Semmering expressway

Expressway S6 in Austria
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Basic data
Operator:
Overall length:	105.294 km
State :	Lower Austria Styria
Development condition:	Highway
Semmering tunnel, west portal
Course of the road Province of Lower Austria (0)  Seebenstein (1)  Seebenstein   (3)  Natschbach rest stop (5)  Neunkirchen (17)  Gloggnitz , (17)  Gloggnitz car park (18)  Gloggnitz car park Semmering tunnel chain Grasberg Tunnel ( 352m ) Schottwien valley crossing Eselstein tunnel ( 175m ) (23)  Schottwien rest stop Maria protection Semmering ( 3488m / 3414m ) State of Styria Steinhaus tunnel ( 1873m / 1803m ) Spital am Semmering Hospital ( 2597m / 2514m ) Southern runway Mürzzuschlag -East Ganzstein tunnel ( 2135m ) Mürzzuschlag -West Hönigsberg Langenwang (48)  Schwöbingerhof car park (48)  Service station Schwöbing / Nord (48)  Service station Schwöbing / South Krieglach Krieglach underground line ( 255m / 275m ) Mitterdorf in the Mürz Valley Underfloor route Wartberg ( 183m / 163m ) Southern runway Kindberg- East Mürz Kindberg-West Mürz Kindbergdörfl (63)  Mürzhofen car park (closed) Allerheiligen / Mürzhofen Southern runway Mürz (69)  Rest stop St. Marein Mürz St. Marein in the Mürz Valley (72)  Rest stop Kapfenberg / North (72)  Resting station Kapfenberg / South (73)  Kapfenberg Tanzenberg tunnel (2,523m) Southern runway Mur Bruck an der Mur node , Brucker loop Bruck (1237m / 1250m) St. Ruprecht tunnel (622 m / 618 m) Bruck an der Mur-West Underfloor route Oberaich (211m / 178m) Niklasdorf Bruck an der Mur – Leoben railway line Niklasdorftunnel ( 1,321m / 1,324m ) Leoben -East Massenberg Tunnel (403m / 431m) Leoben-West Mur (2 ×) St. Michael (only departure) St. Michael , ,

The Semmering Schnellstraße S 6 is an expressway in Austria and an important north-south connection. It begins at the Seebenstein junction with the south motorway (A 2) and leads over the Semmering Pass to Mürzzuschlag . It then follows the Mürz to the Bruck an der Mur junction with the Bruck expressway (S35). The last section runs along the Mur to the St. Michael junction with the Pyhrn Autobahn (A 9) where the S 6 joins the Murtal Schnellstraße (S 36).

With a length of 105 km it is the longest Austrian expressway. In connection with the S 36 and S 37 , it represents an alternative connection to the south motorway from Vienna to Carinthia .

General

The S 6 has the status of a motorway in terms of road traffic law and requires a vignette or toll . The state-owned motorway operator ASFINAG is responsible for operation and maintenance .

From km 45.25 to km 50.00, the S 6 runs exactly on the route of the old B 17 . Before the completion of individual sections of the Semmering expressway, today's state roads were run parallel to the S 6 as the Semmering replacement road B 306 .

A dangerous section lies between the Leoben-West junction and the St. Michael junction, as there are narrow emergency lanes and tight curve radii.

When there is a large number of visitors to the World Cup ski races on the Hirschenkogel , one of the lanes on the Lower Austrian side is closed and used as a parking lot, which leads to long traffic jams and hinders transit.

history

The expansion of the S6 took place in several stages from 1974 to 2004:

opening	Route section	length
05/13/1974	ASt Leoben Ost - ASt Leoben West (right RFB )	5.339 km
09/30/1976	Seebenstein - Wartmannstetten node	2.986 km
08/13/1980	ASt Mürzzuschlag West - HASt Hönigsberg	3.477 km
06/25/1980	ASt Mürzzuschlag Ost - ASt Mürzzuschlag West (right RFB)	4.876 km
11/18/1981	HAst Kindberg West - ASt St. Marein	8.355 km
11/14/1983	ASt St. Marein - Bruck / Mur junction	8,658 km
December 15, 1984	ASt Kindberg Ost - HASt Kindberg West	1.260 km
07/03/1985	Wartmannstetten - ASt Gloggnitz	12.979 km
December 01, 1985	HASt Hönigsberg - ASt Krieglach Ost	4.207 km
04/01/1986	HASt Seebenstein - Seebenstein node	0.994 km
09/19/1986	ASt Bruck / Mur West - ASt Leoben East	9.234 km
December 01, 1987	ASt Leoben Ost - ASt Leoben West (left RFB)
December 01, 1987	Bruck / Mur junction - ASt Bruck / Mur West	4,836 km
06/29/1989	ASt Krieglach Ost - ASt Kindberg Ost	11.643 km
December 06, 1989	ASt Gloggnitz - ASt Maria protection	7.757 km
06/05/1990	ASt Leoben West - St. Michael	5.068 km
October 31, 1990	St. Michael - St. Michael knot	1.541 km
11/13/2002	ASt Mürzzuschlag Ost - ASt Mürzzuschlag West (left RFB)
06/26/2003	ASt Spital / Semmering - ASt Mürzzuschlag Ost	5,500 km
10/12/2004	ASt Maria Schutz - ASt Spital / Semmering	6.584 km
10/12/2004	HASt Kindberg West - ASt St. Marein (2nd RFB)

Buildings

tunnel

The expressway runs through 14 tunnels (17 km) over a length of 106 km. The last gap was closed with the opening of the Semmering peak tunnel in October 2004. Until then, all traffic rolled over the Semmering pass road, which had a traffic density of 12,000 vehicles per day in Semmering at peak times .

The Semmering tunnel chain consists of six motorway tunnels in total. These are:

• Grasberg tunnel, length: 352 m
• Eselstein tunnel, length: 175 m
• Semmering summit tunnel , length: 3.5 km
• Stone house tunnel, length: 1.8 km
• Hospital tunnel, length: 2.5 km
• Ganzstein tunnel , length: 2.1 km

The tunnel series from Bruck to Leoben includes:

• Tanzenberg tunnel , length: 2.5 km
• Bruck , length: 1.2 km
• St. Ruprecht tunnel , length: 0.6 km
• Niklasdorf tunnel , length: 1.3 km
• Massenberg Tunnel , length: 0.4 km

Since the tunnels of the Bruck tunnel chain do not meet the safety regulations, some of them still have to be renovated. It all started with the approximately two kilometer long Tanzenberg tunnel between Bruck and Kapfenberg (2007–2009). This was followed by the Massenberg tunnel near Leoben, where the north tube (directional lane Klagenfurt) was given a new inner shell with white pigment concrete. As a result, it was not necessary to apply a light coating. The renovation of the Massenberg Tunnel was completed at the beginning of May 2010. The Oberaich railway underpass followed in July 2010. In 2015 all renovations were completed and the whole project was completed.

The second tube of the Ganzstein tunnel was built by May 2008 . The groundbreaking for this took place on December 4, 2005. After the completion of the south tube, the existing north tube was completely renovated. The renovation of the old tube was completed on March 27, 2009 and the Ganzstein tunnel can be used with two tubes. This means that the entire Semmering expressway is equipped with two lanes in each direction of travel.

bridges

Schottwien valley crossing, in front of it the Klamm castle ruins

The Schottwien valley crossing is 130 m high and 632 m long and is one of the largest road bridges in Austria. The span of the longest part forms one of the longest concrete girder bridges with 250 m. It opened in 1989. Due to construction defects, smaller concrete parts fell to the ground before the opening, which is why it was popularly nicknamed the Brösel Bridge . These deficiencies were rectified immediately, even before the traffic was opened.

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, pp. 114–115

Web links

Commons : Semmering Schnellstraße S6  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (publisher): Statistics Road & Transport 2015 , Section 3.5 Traffic clearances, pp. 19-20.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ S 6 Semmeringer Schnellstraße: General renovation, expansion and modernization of the Bruck tunnel chain ( Memento of the original of December 24, 2010 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. 
2. ↑ Living with the tube ( Memento of the original from December 9, 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. - In: Date (without further information, link no longer available 2016) - Report on the effects of the last tunnel opening
3. ↑ The Ganzstein tunnel is now two-tube