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Completion of the Tauern Highway
The oldest evidence of travel on the Tauern Route can be found in the Bronze Age. Around 1900 a well-preserved bronze sword was discovered in Tweng, which is situated in the south end of the Pass Route over the Radstadt Tauern. Much of today's Tauern Highway follows the course of the main Roman road from Teurnia (St. Peter of the Wood near Spital on the Drava River) to Juvavum (Salzburg), which was built by Roman Emperor Septimius Severius (3rd century, A.D.). The Tauern Highway Project dates back to 1938, when the German Empire was planning its highways. Construction of the Tauern Highway connecting Salzburg, Anif to Golling was first approved with the Federal Road Law amendment of June 3, 1964. The Tauern Highway Financing Law of March 6, 1969 established the particulars with regard to the construction, financing, and maintenance of the most important section of the road as a whole, known as the Scheitelstrecke. Founded on May 22, 1969, Tauern Highway, Inc. was assigned these tasks. The key passageway of the Tauern Highway Scheitelstrecke from Eben to Rennweg was opened to traffic on June 21, 1975.
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