6 days ago
Five-hour Whitsun traffic jam clogs Austrian motorway
Thousands of vehicles were backed up along a 45-kilometre section of Austria's Tauern motorway (A10) on Saturday as traffic ground to a halt at the start of the Whitsun holiday weekend.
The tailback formed south in the province of Salzburg, starting at a tunnel construction site near the town of Golling, media reported.
Travelling time for holidaymakers was extended by around five hours with the congestion stretching back across the German border into Bavaria, according to Austria's Ö3 radio station.
There were also lengthy delays in the mountainous Tyrol region in western Austria.
The area around Innsbruck, the Brenner motorway towards Italy and the Fernpass road (B179) were among the most affected locations.
