Overview
- Authorities have confirmed a full closure of the Brenner A13 corridor on Saturday, 30 May, with the motorway closed from 11:00 to 19:00 and trucks barred from 09:00, and parallel local roads B182 and L38e also blocked for the day.
- Federal and regional bodies including ASFINAG, the Tirol government and the German Auswärtiges Amt have issued urgent travel warnings and announced measures such as Abfahrtssperren and blockabfertigung to keep through-traffic off valley roads.
- Tirol officials say they may refuse entry at state borders or turn vehicles back if Innsbruck-area access points overload, a step aimed at preventing local road and valley gridlock.
- High Pfingst travel volumes and the long-running Luegbrücke reconstruction that limits capacity on the A13 raise the risk that the one-day shutdown will cause severe, wide-area delays and long queues on alternative alpine routes.
- Network resilience is already reduced by recent accidents during the holiday period, including a fatal glider crash on the A45 that has produced an immediate motorway closure and added pressure on traffic management and emergency services.