Traffic forecast

Travel traffic reaches its peak: traffic jams await here

Massive volumes of traffic are expected next weekend.

(Bild: Andreas Tröster)

Every year, the summer traffic jams greet us as the people of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg start their vacations and Saxony and Thuringia approach the end of the school break. ARBÖ and ÖAMTC are predicting delays throughout Austria. For most people in Salzburg, the usual routes will be affected. 

3.2 million pupils in Bavaria will be celebrating the end of the school year next weekend and looking forward to a well-deserved vacation with their parents. For 770,000 pupils from Saxony and Thuringia, on the other hand, the school break ends. Massive traffic jams are expected, especially from Friday evening until late on Saturday.

The following hotspots are of particular interest to Salzburg locals and holidaymakers:

The "classics" in peak summer traffic jams 

• Westautobahn, Greater Salzburg area: Regardless of whether you have chosen the lake district or the city of Salzburg as your destination or are just passing through - you can expect increased traffic volumes and resulting delays from Thalgau to the Salzburg junction. 
• A10 Tauernautobahn: As usual, the Tauernautobahn is mainly affected by through traffic. There will be regular congestion between Salzburg and Hallein due to the merging of the A1 and A10. The tunnel construction sites from Golling are currently on summer break, but from the Tauern tunnel, the Katschberg tunnel and the Villach junction, the motorists' associations are expecting traffic jams. 
• A8 between Munich and Salzburg
• A11 Karawanken highway along the entire route and especially before the Karawanken tunnel 
• In addition, there is of course a risk of major delays on the Italian (A22, A4, A23) and Slovenian freeways (A1 and A2) due to tourist traffic

The ARBÖ advises: "If possible, avoid the coming weekend as a travel weekend on the transit routes. If this is not possible: early Friday afternoon and Sunday morning should bring calmer traffic."