Locking in the Gleinalmunnel: truck damaged cameras and ensures chaos!

Locking in the Gleinalmunnel: truck damaged cameras and ensures chaos!

A spectacular incident occurred in the Gleinalmunnel on the A9 on Tuesday night when a truck with a heavy machine caused chaos when driving through the tunnel. According to the , a cover of the truck has loosened and protruded up, which was damaged by a total of 25 surveillance cameras in the tunnel. Shortly after midnight, the screens of the tunnel station promptly failed, which further tightened the situation.

In order to ensure security, the Gleinalmunnel was immediately closed for two hours and traffic via Semmering expressway (S6) and the knot Bruck was diverted. However, ASFINAG, which is responsible for the motorways and tunnels, was able to react quickly and temporarily repair the tunnel monitoring. According to meinzirk.at , the ban was removed again after about two hours, which made it possible to return to the tunnel.

technical chaos in the tunnel

The incident represents another example of the risks that can occur through close tunnel situations when transporting heavy machines. The loose coverage affected not only the cameras, but also affected the entire traffic safety in the region for a short time. Thanks to the rapid measures of ASFINAG, worse things could be prevented and traffic flowed again relatively quickly.