Seefelder Straße


Seefelder Straße is a 21.2 km long former federal road or Bundesstraße - now classified as a "priority road" or Straße mit Vorrang - in the Alps in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It links the Inn valley with Scharnitz and the Scharnitz Pass on the border with Germany, running past the Zirler Berg, over the Seefeld Saddle and past Seefeld. It is part of the E533 European route.
The Karwendel Railway runs more or less parallel with the Seefelder Straße, crossing it several times.

Route

The Seefelder Straße runs through the Northern Limestone Alps, between the mountain ranges of the Karwendel to the east, the Mieminger Mountains to the west and the Wetterstein Mountains to the northwest.
The road runs in a generally northwesterly direction from the junction of Zirl-Ost on the Inn Valley Autobahn, initially heading east and then north past Zirl, where it runs over the south and east flanks of the Zirler Berg with a maximum gradient of 16% and only one hairpin bend; there it is also known as the Zirlerbergstraße. It then runs through Leithen to Reith, which it passes to the east.