Brenner Autobahn "Brenner Autobahn" is a toll route in both Austria and Italy. When travelling on the Austrian A13, drivers are required to pay extra tolls (), either by credit card or cash at the toll plaza at the Schönberg im Stubaital junction or via a "Videomaut" prepaid system. As the Brenner Autobahn is a so-called special toll section (), it is exempt from the toll vignette usually obligatory on Austrian motorways and expressways. Brenner Autobahn The Brenner Autobahn ( or , ) refers to a major European truck route, which connects Innsbruck in Austria to Modena in northern Italy. Numbered as
Brenner Pass Counts of Tyrol within the Holy Roman Empire. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa made frequent uses of the Brenner Pass to cross the Alps during his imperial expeditions of Italy. The 12th-century Brenner Pass was a trackway for mule trains and carts. Modernisation of Brenner Pass started in 1777, when a carriage road was laid out at the behest of Empress Maria Theresa. Modernisation further took place under the Austrian Empire and the Brenner Railway, which was completed in stages from 1853 to 1867. It became the first trans-Alpine railway without a major tunnel and at high altitude (crossing Brenner Pass at