Pyhrn Pass

Infobox Mountain Pass
Name =Pyhrn Pass
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Elevation =954 m
Location = AUT
Range = Alps
Coordinates = coord|47|37|N|14|18|E|type:pass
Topographic

Transversed by = Federal Highway B 138

Pyhrn Pass (el. 954 m) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps between the "Bundesländer" of Upper Austria and Styria.

It connects Warscheneck and Bosruck. The pass road (B 138) has a maximum grade of 10 percent.

Since the middle of the 1980s, traffic on the pass has been reduced by the opening of the Bosruck Tunnel for the A 9 "Autobahn". There has also been a railroad tunnel since the nineteenth century. Since the road tunnel was built, the road has not been cleared regularly in winter, and there is a weight limit for trucking.

On the Upper Austrian side west of the pass is the summer and ski resort Wurzeralm, and east of the pass Bosruck, which is noted for hiking and cross-country skiing.

Because the pass is a relatively low one, it has been important regionally since the Stone Age.

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