Pyhrn Autobahn

A9 motorway in Austria
Pyhrn Autobahn
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Basic data
Operator:	ASFINAG
Overall length:	230.020 km
State :	Upper Austria Styria
South portal of the eastern tube of the Bosruck tunnel in Styria
Course of the road Province of Upper Austria (0.000)  Pre-Alpine Cross node     (2.7)  Bridge of the Almtalbahn (5.5)  Ried im Traunkreis (5) (7,115)  Wartberg 1 tunnel (527 m) (10,335)  Wartberg 2 tunnel (211 m) (10,775)  Wartberg 3 tunnel (255 m) (15.9)  Inzersdorf - Kirchdorf (16) (16.4)  Krems (210 m) (16,902)  Trettertunnel (299 m) (17.5)  Krems (161 m) (20,396)  Underground route Ottsdorf (1,944 m) (23,372 / 23,555)  Kremsursprungtal (880 m / 925 m) (24,505)  Hinterburgtunnel (221 m) (25.2)  Pyhrnbahn (25,662 / 25,664)  Kienberg tunnel (1,462 m / 1,454 m) Hungerbichl valley crossing (140 m) (27,421 / 27,415)  Hungerbichl Tunnel (527 m / 524 m) (28.3)  Klaus (28) Klaus tunnel chain (28.5)  Steyr valley crossing (278 m) (28,718 / 28,701)  Klaus Tunnel (2,167 m / 2,192) Bertlgraben valley crossing (188 m) (31,323)  Traunfriedtunnel (462 m / 447 m) (31,910)  Spering tunnel (2,894 m / 2,862 m) Rettenbach valley crossing (81 m) (34,914)  Falkenstein tunnel (752 m / 784 m) (35.9)  Bridge of the Pyhrnbahn (36.5)  St. Pankraz (36) (36.5)  National park rest stop St. Pankraz (36,628)  Schölmberg Tunnel (76 m / 263 m) Krenngraben Bridge (37,538)  Krenngraben tunnel (325 m) (38,038)  Gschwendnerberg tunnel (100 m) (38,488)  St. Pankraz Tunnel (125 m) (39,533)  Waldnerberg tunnel (187 m / 237 m) (39,831)  Lainberg tunnel (2,130 m / 2,279 m) with Pyhrnbahn underpass Rettenbach Bridge (225 m) (42,804)  Roßleithen Tunnel (247 m) with Pyhrnbahn underpass (47.5)  Windischgarsten (48) Pießling Bridge (225 m) (52.5)  Gleinkerau (52) (56.7)  Spital am Pyhrn (57) Bosruck Bridge (500 m) Techlbrücke (225 m) (58.110 / 58.189)  Bosruck tunnel (5,509 m / 5,425 m) State of Styria Ardning slope bridge (968 m) (66.3)  Bosruck toll booth (66.7)  Ardning (67) (68.0)  Enns (69)  Liezen (69) (no driveway towards Linz) Moor bridge (1,005 m / 1,100 m) (69.9)  Ennstalbahn (70.024 / 69.985)  Selzhalt tunnel (957 m / 1,010 m) (71.4)  Columns (72.6)  Columns (73.8)  Rottenmann (74) (75,448)  Rottenmann tunnel (400 m) Edlach Moor Bridge (1,600 m) St. Lorenzen Moor Bridge (1,100 m) (85.0)  Rudolfsbahn (85.5)  Service station Trieben (85.5)  Shoots (86) (86.3)  Columns Trieben Moor Bridge (1,100 m) Gaishorn high bridge (1,034 m) (89.4)  Rudolfsbahn (89.8)  Columns (91.8)  Rest area Gaishorn (94.8)  Treglwang (95) Treglwang high bridge (650 m) (97.5)  Rudolfsbahn (98.3)  Columns (101.206 / 101.185)  Forest tunnel (2,826 m) (105,103 / 105,130)  Pretallerkogel tunnel (541 m / 449 m) (106.0)  Kalwang rest area (108.5)  Kalwang (109) (109.6)  Liesing (110.7)  Rudolfsbahn (114.6)  Mautern (115) (119.6)  Liesing (120.6)  Liesing (121.3)  Resting chambers (121.5)  Chambers (122) (127.0)  Liesing (128.6)  Traboch (129) (129.2)  Liesing (130.3)  Terminal St. Michael (130) (132.2)  Rudolfsbahn (132.6)  St. Michael Knot (133) (133.2)  Mur (134.8)  Gleinalm toll booth (139.750 / 139.747)  Gleinalm tunnel (8,395 m / 8,423 m) Maiselgrabenbrücke (988 m) (157.1)  Ubelbach (157) (162.0)  Raststation Deutschfeistritz (162,520)  Schartnerkogel Tunnel (1,257 m / 1,324 m) (164.5)  Southern runway (164.5)  Peggau -Deutschfeistritz junction (165) (165.0)  Mur VBA environment (169.3)  Gratkorn North (169) (169.588 / 169.590)  Gratkorn tunnel north (672 m / 673 m) (172.334 / 172.333)  Gratkorn tunnel south (796 m / 792 m) (173.3)  Gratkorn Süd (173) → Graz - Andritz (173.6)  Mur (174.2)  Graz North (175) Section-Control Plabutsch tunnel (174.934 / 174.767)  Plabutschtunnel (9,919 m / 10,086 m) Section-Control Plabutsch tunnel (185.2)  Graz-Webling (185) (187.7)  Seiersberg (188) (189.1)  Graz-West node (189) (191.0)  Schwarzlsee (190) (192.0)  Schachenwald-IBC business center (192) (193.6)  Kalsdorf (194) (197.5)  Wundschuh (197) → Werndorf Terminal (201.8)  Wildon (202) (202.2)  Underground route of the Koralmbahn (1,200 m) (203.2)  Kainach (203.9)  Hengsberg (204) 601 (since June 22, 2018) (207.7)  Lebring (208) (209.7)  Southern runway (211.2)  Gralla / West (211.4)  Gralla / East (214.3)  Leibnitz (214) VBA environment (217.9)  Mur (222.2)  Vogau - Strasbourg (222) (226.1)  Gersdorf (226) (226.6)  Radkersburg Railway (228.0)  Mur (228.2)  Playing field (228) (230,020)  Border crossing Spielfeld ( AT ) - Šentilj ( SLO ) Continue on  → Maribor  Under construction In planning Section Control Traffic control system Note 1

The Pyhrn Autobahn A 9 is an important north-south axis in Austria . It runs (as a continuation of the A8 ) over a length of 230.020 kilometers from the Voralpenkreuz junction at Sattledt via Graz to Spielfeld on the border with Slovenia , where it joins the Slovenian A1 motorway . In December 2004, the eight-kilometer-long last section of the A9 between Inzersdorf and Schön was completed.

history

The Pyhrn Autobahn connects the greater Graz and Linz areas, making it the second largest with the third largest city in Austria. It also took over the function of the former guest worker route in sections , thereby relieving the main roads. The important transport route that links Nuremberg with Zagreb on a national level is one of the most important Alpine transit routes. The total completion took 33 years and took place between 1971 and 2004 in numerous sections:

opening	Route section	length
December 16, 1971	ASt Gratkorn - HASt Graz North	0.934 km
December 01, 1973	AST Graz-Webling - Graz West node	4,230 km
07/31/1974	Junction Graz West - ASt Wildon (left RFB )	12.719 km
November 15, 1975	Junction Graz West - ASt Wildon (right RFB)
08/11/1978	St. Michael node - Peggau-Deutschfeistritz node	32.594 km
December 14, 1978	ASt Wildon - ASt Leibnitz (left RFB)	12.424 km
10/12/1979	ASt Wildon - ASt Leibnitz (right RFB)
10/12/1979	ASt Traboch - St. Michael node (left RFB)	4.033 km
06/25/1980	ASt Traboch - Knot St. Michael (right RFB)
06/28/1980	ASt Liezen- Rottenmann Nord (right RFB)	3.294 km
December 6, 1982	ASt Leibnitz - ASt Vogau-Straß (right RFB)	7.981 km
06/29/1983	Peggau-Deutschfeistritz node - ASt Gratkorn	8.053 km
10/21/1983	ASt Spital am Pyhrn - ASt Liezen (left RFB)	12.348 km
December 6, 1983	ASt Leibnitz - ASt Vogau-Straß (left RFB)
10/20/1984	Rottenmann Süd - Gaishorn (right RFB)	12,134 km
December 17, 1985	ASt Roßleithen - ASt Spital am Pyhrn (left RFB)	9.190 km
08/05/1986	ASt Roßleithen - ASt Spital am Pyhrn (right RFB)
06/27/1987	HASt Graz Nord - ASt Graz-Webling ( Plabutschtunnel )	10.684 km
06/30/1988	ASt Vogau-Straß - ASt playing field (right RFB)	5.911 km
09/02/1988	Rottenmann Süd - Gaishorn (left RFB)
06/30/1989	ASt Vogau-Straß - ASt playing field (left RFB)
06/27/1990	Junction Voralpenkreuz - ASt Inzersdorf im Kremstal	15.820 km
07/03/1990	Rottenmann Nord - Rottenmann Süd (right RFB)	5.421 km
09/18/1991	ASt playing field - national border playing field	1,860 km
10/30/1991	Gaishorn - forest	10.733 km
10/30/1991	ASt Mautern - ASt Traboch	13.977 km
08/05/1992	Melling - Mautern branch	6.796 km
05/26/1993	Forest - Melling	7.176 km
11/08/1997	St. Pankraz - ASt Roßleithen	7.974 km
10/30/2000	ASt Liezen - Rottenmann Nord (right RFB)
10/30/2000	Rottenmann Nord - Rottenmann Süd (left RFB)
09/19/2003	ASt Schön - St. Pankraz	14,000 km
12/18/2004	Branch Inzersdorf - ASt Schön	9.734 km

Expansion status

The Pertlgrabenbrücken in Klaus on the Pyhrnbahn

The motorway has four lanes and six lanes near Graz.

The sections from the Peggau / Deutschfeistritz junction to Graz-Nord and Graz-Webling to the Graz-West junction have been expanded to include six lanes due to the heavy traffic.

The second tube of the Lainberg tunnel, including the short tunnel, was completed in early 2009 and is therefore passable. The second tube of the Bosruck tunnel with the Ardning slope bridge was completed in July 2013. The renovation of the existing tube was completed in October 2015. The Bosruck Tunnel has had four lanes since October 19, 2015, and can therefore be used without oncoming traffic.

The expansion of the Klaus tunnel chain began at the end of 2013 with the construction of bridges. The second tunnel tubes were built from the end of 2014 and have been in operation since September 15, 2017. The existing pipes were then renovated. On December 19, 2018, the Klaus tunnel chain was fully approved.

From September 2013 to July 2017, the Gleinalm tunnel was also equipped with a second tube. The newly constructed tube went into operation on July 21, 2017, and the existing tube was renovated between autumn 2017 and December 2019. Since December 20, 2019, the Gleinalm tunnel has also had four lanes and is therefore passable without oncoming traffic.

After completion of these expansion measures on December 20, 2019, the entire Pyhrn Autobahn can be used without two-way traffic areas.

Interesting road structures along the way

Pre-Alpine Cross node

• Underfloor route Kirchdorf an der Krems
• Klaus tunnel chain
• Bosruck tunnel
• Selzthal junction (RFB Linz) with the Ennstal exit on the left
• Non-public entry and exit near Selzthal (used in the Pyhrnbahn rail replacement service )
• Moor bridge near Trieben : In the area of ​​the Trieben Moor, the motorway is designed as a bridge over a section of around 5.5 km, which rests on numerous pillars in the moorland.
• St. Michael junction (roundabout with connections to Semmering expressway S6 and Murtal expressway S36)
• Gleinalm tunnel
• Gratkorn tunnel north / south
• Plabutschtunnel , the second longest double-tube tunnel in Europe
• Lighting system with blue LED lights between the Graz-Webling junction and the Seiersberg junction
• Graz West junction (with connections to the south A2 motorway)

Traffic control system

Due to the Pollution Control Act air (IG-L) was one in 2009 traffic management system (VBA) with LED - variable message signs in the section Gratkorn - -Nord Lebring built. If the fine dust pollution is too high , the speed limit is automatically reduced to 100 km / h (so-called fine dust hundreds ). The driver is also warned of fog and dangers. There are also LED traffic information boards at the St. Michael junction, which warn of construction sites, tunnel closures and traffic jams.

After closing the gap on the S35, the S6 - S35 route offers an alternative to the Gleinalm tunnel, which is prone to accidents and subject to special tolls. With the completion of the construction work, the new Styrian alternate signposting was put into operation around the intersection areas Graz West, Bruck, St. Michael and Peggau-Deutschfeistritz . In the event of road closures, road users can be redirected over a large area via signposts and electronic display boards, thus saving themselves a traffic jam on their route.

Section control system

On October 10, 2011, a section control system was put into operation in both directions of travel in the area of ​​the Plabutsch tunnel . This is intended to reduce the number of accidents, which mostly occur due to non-compliance with the speed limit, by up to 40 percent.

Special toll route

There are two special toll sections on the motorway that are not subject to the vignette requirement and where the toll must therefore be paid in cash or by video toll at the toll stations (single-trip tariffs for cars, as of 2020):

• Gleinalm tunnel € 9.50
• Bosruck tunnel € 5.50

Lock

The roof of the Gleinalm tunnel was badly damaged in a bus fire on August 4, 2016 . As a result, the motorway between the St. Michael junction and the Übelbach junction had to be closed until August 25, 2016. The diversion took place via Bruck an der Mur , via the Semmering expressway S6 and the Bruck expressway S 35; the transit traffic was largely diverted via the Tauern Autobahn A10 and the Süd Autobahn A 2.

A similar fire accident occurred on October 5, 2018, this time in the east tunnel that had just opened. A special transport with a 400-ton crane truck caught fire. This time, too, the tunnel was closed for a long time and diversions were made as described above. The tunnel was opened to traffic again on December 7, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Pyhrn Autobahn A9  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pyhrn Autobahn on motorways-exitlists.com (English)

literature

• Bernd Kreuzer: The construction of the autobahns and expressways in Austria. - In: ASFINAG (Ed.): The motorway network in Austria. 30 years of Asfinag. - Vienna, 2012, p. 69

Individual evidence

^{Note 1}if there are 2x km or m information on the tunnel → left. or right Directional lane;
Tunnel lengths including galleries spelling of the connection points (partly) and tunnels according to ASFINAG

1. ↑ Green light for the new Hengsberg access and exit on the A9 Pyhrn Autobahn on mein district.at on June 22, 2018, accessed on June 23, 2018
2. ↑ Bosruck Tunnel gets "ears" on ooe.orf.at
3. ↑ ASFINAG: New Bosruck tunnel brings more safety for road users at www.ots.at, accessed on November 6, 2015
4. ↑ Two-tube A 9 Bosruck Tunnel officially opened ( memento of the original from November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.asfinag.at, accessed on November 6, 2015 
5. ↑ Asfinag A 9 PYHRN AUTOBAHN COMPLETE EXPANSION OF TUNNEL CHAIN ​​KLAUS
6. ↑ The Klaus tunnel chain is released orf.at, December 18, 2018, accessed December 19, 2018.
7. ↑ Gleinalm Tunnel: Second tube opened , report on ORF-online from July 21, 2017
8. ↑ ASFINAG A 9 full expansion of the Gleinalm tunnel ( memento of the original from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Overview of the project “A 9 Pyhrn Autobahn full expansion of the Gleinalm tunnel” on asfinag.at ( memento of the original from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Million package for highways. Kleine Zeitung , January 23, 2013, archived from the original on November 5, 2014 . 
11. ↑ ASFINAG / Verkehrstelematik at www.asfinag.at, accessed on May 14, 2010
12. ↑ ASFINAG 2010 timetable for Styria  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ From Monday: Section Control in the Plabutschtunnel “sharp” on derStandard.at on October 8, 2011, accessed on June 23, 2018
14. ↑ Gleinalm tunnel free again (accessed on September 24, 2016)
15. ↑ Kleine Zeitung of August 5, 2016: The tunnel will remain closed for one to one and a half months , accessed on August 5, 2016
16. ↑ Kleine Zeitung of October 6, 2018: After a fire, the Gleinalm tunnel remains closed for two months , accessed on October 8, 2016
17. ↑ Gleinalm tunnel reopened after fire orf.at, December 7, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018.
18. ↑ Tunnel list 2018 at www.bmvit.gv.at (Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology)