is a commune in and subprefecture of the Ain département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 3,454. The commune of Nantua comprises the glacial Lac de Nantu ...

, Montreal-Le-Cluse, Izernore ** Péage de Groissiat *10 (''Bellignat'') 12 km: Towns served: Bellignat,

Groissiat Groissiat () is a commune in the Ain department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a ge ...

*11 (''Oyonnax-Ouest'') 16 km: Towns served:

*12 (''Parc Technologique Nord'') 17 km: Towns served:

, Arbent * (''St Claude'') End of motorway (provisional) at a roundabout (19 km) at Arbent and RD31.

Future

The motorway A404 will be in the long term be extended to Saint-Claude and connected to the Swiss motorway network.

References

External links

A404 Motorway in Saratlas
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