Brenner Autobahn the "Brenner Autobahn" climbs up the Wipptal ("Wipp Valley"), passes by the villages Steinbach and Gries-am-Brenner, and reaches the Brenner Pass at above sea. After passing through toll gates 200 metres south of the Italy-Austria border, the A22 motorway begins its gradual descent through the Eisack Valley. It passes by the towns of Sterzing and Brixen before arriving outside Bolzano at above sea. After Bolzano, the motorway continues to Auer, Trento, Rovereto, Ala and meets the A4 Milan-Venice Highway west of Verona. Beyond Verona, the motorway continues to Mantua and Modena, where it terminates and meets the A1 motorway. The
Brenner Pass Raetia. Via Augusta was completed in 46–47 AD; the route took its course along the Adige valley to the neighbouring Reschen Pass (west of Brenner Pass at above ), then descended into the Inn valley before rising to Fern Pass towards Augsburg. The Roman road that physically crossed over Brenner Pass did not exist until the 2nd century AD. It took the "eastern" route through the Puster Valley and descended into Veldidena (modern-day Wilten), where it crossed the Inn and into Zirl and arrived at Augsburg via Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Alamanni (Germanic tribe) crossed the Brenner Pass southward into modern-day Italy