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(

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) in the

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n state of

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. It runs from the

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and the city of

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to the

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in the north, where it ends near the small municipality of

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. Construction started in the early 1960s, however the plans of a motorway connecting Linz with

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were never carried out and in 1982 the extension finally discontinued. Due to the increasing traffic volume after the fall of the Iron Curtain, a continuation will be provided by the Mühlviertler Schnellstraße expressway to Leopoldschlag at the

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border, which was expected to open in 2015, but as of 2022, nothing has come of it.

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