Motorway A2 | ||||
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Autobahn A2 | ||||
Süd Autobahn | ||||
Route information | ||||
Part of E56 / E66 | ||||
Maintained by ASFiNAG | ||||
Length: | 377.3 km (234.4 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
From: | A23 | |||
A21 near Vienna |
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To: | A23 border with Italy | |||
Location | ||||
Regions: | Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria, Carinthia | |||
Major cities: | Vienna, Graz, Klagenfurt, Villach | |||
Highway system | ||||
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A21 near Vienna
S4 and S6 near Wiener Neustadt
A9 near Graz
The Süd Autobahn (A2) ('South Motorway') is a motorway (Autobahn) in Austria. Completed in 1999, it runs from the outskirts of Vienna south via the cities of Graz and Klagenfurt to the border of Italy at Arnoldstein, where it joins the Autostrada A23. With a total length of 377.3 km (234.4 mi), the A2 is Austria's longest motorway.
Plans for the A2 originated from the so-called Reichsautobahn system laid out after the Anschluss annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938. However, construction was not begun until the outbreak of World War II terminated all road building projects.