 Traffic significantly increased after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 and the 2004 enlargement of the European Union.Now that it represents such an important connection between East and West, portions of the A1 between the junction of Steinhäusl west of Vienna and the "Voralpenkreuz" interchange with Innkreis Autobahn (A8) and Pyhrn Autobahn (A9) at Sattledt are gradually being expanded by the publicly owned ASFiNAG corporation to three lanes in each direction.The motorway links to the following additional motorways and major roads