The Gleinalm Tunnel (German: Gleinalmtunnel) is a highway tunnel in Styria,

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. It lies along the

Pyhrn Autobahn The Pyhrn Autobahn (A9) (Pyhrn motorway) is an Autobahn (motorway), in Austria. It runs through the Alps by two two-lane tunnels, the Bosrucktunnel and the Gleinalmtunnel. The longest tunnel on the motorway is the Plabutschtunnel under Graz ...

and it is 8320 m long. It connects the district of Leoben with the district Graz-Umgebung. It was opened on 1978. The tunnel was in part built as an alternative route from Graz to the

Murau District Bezirk Murau is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Municipalities Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities: * Krakau * Mühlen * Murau * Neumarkt in der Steiermark * Niederwö ...

and the Murtal district, shortening the trip by about 20 minutes. Currently the tunnel has only one tube with oncoming traffic. The speed limit is 80 km/h and it has a toll of 10 euro. A second tube is under construction since 21 September 2013. The whole project will cost about 299 million euro. The new tube was opened on 21 July 2017: both tunnels will be in service until September 2017, after which the old tube will be closed for renovation. Both tubes will definitively open in 2019 according to the project plan.

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