Stau-chaos on the A10: four hours of time-the best tips!

Stau-chaos on the A10: four hours of time-the best tips!

Golling, Österreich - Current traffic reports on the A10 Tauern motorway show considerable disorders. On June 14, 2025, the ARBÖ and the ÖAMTC report up to four hours of time losing time on this important traffic artery in Salzburg. The traffic jam extends between golling and throwing and has already reached more than 25 kilometers. Last weekend the traffic jam was 46 kilometers in the early morning, which indicates increasing traffic loads.

The current traffic situation is still exacerbated by various construction sites and downhill locks. Drivers are therefore returned to the highway in order to avoid overloading the parallel B159 Salzachtal Straße, which is considered "completely overloaded". At 8 a.m. there is also traffic jams on the Brenner Autobahn (A13) in Tyrol, where the time loss between Innsbruck and the Brenner Pass is almost an hour.

traffic jam and traffic information

Current reports on the A10 confirm that the stowage causes are diverse. A special construction site between throwing and the Pass Lueg leads to delays. This construction site has been reported since June 13, 2025 and is generally not to be avoided for road users. According to information on Stummeder-karte there are further congestion sections between Salzburg and the Pass Lueg as well as numerous other construction sites along the A10.

The A10 Tauernautobahn, which comprises a total length of 194 kilometers, begins at the Salzburg node (A1) and ends on the B100 E66 towards Lienz. This important connection is often used by vacationers to drive the north-south axis between Germany and Italy. Especially during the summer vacation, an increase in traffic density can be expected, as was the case in previous years. The A10 was planned from the 1940s and only completed in the 1980s, which underlines its importance for the transport infrastructure.

Transport infrastructure in Austria

Austria is characterized by a comprehensive road network of around 127,000 kilometers, which is around 22 times the size of the rail network. In the past two decades, the network of highways and expressways has been expanded by around 17 percent. The A10 is one of the central motorways in the country and not only connects Salzburg and Carinthia, but also numerous other important nodes.

The improvement of the transport infrastructure is an ongoing process. Security measures such as the release of a second tunnel tube of the Tauern tunnel were introduced in 2011 to reduce traffic jams in the region. This tunnel is an important part of the A10 and contributes to the fact that drivers get safer and faster. According to vcoe.at , Austria is investing around 148 euros per inhabitant in the construction of motorways to do justice to the steadily growing transport demand.