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Roads: The Austrian road network consists of federal roads, provincial 
roads, district roads, municipal roads and private roads. Federal 
roads are built and maintained from federal revenue, levied in the 
form of the mineral oil tax, engine-related insurance tax, the 
earmarked road levy and the supplementary petroleum levy (investments 
in 1994 approx. ATS 16,000 million). The supreme authority for road 
construction is the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs. 
High-performance routes are partly financed by special companies ( 
Alpen Strassen AG,  ASFINAG).

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Of the total road network of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (approx. 
124,000 km) about a fifth lay on Austrian territory in 1918. In 
1994 the Austrian network of roads comprised more than 
200,000 km, of which 1,588.8 km were  Autobahn, 
195.4 km express roads (Schnellstrassen), 9,947.5 km federal 
roads (Bundesstrassen), 19,754.9 km provincial roads 
(Landesstrassen) and more than 100,000 km other roads (of which 
2,510 km in Vienna). Special importance also attaches to the 
extensive network of forest and agricultural roads.


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