Today (23rd), the third day of the Lunar New Year holiday, traffic congestion on the way home continues throughout the day.



According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, as of 5:00 p.m. today, the time taken by car from major cities across the country to Seoul toll booths is 5 hours and 40 minutes in Busan, 5 hours and 10 minutes in Ulsan, 4 hours and 30 minutes in Daegu, 5 hours and 20 minutes in Gwangju, and 3 hours and 40 minutes in Gangneung. minutes, Daejeon is 3 hours and 10 minutes.



Compared to the time taken to return home at 12:00 noon, it was reduced by more than an hour, but the tortoise still continued in some sections.



The estimated travel time from Seoul toll gates to major cities across the country is 4 hours 30 minutes to Busan, 4 hours 10 minutes to Ulsan, 3 hours 10 minutes to Daegu, 3 hours 20 minutes to Gwangju, 2 hours 40 minutes to Gangneung, and 1 hour 30 minutes to Daejeon.



The Gyeongbu Expressway in the direction of Seoul was congested in the vicinity of Dalraenae-Banpo 8km, near Jukjeon Service Area-Pangyo Junction 7km, near Mokcheon 4km, Bukcheonan-Anseong Junction 19km, Biryong Junction-Near Daejeon 7km.



In the direction of Busan on the Gyeongbu Line, cars are seldom speeding up in the 9km section between Hwacheon and Eonyang Junction, and the 29km section near the Tongdosa service area.



On the Seohaean Expressway in the direction of Seoul, the 15km section between the Seopyongtaek Junction and the Paltan Junction and the 3km section near the Seocheon-Jongcheon Tunnel are blocked.



In the direction of Hanam on the Jungbu Expressway, it is congested in the section near Jungbu 3 Tunnel to Jungbu 1 Tunnel 6km, and Majang Junction to Seoicheon 3km.



In the direction of Nami on the Jungbu Line, cars are also pushed in the 10km section from the vicinity of Jincheon to the Jincheon Tunnel.



Yeongdong Line Incheon direction is running slowly in the section near Jinbu Tunnel 3 ~ Jinbu Tunnel 2, 2 km, near Saemal, 4 km, and between Yeoju Junction and Yeoju Rest Area, 4 km.



The road construction predicts that the congestion on the way back will be somewhat relieved as time goes by and will be resolved between midnight and 1 am today.



It was estimated that today's national traffic volume would be about 5.13 million units, with 380,000 units moving from the metropolitan area to the provinces and 510,000 units moving from the provinces to the metropolitan area.