On the eve of New Year's Day and Monday, on the morning of the 31st, major highways across the country have been congested in various places since early morning.



Today's nationwide traffic volume is 4.32 million, of which 390,000 are expected to move from the metropolitan area to the province and 390,000 from the province to the metropolitan area.



According to the Road Corporation, the traffic jam on the road is expected to peak around 12 to 1 pm today and to be resolved around 4 to 5 pm.



Congestion on the way back is expected to reach a maximum around 4-5 pm, and then dissipate around 8-9 pm.



It takes Busan 5 hours 30 minutes, Gwangju 3 hours 50 minutes, Ulsan 5 hours 10 minutes, Daegu 4 hours 30 minutes, Daejeon 2 hours 20 minutes, Gangneung 3 hours from the Seoul tollgate at 10 am by car. 10 minutes.



An official from the Road Traffic Corporation explained, "On the eve of New Year's Eve, traffic congestion in the direction of returning home is concentrated, so it is more crowded than usual."



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