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
Fern Pass winter. Today's road is known as the "Fernpass Straße" (B 179). It connects Reutte through the Lermoos tunnel with Tarrenz and Imst. Via B 187 and B 189, it also leads to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany. It also connects the Lech River valley with the Inn River valley. Therefore, it carries more traffic than almost any other pass in the eastern Alps, except the Brenner Pass. The steepest gradient is 8 percent, and the elevation gain from Reutte to the pass is 359 m. On the other side to Telfs, the elevation gain is 579 m. Fern Pass Fern Pass (elevation