Inn Valley Autobahn
Template: Infobox trunk road / maintenance / AT -A
State:
Tirol
Direction Kufstein, exit 40 Zillertal, Exit 39 Achensee
- In construction
- In planning
- Section Control
- Traffic control system
The Inn Valley motorway A12 is a 153 km long motorway in the Austrian state of Tyrol and part of the European road E45 and E60.
It begins directly after the German Autobahn 93 on the German- Austrian border at Kiefersfelden / Kufstein and Innsbruck via (connection to the Brenner motorway A13) to Zams, where it merges into the Arlberg expressway S16. She runs parallel to the Inn and through the air redevelopment area the Inn Valley.
Toll
An exception to the general toll on the motorways existed between the border and the exit Kufstein Süd until November 30, 2013 After removal of this exception even here the fine of 120, -. Euros collected if it is driven without vignette.
Importance
The route Kufstein -Innsbruck together with the Brenner motorway and the German A93 and A8 road axis from Munich over the Alps to Verona and Modena. In addition, connecting the A12 Tyrol on the German Corner with Salzburg and the Western Motorway (A1 ) to Vienna.
History
The Ostast the Inn Valley motorway from Kufstein to Innsbruck node - Amras was opened in stages 1968-1972, the connection points in Innsbruck in the 1970s and the Westast in the 1980s. The Roppener tunnel was not completed until 1990.
In July 1990, the " Wildbichler bridge " for a long time had to be closed because a bridge pier at the Inn plummeted. During this time the entire motorway and main road traffic had to be diverted through the Kufsteiner downtown, the Lower Inn Valley Railway ÖBB was temporarily suspended.
On May 1, 2001, there came on the A12 at Vomp a serious bus accident. An articulated bus was due to ruts skidded, overturned, broke through the median barrier and stayed across the carriageway are. Eight inmates were killed and 51 were injured, some seriously. The difficult salvage operations more than 330 rescue workers were in use. Both directions were blocked for several hours.
On 25 April 2005, the Control Authority Radfeld was opened. For both directions of the A12 can be controlled. The police department stands as the inspection body Radfeld with their premises.
In August 2005, a more than 30 -km section of the A12 from the Bavarian- Austrian border was to Kramsach blocked because of the " Kufstein Bridge " at Kufstein Kiefersfelden a collapse was feared because of scour due to extreme flooding. However, after a few days, this risk could not be confirmed and the lock has been lifted.
The A12 is the first motorway in Austria, which was equipped with traffic telematics. Through this Overhead Display ( road conditions, traffic, weather, etc.) able to get different messages and speed restrictions are passed on to the road users as needed case, for example, the "Air hundreds" called 100 km / h limitation after the Pollution Control Air ( IG -L ), which is partially controlled.
Traffic Shares
Extension
In early December 2006, the controversial junction Innsbruck Center was opened, it allows the villages of East Central Mountains faster access to the highway.
On 17 December 2010 the twin-bore operation of the Roppener tunnel and the north tube of the housing Amras were released in early December 2011 was also the southern bore completed.
Current expansion projects related to the 5-km long feeder with the Tschirganttunnel remote mountain pass and a partial three-lane expansion in each direction of the heavily loaded Ostastes in the Inn Valley. However, both measures are controversial.
Checkpoints
In 2000, the inspection body Kundl in direction Innsbruck was put into operation as the first control point in Austria. Planned as a temporary, it was expanded a year later and was the 2011/12 once again expanded to 2.1 million euros. The 11,000 square meter space control surface has now among other things a modern traffic control system. Measuring system and electrical facilities are up to date modern rejection systems with five overhead signs on the Inn valley motorway provide upon activation of the control body by the police for an early announcement of the diversion of certain vehicle categories.
Due to the positive impact on road safety since the commissioning of the first control point, the Tyrolean Parliament in 2003 decided to implement the Tyrolean checkpoints concept and completed in 2004 with ASFINAG a contract for the construction of KOST Radfeld. In August 2004, started the construction of the 4.6 -million-euro project was completed in the spring of 2005. The diversion of the A12 to the respective control point was integrated into the traffic control system, an automatic jam detection is possible as well as an adapted speed display.
The tasks of the supervisory authorities mainly include the control of trucks and buses of compliance with the maximum permitted weights, the socio-legal and street legal regulations, the technical condition of vehicles and correct declaration and identifying dangerous goods. To check, but heavy traffic and the movement of persons in addition alcohol controls and controls of safety devices ( belts compulsory, parental control ) take place.