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Traffic will be routed via the new, merged B 116 and L 138. The B116 (left) will be closed from tomorrow, January 8th. Graz (January 7th, 2026).- Since October 2024, work has been underway on the 16.6 million euro major construction project, the merging of the B 116 (Leobener Strasse) and L 138 (Parschlagestrasse) in Kapfenberg. And despite the icy temperatures currently prevailing, the construction company PORR Bau GmbH is already getting started again after the Christmas holidays. As part of the current construction phase 3, which is scheduled to last until the end of June, Leobener Strasse will be closed from tomorrow and traffic will be routed over the new, merged B 116 and L 138. And the next few months will be a little historic. Because the B 116 as well as the Parschlager and Deuchendorfer bridges will be removed over a length of 1.2 kilometers. The last, the fourth construction phase, will be completed by March 2027 at the latest and thus implemented a modern infrastructure project with sidewalks and cycle paths including a pedestrian and cycle path bridge, informs State Transport Councilor Claudia Holzer. Specifically, for the current construction work, the B 116 will be closed to traffic from the connection to the L 138 (km 3.798) to the connection to Schirmitzbuhelstrasse (km 2.032). Among other things, part of the old L 138 has so far been torn away. After the roadway and sidewalk demolitions and land removal that had already taken place, dams were filled and the new B 116 was built, as was the construction of a water protection system. The new construction of the Deuchendorf concrete roundabout is currently half completed. Project manager Stefan Schlogl from Department 16, Transport and State Buildings: We will now start with milling work and the removal of the B 116, and from the end of January the 67-year-old and almost 100-meter-long Parschlager Bridge will be demolished. The 67-year-old and 20-meter-long Deuchendorfer Bridge will then be removed by the summer. Graz, January 7, 2026
