Mühlkreis Autobahn
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The Mühlkreis Autobahn is an Autobahn (motorway) in the Austria
n state of Upper Austria
. It runs 27 km (16.8 mi) from the West Autobahn and the city of Linz
to the Mühlviertel
in the north, where it ends near the small municipality of Unterweitersdorf
.
Construction started in the early 1960s, however the plans of a motorway connecting Linz with České Budějovice
in Czechoslovakia
were never carried out and in 1982 the extension finally discontinued. Due to the increasing traffic volume after the fall of the Iron Curtain
a continuation will be provided by the Mühlviertler Schnellstraße
expressway to Leopoldschlag
at the Czech
border, expected to open in 2015.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n state of Upper Austria
Upper Austria
Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...
. It runs 27 km (16.8 mi) from the West Autobahn and the city of Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
to the Mühlviertel
Mühlviertel
The Mühlviertel is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria: it is one of four "quarters" of Upper Austria, the others being Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Innviertel. It is named for the two rivers and .-Region:...
in the north, where it ends near the small municipality of Unterweitersdorf
Unterweitersdorf
Unterweitersdorf is a municipality in the district of Freistadt in Upper Austria, Austria....
.
Ceské Budejovice
České Budějovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of České Budějovice and of the University of South Bohemia and the Academy of Sciences...
in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
were never carried out and in 1982 the extension finally discontinued. Due to the increasing traffic volume after the fall of the Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain
The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989...
a continuation will be provided by the Mühlviertler Schnellstraße
Mühlviertler Schnellstraße
Mühlviertler Schnellstraße is an under construction schnellstraße in Austria. One section of the Neumarkt tunnel is already in operation....
expressway to Leopoldschlag
Leopoldschlag
Leopoldschlag is a municipality in the district of Freistadt in Upper Austria, Austria....
at the Czech
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
border, expected to open in 2015.
See also
- Autobahns of AustriaAutobahns of AustriaThe Austrian autobahns are controlled-access highways in Austria. They are officially called Bundesstraßen A according to the Austrian federal road act...