Triebener Tauern Pass

Coordinates: 47°26′3″N 14°29′1″E / 47.43417°N 14.48361°E / 47.43417; 14.48361
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Triebener Tauern Pass
Summit at Hohentauern
Elevation1,274 m (4,180 ft)
Traversed byBundesstraße B 114
LocationAustria
RangeCentral Eastern Alps
Coordinates47°26′3″N 14°29′1″E / 47.43417°N 14.48361°E / 47.43417; 14.48361
Triebener Tauern Pass is located in Alps
Triebener Tauern Pass
Triebener Tauern Pass
Location of Triebener Tauern Pass

Triebener Tauern Pass (el. 1274 m.) is a mountain pass in the Central Eastern Alps in Austria, in the Bundesland of Styria. It crosses the Niedere Tauern chain, connecting the city of Judenburg in the Mur valley in the south with Trieben in the north.

Until the 1970s the northern ascent had two steeply sloping sections with a maximum grade of 16 and 21% including multiple hairpin turns, moreover affected by landslides. After several accidents, the pass road underwent major reconstructions, recently from June 2006 to October 2008, which reduced the maximum grade to 10 and 13%.

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