Pyhrn Pass weight limit for trucking. On the Upper Austrian side west of the pass is the summer and ski resort Wurzeralm, and east of the pass is Bosruck, which is noted for hiking and cross-country skiing. Because the pass is a relatively low one, it has been important regionally since the Stone Age. Pyhrn Pass Pyhrn Pass is a mountain pass in the Austrian Alps between the Austrian states of Upper Austria and Styria. It connects Warscheneck and Bosruck and is at an elevation of . The pass road (B 138) has a maximum grade of 10 percent. Since the middle
Brenner Pass of above . As a result, air and noise pollution have generated heavy debate in regional and European politics. , about 1.8 million trucks crossed the Europa Bridge per year. In order to ease the road traffic, there are plans to upgrade the Brenner Railway from Verona to Innsbruck with a series of tunnels, including the Brenner Base Tunnel underneath Brenner. While the official groundbreaking of the tunnel had taken place in 2006 (with survey tunnels drilled in the same year), substantial work did not begin until 2011. Funding issues have delayed the tunnel's scheduled date of completion from 2022