Congestion on the highway on the way home… 4 hours 40 minutes from Seoul to Busan

Congestion on the highway on the way home… 4 hours 40 minutes from Seoul to Busan

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Input 2021.02.10 20:29

On the evening of the 10th, one day before the Lunar New Year holidays, homecoming vehicles are crowded and congestion occurs on highways across the country.



On the afternoon of the 10th, a day before the Lunar New Year holidays, a notice for the normal payment of expressway tolls between the New Year holidays (11th to 13th) is displayed on the electronic board of the Seoul Toll Gate in Gungnae-dong, Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi Province. /yunhap news

According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, as of 7:20 p.m. on the same day, traffic on the Gyeongbu Expressway in the direction of Busan is from Hannam to Seocho (4 km), Seoul Tollgate to Suwon (12 km), and entrance to Cheongju (48 km). It’s not smooth.

In the direction of Seoul, the vehicle is running slowly in the 17km section of Anseong and Anseong (9km) and Giheung to Suwon (4km).

The Seohaean Expressway towards Mokpo is 13 km from Seopyeongtaek near Seohae Bridge (8 km) and around Hongseong to Hongseong (5 km) and 10 km from Bibong to Yongdam Tunnel (6 km). There is a congestion phenomenon in the section.

If you depart the Seoul Tollgate by car at 8 PM, the time required to travel to major cities across the country is expected to be 4 hours 40 minutes in Busan, 3 hours 50 minutes in Gwangju, 4 hours 20 minutes in Ulsan and 2 hours 40 minutes in Gangneung. The congestion in the direction of homecoming is expected to resolve around 1 to 2 am on the 11th, after peaking at 6 to 7 pm.

On this day, the corporation estimated the national traffic volume of 4.65 million units. It is expected that 460,000 units will move from the metropolitan area to the local area and 420,000 units from the local area to the metropolitan area.

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