Iron road

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	State road B115 in Austria
	Iron road
	Basic data
Start of the street:	Steyr
End of street:	Traboch ; ( 47 ° 22 ′ N , 15 ° 0 ′ E )
Overall length:	123.5 km
State :	Upper Austria; Styria;
	Upper Austria
	Steyr
	Steyr-Land district
	Styria
	Liezen district
	Leoben district

The Iron Road B 115 is a main road in Austria . It is part of the Austrian iron road and has a length of 123.5 km. The starting point is the Eisen Straße in the Traunviertel in the town of Steyr an der Enns . This she follows - accompanied by the Rudolfsbahn - to Hieflau . From here it leads along the Erzbergbahn to the town of Eisenerz , the center of the Austrian iron industry, and over the Präbichl to Trofaiach , before it ends in Traboch in the Liesing valley .

In Trofaiach, Donawitzer Strasse B 115a branches off in the direction of Leoben , which leads past the Leoben-Donawitz rail rolling mill and joins Leobener Strasse B 116 in Leoben-Waasen .

The scenic road leads through the Austrian Alps . First along the Upper Austrian Enns in the Upper Austrian Pre-Alps , later the Ybbstal Alps are affected. In Styria, the road leads along the lower end of the Gesäuses in the Ennstal Alps between the Eisenerzer Alps and the Hochschwab .

The name of Eisen Straße vom Erzberg above the town of Eisenerz , where iron ore has been mined for around 1000 years . The entire tourist region of Eisenwurzen , the Gesäuses and the Eisenerzer area, in the three federal states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Styria, is bundled under the name Eisenstraße in a triangle between Wels ( West Autobahn A 1), Mariazell and Leoben ( Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 ), for which this federal highway and its branches represent the main connection.

history

In the 19th century, Eisen Straße was primarily used to transport iron from the mining area around Eisenerz to the iron processing companies in the greater Steyr area. This is why this street was maintained by the ironworks and called Eisenwerkstraße .

The steep gradients of the route at that time hindered the tourist use of this road. The House of Representatives also called for the expansion of this road in a resolution:

"The Imperial and Royal Government is called upon to conduct the Alpine Montangesellschaft to the strict fulfillment of the obligation incumbent on it with regard to the maintenance of the Eisenerz-Steyr iron road with the utmost determination and possibly to strive for the incorporation of this road as a Reichsstraße in return for appropriate compensation from the Montangesgesellschaft."

- Deputy Dr. Ebenhoch on 19 December 1895 in the 447th session of the XI. Session of the House of Representatives .

The Eisen Straße between Leoben and Steyr is one of the roads that were adopted as federal roads by the federal law of July 8, 1921.

After the annexation of Austria it was part of Reichsstraße 95, which ran from Leipzig to Marburg an der Drau until 1945 .

Since January 1, 1973, the southern section between Trofaiach and Traboch has also been part of the network of federal roads in Austria . The former route of Eisen Straße has since been referred to as Donawitzer Straße .

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^ Federal law of July 8, 1921, regarding federal highways. Federal Law Gazette No. 387/1921.
^ Announcement by the Federal Minister for Buildings and Technology of May 13, 1974 in accordance with Section 33 (4) of the Federal Roads Act 1971 with regard to the State of Styria, Federal Law Gazette No. 310/1974.

B115	Like the other former federal highways, Eisen Straße was part of the federal administration. Since April 1, 2002, it has been under state administration and continues to have the B in the number, but not the name Bundesstraße.

[1] Federal law of July 8, 1921, regarding federal highways. Federal Law Gazette No. 387/1921.

[2] Announcement by the Federal Minister for Buildings and Technology of May 13, 1974 in accordance with Section 33 (4) of the Federal Roads Act 1971 with regard to the State of Styria, Federal Law Gazette No. 310/1974.