Drivers will again need a lot of patience over the coming long weekend. The ÖAMTC expects a lot of travel on the transit routes of Austria. Many travelers continue to travel south, while those who return home head north. The long weekend of Ascension Day on Monday also favors day trips and short breaks in good weather.
There may also be delays on the return journey. According to the ÖAMTC experts, the volume of travel is divided between Sunday and Monday.
North-South connections as a bottleneck
Last Saturday, travelers had to deal with long traffic jams, especially on the axis of the Munich – Salzburg – Villach – Karawanken tunnel and the Pyhrnautobahn (A9) in the Übelbach-Deutschfeistritz construction site area. The north-south connection is also the main congestion point this weekend.
The affected roads are mainly the western motorway (A1) in the Walserberg area, the eastern motorway (A4) at the Göttlesbrunn-Bruck/Leitha construction site and at the Nickelsdorf border crossing, the Innkreis motorway (A8) in the Ort im Innkreis area and for the border at Suben, the Pyhrnautobahn (A9) in Upper Austria in the St. Pankraz area and in Styria, especially for the Übelbach-Deutschfeistritz construction site and in the Spielfeld area the Tauernautobahn (A10) in almost the entire Salzburg section and in Carinthia for the Katschbergtunnel and the Oswaldibergtunnel near Villach, the Karawankenautobahn (A11) for the Karawankentunnel, the Inntalautobahn (A12) in the Innsbruck and Kufstein region, the Brennerautobahn (A13) between Innsbruck and Schönberg and before the Brennerpass and the Fernpass -route (B179/B189) between the Inntal and Füssen and the Zillertal-Straße (B169) between Fügen and Strass.
“Plan considerably more travel time”
On the (A8) between Munich and the Reichenhall border crossing and on the (A93) between Rosenheim and Kiefersfelden, traffic jams can be expected in the Großes Deutsches Eck area. Congestion is also likely to occur on the Brenner motorway (A22) in South Tyrol and on the A23 near Tarvisio in Italy.
Monday is also a public holiday in Italy, and plenty of Italians are on holiday for “Ferragosto”. “Every year, this day leads to huge traffic congestion on Italian highways. All road users have to plan significantly more travel time,” says ÖAMTC expert Harald Lasser.
Traffic jam expected towards Croatia
The patience of car travelers will be tested in both directions, especially in the Slovenia-Croatia border area. On the Maribor – Zagreb route at the border crossing Gruskovje/Macelj or at the border crossings between Istria and Slovenia, there are likely to be long waiting times.
Source: Krone
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