''Seefelder Straße'' (B 177) is a 21.2 km long former federal road or
''Bundesstraße'' - now classified as a "priority road" or ''Straße mit Vorrang'' - in the
Alps in the
Austrian federal state of
Tyrol. It links the
Inn valley
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with
Scharnitz
Scharnitz is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located north of Innsbruck and from Seefeld in Tirol on the German border. It is one of the largest municipalities and has 10 parts: Au, Eisack, Gieße ...
and the
Scharnitz Pass
The Scharnitz Pass (german: Scharnitzpass or ''Scharnitzer Klause'') is a narrow section of the upper Isar valley in the Northern Limestone Alps. It lies at a height of about on the Austro-German border between the states of Bavaria and Tyrol. I ...
on the border with
Germany, running past the
Zirler Berg, over the
Seefeld Saddle
The Seefeld Saddle (german: Seefelder Sattel) is a saddle and mountain pass, , in the Northern Limestone Alps in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. Two major transport routes run over it: the '' Seefelder Straße'' (B 177) and the Mittenw ...
and past
Seefeld Seefeld may refer to:
Places
* Seefeld in Tirol, a tourist resort in Tyrol, Austria
* Seefeld, Bavaria, a town in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
** Seefeld Castle
* Seefeld, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Ho ...
. It is part of the
E533 European route.
The
Karwendel Railway
The Mittenwald Railway (german: Mittenwaldbahn), popularly known as the Karwendelbahn (Karwendel railway), is a railway line in the Alps in Austria and Germany. It connects Innsbruck via Seefeld (both in Tyrol, Austria) and Mittenwald to Garmi ...
runs more or less parallel with the Seefelder Straße, crossing it several times.
Route
The ''Seefelder Straße'' runs through the
Northern Limestone Alps, between the mountain ranges of the
Karwendel (max. ) to the east, the
Mieminger Mountains
The Mieming(er) Range, Mieminger Chain (german: Mieminger Kette) or Mieminger Mountains (''Mieminger Gebirge''), is a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps. It is located entirely in Austria within the state of Tyro ...
(or: ''Mieming Chain''; max. 2,768 m) to the west and the
Wetterstein Mountains (max. ) to the northwest.
The road runs in a generally northwesterly direction from the junction of ''Zirl-Ost'' (ca. ) on the
Inn Valley Autobahn
The Inn Valley Motorway or Inntal Autobahn A12 is an autobahn in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol and part of Euroroutes E45 and E60.
It begins as a continuation of the German Bundesautobahn 93 on the German-Austrian border near Kiefersfel ...
(the A 12), initially heading east and then north past
Zirl (622 m), where it runs over the south and east flanks of the
Zirler Berg (1,057 m) with a maximum gradient of 16% and only one
hairpin bend; there it is also known as the
Zirlerbergstraße. It then runs through
Leithen
Leithen Water ( gd, Leitheann / Abhainn Leitheinn) is a tributary of the River Tweed in Scotland. It rises in the Moorfoot Hills and joins the Tweed near the town of Innerleithen, whose name comes from the Scottish Gaelic ''inbhir'', meaning a ...
(1,009 m) to
Reith (1,130 m), which it passes to the east.
Sources
External links
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Roads in Austria
Transport in Tyrol (state)