 Nhepfenyuro yeReichsautobahn sezvayakagadzirirwa pakupedzisira yaifanira kuwedzerwa kune yakawanda ye Lebensraum yakarongwa munharaunda dzakakundwa; pamwe chete nevatatu vekumabvazuva nekumaodzanyemba kwekuwedzera kweiyo yakanyanya-yakafara-gauge Breitspurbahn njanji system, migwagwa mikuru yaive yakagadzirirwa kupa hukama hukuru hwe kugadzirisa tambo dzevaGerman vatorwa Wehrbauer nharaunda dzinowanikwa munharaunda yakundwa yeSoviet. Kuwedzerwa kweAustria kuReichmuna 1938 kwakaguma nokuwedzerwa kwegadziriro yemigwagwa yaimbova neVienna uye kuronga kukuru uye kuedza kuvaka mumatunhu eAlpine. West Autobahn pakati peVienna neSalzburg yakatangwa mukati memavhiki nechiziviso chikuru, asi makiromita mashomanene bedzi akapoteredza Salzburg akapedzwa na 1942. 