The (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n) Ost Autobahn A4 or "Eastern Motorway" is part of the

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E60 and goes from

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to the town of

Nickelsdorf Nickelsdorf ( hu, Miklóshalma or Miklóshalom, hr, Mikištrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Geography Nickelsdorf is the only town in the municipality. It has an important border crossin ...

, on the Hungarian border. The road begins at the A23 at the

Prater The Prater () is a large public park in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. The Wurstelprater, an amusement park that is often simply called "Prater", lies in one corner of the Wiener Prater and includes the Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel. Name The ...

junction in Vienna, travels through

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, Schwechat,

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Fischamend Fischamend () is a town in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It belonged to Wien-Umgebung District which was dissolved in 2016. Population Geography Fischamend lies in the "Industrial Quarter" in Low ...

, Bruck an der Leitha, Parndorf,

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and Mönchhof to the border town of

. Crossing the border into

Hegyeshalom Hegyeshalom (; german: Straß-Sommerein) is a village of approximately 3600 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary, on the border with Austria and less than 15 km from the border with Slovakia. History A charter given by Andrew I ...

, the road becomes the Hungarian

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which then continues on to

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. The road is 66 km long.

Future plans

There is a new junction planned at Albern, as part of the lengthening of the

Donauuferautobahn The Austrian autobahns are controlled-access highways in Austria. They are officially called ''Bundesstraßen A (Bundesautobahnen)'' under the authority of the Federal Government according to the Austrian Federal Road Act (''Bundesstraßengesetz ...

A22, which in the future should be extended into a so-called ''Halbknoten'' or half-junction. This would mean, for instance, that it would only be possible to go from Schwechat onto the A22, meaning one would have to travel from the A22 to the A4, in the direction of Schwechat. In the future there are plans to connect the six-lane extension between the Schwechat junction and the airport. The section from Vienna to Vienna International Airport will be called the ''Flughafenautobahn'', or "Airport Motorway". , there are plans to widen the A4 from 2x2 to 2x3 lanes between Vienna International Airport and Fischamend at a cost of 32 million euro.

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Planungen vom Land Niederösterreich zum Ausbau der A4
Autobahns in Austria Simmering (Vienna) Wien-Umgebung District Schwechat Bruck an der Leitha District Bruck an der Leitha Neusiedl am See District Transport in Vienna {{Austria-transport-stub