The Lavant viaduct is a motorway bridge crossing the Lavant River

Lavant River

The Lavant is a left tributary of the Drava in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It originates in the small Lavantsee at the southern slope of the Zirbenkogel mountain in Styria, then turns southeastwards and after 7 miles reaches the border to Carinthia...

 on the A2

Autobahns of Austria

The Austrian autobahns are controlled-access highways in Austria. They are officially called Bundesstraßen A according to the Austrian federal road act...

 autobahn, in Carinthia

Carinthia (state)

Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. With the length of 1.097 m and height of 165 m, it is also the second-highest bridge in Austria.

The first (left) bridge was opened on 26 July 1986. Due to the cost-cutting reasons, the second (right) bridge was not constructed, as the section from Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal

Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal

Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal is a town in the district of Wolfsberg in Carinthia in Austria.-References:...

 to Wolfsberg was open only on the left side. Construction of the right side of the bridge started in 2004 and was finished in 2007.