Flexen Pass

Flexen Pass
Flexenpass with Flexen-Häusl
Elevation	1,773 m (5,817 ft)
Traversed by	B198
Location	Austria
Range	Alps
Coordinates	47°9′31″N 10°9′54″E / 47.15861°N 10.16500°E / 47.15861; 10.16500Coordinates: 47°9′31″N 10°9′54″E / 47.15861°N 10.16500°E / 47.15861; 10.16500
Flexen Pass Location of Flexen Pass

Flexen Pass (el. 1773 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the Bundesland of Vorarlberg.

It connects the upper Lech River valley between Warth, Lech, and Zürs with the Klostertal near Stuben.

The pass road was built in 1940 and leads to the road over the Arlberg pass. It became a necessity when the Arlberg railroad was opened in 1884. Before that, traffic mostly went over the Tannberg by way of Oberstdorf.

The first stretch of road was opened in October 1897 up to the pass. At first, the road was shielded from the danger of avalanche by protective covers, but eventually a tunnel was built, and then a bridge over the Hölltobel. The road was only 3 meters wide. In 1909 the road was finished into the Lech Valley in Tyrol. Since 1936 the pass has been open in winter. Since 1948, funds from the Marshall Plan have been utilized to improve the road and make it safer from avalanches.

In 2000, plans were unveiled for a tunnel from Stuben to Zürs. However, the plans were tabled for lack of funds.

Alpine passes in Austria

Alpl Ammer Annaberg Arlberg Bielerhöhe Brenner Buchau Buchener Höhe Dienten Eibegg Eisentalhöhe Faschina Feistritz Fern Filzen Flattnitz Flexen Furkajoch Fuscher Törl Gaberl Gailberg Gerichtsberg Gerlos Grießen Griffner Gschütt Hahntennjoch Hals Hebalm Hengst Hirschegg Hochegg Hochrindl Hochtannberg Hochtor Holzleiten Iselsberg Josefsberg Kartitsch Katschberg Kernhofer Gscheid Kerschbaum Klammljoch Klippitztörl Klostertaler Gscheid Kreuzberg Kühtai Lahn Lienbach Loibl Losen Naßfeld Neumarkt Niederalpl Norberthöhe Obdach Oberjoch Och Pack Paulitsch Perchau Pfaffen Pielachtaler Gscheid Pillerhöhe Plöcken Pogusch Pölshals Pötschen Präbichl Preiner Gscheid Pretal Pyhrn Radl Radstädter Tauern Rechberg Rohr Schaida Schiestelscharte Schober Seeberg Seefeld Semmering Kleiner Semmering Silzer Soboth Staller Styrian Seeberg Sölk Thurn Timmelsjoch Triebener Tauern Turrach Ursprung Wechsel Weinebene Windische Höhe Wurzen Zellerrain

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/15/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

Flexen Pass

See also