The Hochkönig Road (german: Hochkönig Straße or, in Tyrol, ''Hochkönigstraße''), – the B 164 – is a state road (''

Landesstraße ''Landesstraßen'' (singular: ''Landesstraße'') are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads t ...

'') in

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 has a length of . Beginning in

Bischofshofen Bischofshofen () is a town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and at the Tauern Autobahn, a major highway route cr ...

in the

Salzach The Salzach (Austrian: �saltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limestone and Central E ...

valley, it runs initially between the

Hochkönig The Hochkönig is a mountain group containing the highest mountain (Mount Hochkönig) in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Salzburgerland, Austria. The Berchtesgaden Alps form part of the Northern Limestone Alps. Location It lies to the west of the town ...

and Dienten Mountains along the

Dienten Saddle The Dienten Saddle (german: Dientner Sattel) is a mountain col at a height of Saalach The Saalach is a river in Austria and Germany, and a left tributary of the Salzach. Course The river begins, as the stream, in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel Alps at the lake below the high Gamshag. From there it flows initi ...

Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer is a town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. With approximately 16,000 inhabitants, Saalfelden is the district's largest town and the third of the federal state after Salzburg and Hallein ...

. On the far side of the Saalach the road runs into the Leoganger Tal between the

Leoganger Steinberge The Leogang MountainsLichtenberger, Elisabeth (2000). ''Austria: society and regions'', Austrian Academy of Sciences, p. 173. . (german: Leoganger Steinberge, lit. "Leogang Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in Austria in the state of Salzbu ...

and the

Loferer Steinberge The Lofer Mountains or Loferer MountainsHeuss, Theodor (1955). ''Preludes to life: early memoirs'', University of Michigan, p. 143. (german: Loferer Steinberge, lit. "Lofer Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps in th ...

to the north and the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone) ...

to the south via

Leogang Leogang is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is a famous winter sports and summer mountain hiking resort. Population Sights :Mining and Gothic Museum :tourist mine Schwarzle ...

up to the

Grießen Pass Grießen Pass (el. 975 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps between the ''federal states'' of Salzburg and Tyrol. It connects the Kitzbühel Alps and the Leogang Steinberge. The road over the pass leads from Hochfilzen in Tyrol to ...

(), and via

Fieberbrunn Fieberbrunn is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Kitzbühel Alps. Fieberbrunn is the most populous municipality in the Pillerseetal valley. Acco ...

downhill again into the valley of the Kitzbühler Ache to St. Johann in Tirol. On the last section the road runs parallel to the

Salzburg-Tyrol Railway {{Infobox rail line , box_width = auto , name = Salzburg-Tyrol Railway , native_name = Salzburg-Tiroler-Bahn , native_name_lang = de , image ...

History

Since 1948 three sections of the present-day Hochkönig Road in the state of Salzburg have been classified as Class II state highways ('' Landesstraßen''): *The Mühlbach Road (''Mühlbacher Straße'') between Bischofshofen and Mühlbach *The Alm Road (''Almer Straße'') between Alm and Saalfelden *The long Leogang Road (''Leoganger Straße'') between Saalfelden and Leogang With effect from 1 July 1962 the last two roads were extended: *The Alm Road was lengthened by as far as Hinterthal. *The Leogang Road was lengthened by as far as the Tyrolean state border at the

. The middle section between Mühlbach and Hinterthal wurde was declared a ''Konkurrenzstraße'' (literally "competitive road") by the state act of 11 April 1962. In Austrian legal language ''Konkurrenz'' means joint financing of a project by various institutions, of which each takes on a legally defined percentage of the maintenance costs. In this case the shares were: *the

State of Salzburg Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of S ...

65.00% *the municipality of Alm 8.00% *the municipality of

2.25% *the municipality of

Dienten am Hochkönig Dienten am Hochkönig () is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. The population (as of May 2001) is 800. Dienten is also part of the High King Mountain Ski Area. Geography The mun ...

8.00% *the municipality of

Mühlbach am Hochkönig Mühlbach am Hochkönig is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau district, Salzburgerland, Austria. Population Its population was 1,622 inhabitants in 2005. Location Mühlbach am Hochkönig is found approximately 8 km to the west of ...

8.00% *the municipality of

Saalfelden Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer is a town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. With approximately 16,000 inhabitants, Saalfelden is the district's largest town and the third of the federal state after Salzburg and Hallein ...

3.75% *the Austrian State Forests 5.00 % The Hochkönig Road has been part of the network of federal highways ('' Bundestrassen'') in Austria since 1 Jan 1973.''Kundmachung des Bundesministers für Bauten und Technik dated 8 Feb 1977 iaw § 33 Abs. 4 of the Bundesstraßengesetzes 1971 within the state of Salzburg'', BGBl. No. 112/1977.

Traffic restrictions

The following restrictions apply to the Hochkönig Road: no entry on the B 164 ''Hochkönigstraße'' from km 56.251 (Hochfilzen municipality) to km 75.76 (St. Johann in Tirol) in both directions for lorries over maximum permitted weight, excluding recovery and breakdown vehicles, military vehicles and lorries that load or unload, start or finish their journeys in the following municipalities: St. Johann in Tirol and Fieberbrunn in Tyrol,

Hochfilzen Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016. It is a popular winter sports resort, especially f ...

and Leogang in the state of Salzburg.

Route / Junctions

References

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