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A bottleneck was removed, making it accessible to oncoming traffic for the first time. The Gesause entrance was expandedGraz (December 18, 2025).- On one side the roaring Enns, on the other side the steeply rising mountain slope. In the last five months, the bottleneck on the B 146, the Gesausestrasse, that has existed since its construction, at the Gesause entrance, has been expanded to a continuous 6.25 meter wide roadway. From now on, the roadway can now be used in two lanes with oncoming traffic for the first time. In total, the costs for expanding this section of road will amount to 4.5 million euros, informs State Transport Councilor Claudia Holzer. When the slope-side recultivation measures are carried out next spring, a remaining lane width of 3.50 meters with a traffic light regulation must be set up again. All measures are scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2026. The expansion measure was accomplished by using around 1,200 cubic meters of concrete, 100 tons of structural steel and 7,000 linear meters of piles and anchors. A particular challenge of this construction project was maintaining traffic in a small space. For this purpose, the 90-year-old retaining walls along the edge of the road on the river side were reinforced in advance in order to build a continuous 1.25 meter wide edge beam on top of them. This created a sufficient lane width for traffic during the construction work. In the future, pedestrians will be able to admire the natural monument Cataract Route of the Enns via this edge beam, protected from road traffic for the first time, describes the project manager Karlheinz Lang from the A16, traffic and state building construction, explained the additional benefits of this measure. However, the patience and understanding of road users, especially the Johnsbach population, for the sometimes necessary night-time road closures over the last five months should not go unmentioned, said Lang. Graz, December 18, 2025
