A9 (Austria)

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Pyhrn Motorway A9

Pyhrn Autobahn A9
E57 E59
Route information
Length230 km (140 mi)
Major junctions
FromA1-AT.svg A1 and A8-AT.svg A8 junction
Major intersectionsS6-AT.svg S6 and S36-AT.svg S36

S35-AT.svg S35

A2-AT.svg A2 near Graz
ToAvtocesta A1.svg A1 border with Slovenia
Location
CountryAustria
StatesUpper Austria, Styria
Major citiesGraz
Highway system
  • Highways of Austria
A 8 A 10

The Pyhrn Autobahn (A9) (Pyhrn motorway) is an Autobahn (motorway) in Austria. It runs through the Alps by two two-lane tunnels, the 5,400-meter-long (17,700 ft) Bosrucktunnel and the 8,320-meter-long (27,300 ft) Gleinalmtunnel. The longest tunnel on the motorway is the 10-kilometer-long (6.2 mi) Plabutschtunnel under Graz and its outskirts. The last section of the highway was completed in 2004.

While in 2016 some sections still remain single carriageway, including some tunnels, work is progressing to make the Phyrn Autobahn fully dual carriageway. The second carriageway of the Bosruckstunnel was opened on October 19, 2015. The Tunnelkette Klaus (8 km) and Gleinalmtunnel (8.3 km — the last sections with a single carriageway — were planned to receive a second carriageway in late 2018 and in 2019, respectively.

The motorway south of the A2 interchange is a part of the Pan-European corridor Xa.

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