The Schmitten Tunnel (german: Schmittentunnel) is the bypass tunnel for the town of

Zell am See Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its ski resorts and shoreline on Lake Zell. While Zell a ...

in Austria and a

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Pinzgau Road The Bezirk Zell am See is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pinzgau region (). The area of the district is , with a population of 84,124 (May 15, 2001), and population dens ...

(''Pinzgauer Straße'', B 311) in the Austrian state of

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. The Schmitten Tunnel has a length of 5,111 metres and acts as a relief road for the through road in Zell am See, that is normally very busy. The tunnel stretches from the suburb of

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to the northern end of the town of Zell am See. One feature is the junction in the tunnel for the Old Town (''Altstadt'') of Zell am See. Construction on the tunnel began in 1993 and breakthrough was achieved on 18 July 1994.Land Salzburg – DVD: Der Schmittentunnel
In 1996 it was completed at a cost of around 1.39 Billion

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