Wiener Außenring Autobahn

In the future, the Wiener Außenring Autobahn, in conjunction with other expressways and motorways, will form part of the so-called regional ring around Vienna.

Thus, for example, in Weissenbach or Sittendorf barracks were set up, initially housing regular construction workers, but later serving as accommodation for prisoners of war.

After the barracks briefly served as a warehouse for aircraft parts from the Seegrotte, their usage was stopped in the war turmoil like all other construction sites.

[2] In 1938, a barrack camp was built in Sittendorf, which originally served for the workers and later French prisoners of war, as well as for Serbian forced laborers.

[3] After the war, land already exchanged or replaced fell into Soviet hands as German property and only returned to the Republic of Austria after the State Treaty in 1955.

After partial resistance from the local population, who feared that their habitat would be adversely affected, the plan was dropped and the rest area was built in Alland instead.

Crossed trucks and the failure to form the emergency lane (Rettungsgasse) by drivers would have made it impossible to get through with the snow plows.

[8] In a statement issued on 20 April 2017, Infrastructure Minister Leichtfried announced that the winter tires requirement for trucks would be extended until 15 May.

Warehouse at the motorway construction site in Weissenbach bei Mödling
Knoten Steinhäusl