B179, Zillertal & Co. – Tourist traffic: Tyrol is Austria’s traffic jam hotspot

And greets the groundhog every week: On Saturday, tourist traffic again causes obstructions on the local roads – especially in Tyrol! Hotspots are the Fernpass, the Zillertal and the Inntalautobahn near the Kufstein-Kiefersfelden border.

The ÖAMTC reported that traffic jams in Austria were concentrated in Tyrol early in the morning. The situation worsened in the course of the morning. In the Ausserfern there are once more delays and traffic jams on the B179. Traffic is cleared in blocks at the border tunnel in Füssen and the Lermooser tunnel. Sheet metal avalanche through the Zillertal The same applies to the Brettfall tunnel in the Tyrolean Zillertal. Tourist traffic has also been rolling there since the early hours of the morning. Road users have to reckon with enormous time losses. There are also longer delays in tourist traffic on the Inntalautobahn (A12) before the border crossing at Kufstein-Kiefersfelden.
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