electronics, engineering, forestry, and agriculture. Transport Rail The Brenner Railway, which opened in 1867, and the Lower Inn Valley Railway form part of the important trans-Alpine European railway axis known as the Berlin-Palermo railway axis. The completion of the final portion of the FO railway occurred in 1926. It thus opened up the Cantons of Valais and Graubünden to further tourist development. This led to the introduction of Kurswagen (through coaches) between Brig and Chur, and between Brig and St. Moritz. Road The Brenner Pass and the Katschberg Pass were historic passages through parts of the Alpes. The Tauern Autobahn (A 10) is an autobahn (motorway) in Austria running from Salzburg to Villach in Carinthia via the Tauern mountain range It opened in 1975 and was completed in 1988. The Grossglockner High Alpine Road (in German Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße) is the highest surfaced mountain pass road in Austria runs from Bruck in the state of Salzburg with Heiligenblut in the state of Carinthia via the Fuscher Törl and Hochtor Pass at . It is named after the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain and was built as both a scenic route and a toll. It opened in 1935. The Austrian states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are also connected by a pass road called the Silvretta Hochalpenstraße (at a height of 2032m). The Winter Olympics In 1964 and 1976 they were held in Innsbruck and 1956 they were in Cortina. See also Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps Central Eastern Alps – also known as the Central Alps. Limestone Alps Periadriatic Seam Glarus thrust List of mountains of the canton of St. Gallen Economy of Liechtenstein Paganism in the Eastern Alps Venetic theory References Mountain ranges of Austria Mountain ranges of Switzerland Mountain ranges of Italy Mountain ranges of Bavaria Mountain ranges of Liechtenstein Mountain ranges of Slovenia