The A13 begins in the south of Innsbruck from the east-west motorway A12 Inntal Autobahn (Inn Valley Motorway), which links Bregenz in western Austria to Kufstein near the border of Bavaria in Germany. At above sea, the Brenner Autobahn climbs up the Wipptal (Wipp Valley), passes by the villages Steinach and Gries-am-Brenner, and reaches the Brenner Pass at above sea.