Tauern Road Tunnel
Province of Salzburg; Radstadt Tauern
Company ( TAAG )
2nd tube: 2010
The Tauern Tunnel is a toll road tunnel in the Tauern motorway A 10 Salzburg -Villach.
- 3.1 Tunnel fire
Location
The Tauern tunnel crosses under the Radstadt Tauern Radstadt in between Ennspongau and Tamsweg im Lungau. The north portal of the tunnel, located at Flachauwinkl, the south portal at Cedar House. He is below Mosermandl and Pleißlingkeil in the main ridge of the mountain range, about eight kilometers west of the Tauernpasshöhe in Obertauern, one of the more important Alpine passes between the burner and Phyrn.
Architectural History
There was also previously had an opportunity crossing the Low Tauern. The tunnel, which connects the provinces of Salzburg and Styria, dates from the time when starting with the 13th century there zinc, silver, cobalt and lead was mined. A precise dating of the stud in the wall of the zinc is not possible. The gallery is located at 2300 meters altitude is 300 m long and was made by the Austrian Alpine Club walkable.
Construction in 1975
The single-tube tunnel was completed in 1975 and has a length of 6,401 m. He is one of the most traveled road tunnels in Austria. Originally, these tunnels - like the Katschberg Tunnel - planned as a twin-tube highway tunnel. For cost reasons and because of the lower than expected traffic volume, plans for the second tube in 1988 were abandoned. Only by fire in 1999, the plans were for it resumed.
Expansion 2006-2010
The second tube of the Tauern tunnel was from July 2006, more than 30 years after the first built. The first blast was officially set for September 15, 2006. On 8 July 2008, at 14:32 clock was made after 22 months of tunneling the breakthrough of the second tube, which is 6,546 meters long. The 1.3 million cubic meters of rock material used to be a part of the embankment of the levels of newly constructed rest area Tauernalm in Flachau and for noise protection measures. The construction and renovation costs - estimated at 193 million euros in advance - currently estimated at 213 million euros. The release of the new tube on April 30, 2010. The first tube was completely renovated, at times directed the traffic only through the new tube. On 30 June 2011, the refurbished tunnel tube was opened with a ceremony at the northern entrance to traffic. This means that both tubes are now fully available to traffic, continue all the Tauern motorway tunnels have now expanded two Roehrig.
Traffic History
In 2004, the average daily traffic of 17,000 vehicles, a quarter of which were trucks ( 4353 ).
Tunnel fire
On 29 May 1999 against 04:50 clock early in the Tauern it came after a traffic accident to a devastating fire, in which twelve people were killed and another 42 were injured. Caused the accident was an Upper Austrian truck drivers, who with his vehicle ascended in seconds sleep on a waiting near a construction site traffic car column. Three cars were thereby pushed onto a laden with 24,000 cans spray paint trucks and completely crushed. Leaking fuel ignited and burned 16 trucks and 24 cars. Due to the enormous heat of up to 1200 ° C could not be started until twelve hours following the accident with fire-fighting operations. The tunnel was so badly damaged that it had to be closed for three months. The damage was estimated at 28 million euros. As part of the lock were on the elimination of fire damage beyond remedial measures, including on the tunnel lining, lighting, signaling equipment and the venting system is performed. The driver of the truck was finally convicted on 27 June 2001 in the second instance of negligent endangerment common to two years imprisonment ( of which 21 months were suspended ).
At the accident today commemorated by a plaque on the motorway chapel Flachau.