▁within ▁this ▁category . ▁On ▁the ▁one ▁hand , ▁there ▁are ▁inter - city ▁roads ▁which ▁have ▁been ▁modern ised ▁to ▁a ▁good ▁quality ▁standard . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁aust ere ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁road ▁network ▁in ▁the ▁G DR ▁( e .   g . ▁occasionally ▁one ▁of ▁two ▁parallel ▁roads ▁or , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁of ▁low ▁traffic ▁importance , ▁the ▁links ▁between ▁them ▁were ▁simply ▁allowed ▁to ▁fall ▁into ▁dis rep air ) ▁there ▁are ▁today ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁federal ▁states ▁several ▁un p aved ▁roads ▁and ▁d irt ▁tracks ▁that ▁are ▁formally ▁Landes stra ßen ▁( e .   g . ▁the ▁L   2 0 8 ▁between ▁Bur k ers ro da ▁and ▁Bal g st ä dt ▁in ▁Sax ony - An halt ▁or ▁the ▁L   1 0 6 2 ▁between ▁Wit ters ro da ▁and ▁Len ge feld ▁in ▁Th uring ia ). ▁The ▁upgrade ▁of ▁these ▁roads ▁is ▁unlikely ▁in ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁fund ing ▁and ▁their ▁low ▁importance ; ▁in ▁most ▁cases ▁attempts ▁are ▁being ▁made ▁to ▁have ▁their ▁status ▁down grad ed . ▁ ▁Situ ation ▁in ▁Austria ▁▁ ▁In ▁Austria ▁today ▁all ▁important ▁roads , ▁apart ▁from ▁aut ob ah ns ▁and ▁Sch nell stra ßen ▁( limited - access ▁roads ) ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁public ly ▁owned ▁AS Fi NA G ▁corpor ation , ▁are ▁called ▁Landes stra ßen . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁even ▁the ▁former ▁Bundes stra