Nordostautobahn
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The Nordost Autobahn A6 or Northeastern motorway is a motorway in eastern Austria
and it connects Slovakia
to the Austrian motorway system.
It begins at A4
junction near Bruckneudorf, going east, bypassing Potzneusiedl, crossing the Leitha river by a 410 m long bridge, then beyond Gattendorf copying existing national road heading northeast and near Kittsee turning east to the Slovakian border, where border crossing already exists since 1998.
Construction started in November 2004 and lasted until November 2007.
Total planned costs were 182 million euro
, but the real final costs sank to 146 million euro. The motorway was opened on 19 November 2007, and opened to traffic on 20 November 2007.
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...
and it connects Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
to the Austrian motorway system.
It begins at A4
Ostautobahn
The Ost Autobahn A4 or "Eastern Motorway" is part of the Europastraße E60 and goes from Vienna to the town of Nickelsdorf, on the Hungarian border....
junction near Bruckneudorf, going east, bypassing Potzneusiedl, crossing the Leitha river by a 410 m long bridge, then beyond Gattendorf copying existing national road heading northeast and near Kittsee turning east to the Slovakian border, where border crossing already exists since 1998.
Construction started in November 2004 and lasted until November 2007.
Total planned costs were 182 million euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
, but the real final costs sank to 146 million euro. The motorway was opened on 19 November 2007, and opened to traffic on 20 November 2007.