6.84 Million Vehicles to Move on Chuseok Day... Return Traffic Peak at 4 PM

The Korea Expressway Corporation projected that 6.84 million vehicles will be on the move today (the 25th), marking Chuseok Day, which is a 26.4% increase compared to the average during last year's Chuseok.

In particular, the corporation forecasts that 470,000 vehicles will move from the capital area to provincial regions, while 460,000 vehicles will travel from provincial regions to the capital area.

Traffic congestion on the Gyeongbu Expressway toward Busan is expected to peak at 4 PM, and on the Seohaean Expressway toward Mokpo at 12 PM.

Departing from Seoul today, the estimated travel time is 9 hours and 10 minutes to Busan, 7 hours to Mokpo, 6 hours and 40 minutes to Gwangju, 5 hours to Gangneung, and 4 hours to Daejeon.

Conversely, traveling from Busan to Seoul is expected to take 9 hours, from Gwangju 7 hours and 20 minutes, and from Daejeon 4 hours and 30 minutes, indicating that return traffic congestion will be the most severe during this holiday period.

While traffic congestion for those heading to their hometowns is expected to ease between 7 PM and 8 PM, congestion for those returning is projected to clear only around 2 AM to 3 AM tomorrow.

Meanwhile, highway tolls are waived for all vehicles from yesterday, when the holiday began, until midnight on Sunday the 27th.

Real-time traffic information can be checked via the highway traffic information app and the Roadplus website.

(Photo: Yonhap News)
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