Brenner Autobahn

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Motorway A13
Brenner Autobahn A13
Route information
Length	36 km (22 mi)
Major junctions
From	Inntal Autobahn
To	Autostrada A22
Location
Country	Austria
Regions	Tyrol
Major cities	Innsbruck
Highway system
Highways of Austria Autobahns Expressways State Roads
← A 12 → A 14

The Brenner Autobahn (Italian: Autostrada del Brennero or Italian: AutoBrennero, English: Brenner motorway) refers to a major European truck route that connects Innsbruck in Austria to Verona in northern Italy.^[1]

Numbered as the A13 in the Austrian section, the motorway is relatively short and entirely located within the state of Tyrol. Upon reaching the Italy-Austria border at the Brenner Pass (1,374 m (4,508 ft)), the motorway becomes A22 in Italy and runs to Verona and then to Modena, where it connects to the A1 motorway between Milan and Rome.^[2] It is part of the major European route E45.

The historic Brenner Pass is one of the lowest among the Central Eastern Alps; this favourable location was therefore suitable for building the first motorway crossing among the Alpine main chains. Unlike other higher passes across the Alps, the Brenner Pass remains open all year round. Construction of the motorway began in 1959 and the Brenner Autobahn, including the Bridge of Europe (Europe's highest motorway bridge then), was partially open in 1963.