Ostautobahn

The (Austrian) Ostautobahn A4 or "Eastern Motorway" is part of the Europastraße E60 and goes from Vienna to the town of Nickelsdorf, on the Hungarian border.

The road begins at the A23 at the Prater junction in Vienna, travels through Simmering, Schwechat, Vienna International Airport, Fischamend, Bruck an der Leitha, Parndorf, Weiden am See and Mönchhof to the border town of Nickelsdorf. Crossing the border, the road becomes the M1 which then continues on to Budapest. The road is 66 km long.

There is a new junction planned at Albern, as part of the lengthening of the Donauuferautobahn A22, which in the future should be extended into a so-called "Halbknoten" or half-junction. This would mean, for instance, that it would only be possible to go from Schwechat onto the A22, meaning you would have to travel from the A22 to the A4, in the direction of Schwechat. In the future there are plans to connect the six-lane extension between the Schwechat junction and the airport.

The section from Vienna to Vienna International Airport will be called the "Flughafenautobahn", or "Airport Motorway".

External links

* [http://www.noel.gv.at/service/st/st1/a4/a4.htm Planungen vom Land Niederösterreich zum Ausbau der A4]