Description of the axis
The Tauern-Karavanke corridor connects Salzburg (AT) with Villach (AT) and Jesenice (SI) and constitutes a major route for transit and holiday traffic crossing the Alps in the north-south direction. On the Austrian side the corridor consists of the A10 Tauern motorway and the A11 Karavanke motorway, and on the Slovenian side of the Gorenjsko-dolenjska motorway.
Austria:
Competent authority: Federal ministry for traffic, innovation and technology (bmvit)
Road maintenance: Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs-AG (ASFINAG)
ASFINAG Service-Center:
0800 400 12 400 (toll-free from AT, DE, CH)
+43 (0)1 955 12 66 (calls charged from all other countries)
info@asfinag.at
Slovenia:
Competent authority: Ministry of infrastructure and spatial planning (MZIP)
Road maintenance: Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia (DARS)
Service Centre: PIC traffic information centre for public roads (info@promet.si tel.1970)
Route information
Austria:
Main tunnels:
| Tauern tunnel | Katschberg tunnel | Karawanken tunnel |
Length | 6.546 m | 5.500 m | 7.864 m |
Tunnel bores | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Lanes per carriageway
| 2 | 2 | 1 (two-way traffic) |