Today (17th), one day before the Chuseok holiday, the highway started to congest in earnest as it entered the afternoon.



According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, as of 4 p.m. today, in the Busan direction of the Gyeongbu Expressway, cars are not speeding up at their speed in a total of 35 km sections, including Hannam-Seocho, Seoul Tollgate-Singal Junction, Dongtan Junction-Southwest, and Cheonan-Okcheon. .



In the direction of Mokpo, the West Coast Expressway is congested in the 10km section, including the vicinity of Paltan Junction and Seopyeongtaek to Seohae Bridge, and in the direction of Seoul, it is congested in a 34km section including Dangjin-Seohae Bridge, Balan-Paltan Junction, Bibong-Yongdam Tunnel, Iljik Junction and Geumcheon. has occurred.



Also, in the direction of Seoul Metropolitan Area 1st Ring Expressway, the turtle steps are continued in the 30km section such as Pangyo Junction to Seongnam Tollgate and Jayu-ro to Songnae, and in the Ilsan direction from Siheung Tollgate to Songnae and Guri to Sangil 26km section.



On the Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway, it is repeatedly going and standing in a 10km section including Bukchungju-Chungju junction and Gamgok in the Yangyang direction and 13km section including Yeoju junction and Gamgok in the Changwon direction.



The Hanam direction of the Jungbu Expressway is running slowly in the 18km section such as Iljuk to Moga, and the Nami direction in the 24km section including the Daeso~Jincheon tunnel.



The Yeongdong Expressway operates at a slower pace in the 8km section including Banwol Tunnel to Bugok in the Gangneung direction and 16km in the Incheon direction from Gunja Junction to Seochang Junction and Dongsuwon to Gwanggyo Tunnel.



Today's national traffic volume estimate is 5.41 million, of which 470,000 are expected to move from the metropolitan area to the province and 480,000 from the province to the metropolitan area.



The estimated time from Seoul tollgate to major cities nationwide by car at 4 pm on the same day is Busan 5 hours, Ulsan 4 hours 40 minutes, Daegu 4 hours, Gwangju 3 hours 40 minutes, Gangneung 2 hours 40 minutes, Daejeon 2 hours 10 minutes is.



The road construction company said, "It is the eve of the Chuseok holiday, and it will be more crowded than usual on weekends as vehicles returning home from work overlap." predicted. 



(Photo = Yonhap News)