Traffic has increased significantly on expressways starting from the afternoon of September 23, a day before the Chuseok holiday.
According to Yonhap News, the Korea Expressway Corporation reported that approximately 6.13 million vehicles are expected to travel.
Of these, 510,000 vehicles are predicted to head from the capital region to provincial areas, while 450,000 will travel from provincial areas to the capital.
Travel times from Seoul to Busan are estimated to reach a maximum of 7 hours and 30 minutes. The journey from Seoul to Gwangju is expected to take 6 hours and 50 minutes, while trips to Mokpo and Gangneung are projected to take 7 hours and 20 minutes and 3 hours and 20 minutes, respectively.
The expressway corporation stated, "Traffic heading out of the capital will begin to congest around 6 to 7 a.m., while traffic returning to the capital will start to build up around 7 to 8 a.m., peaking between 6 and 7 p.m."
As of 1 p.m., traffic congestion was reported on several routes, including 29 kilometers near the Bukcheonan to Cheonan Hodoo rest area on the Gyeongbu Expressway heading to Busan, 10 kilometers near the Yeoju Junction to Gamgok area on the Jungbu Inland Expressway towards Changwon, and 11 kilometers near the Mungyeong 2 Tunnel to Jinam Tunnel on the same route. Additionally, there was 11 kilometers of congestion on the Jungbu Expressway towards Nami near the Ochang to Nami Junction, and 10 kilometers near the Namansung to Geumgwang 3 Tunnel on the Pyeongtaek-Jecheon Expressway.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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