Traffic heavy on expressways across the country on day after Chuseok

  • 5 years ago
추석 귀경길 고속도로 정체 시작, 오후 4~6시 절정

With many people heading back home after Chuseok family gatherings,... heavy traffic congestion is expected today.
According to the Korea Expressway Corporation,... more than 5-point-one million cars will be on the move nationwide -- that's 10 percent more than a regular Saturday.
540-thousand of them will be entering the capital area.
As of 12 PM local time, it is expected to take three hours and 50 minutes to get to Seoul from Daejeon.
For those traveling in the opposite direction,... you'll be on the road for around an hour-and-a-half.
Brace yourself for a whopping seven hours and fifty minute roadtrip from Busan to Seoul.
If you're driving from the capital to Busan: five hours and twenty minutes.
Traffic will be at its peak between 4 and 6PM.
Conditions will improve after 3AM.