Return Traffic Begins on Final Day of National Foundation Day Holiday ... 5 Hours 10 Minutes from Busan to Seoul
Peak Expected Between 4 and 5 p.m., Easing After 10 p.m.
On October 5, which marks both the last day of the three-day National Foundation Day holiday and a substitute holiday, the return traffic heading towards Seoul began in earnest on major expressways nationwide.
Seoul Seocho Interchange, Gyeongbu Expressway Northbound. Photo by Yonhap News Agency
View original imageAccording to Korea Expressway Corporation, as of 9:00 a.m. on this day, the estimated travel times from major cities to the Seoul tollgate are as follows: 5 hours and 10 minutes from Busan, 4 hours and 50 minutes from Ulsan, 4 hours and 10 minutes from both Mokpo and Daegu, 3 hours and 30 minutes from Gwangju, 2 hours and 40 minutes from Gangneung, and 1 hour and 40 minutes from Daejeon.
From noon, travel time from Busan to Seoul is expected to increase to 5 hours and 40 minutes, signaling the start of heavier traffic congestion in the afternoon. The Expressway Corporation forecasts that the return traffic congestion, which will begin in earnest between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., will peak between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. and subside between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Nationwide traffic volume is projected to reach 5.09 million vehicles on this day. The Expressway Corporation expects 390,000 vehicles will travel from the Seoul metropolitan area to the provinces, while 410,000 vehicles will move from the provinces to the Seoul metropolitan area. Traffic heading from Seoul to the provinces is expected to remain generally smooth. In contrast to the expressways, major roads within Seoul are experiencing smooth traffic flow.
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According to the Seoul City traffic information system, no congestion has yet been observed on the city's main arterial roads, including Olympic-daero, Gangbyeonbuk-ro, Naebu Expressway, as well as eastern and western arterial roads and the Gangnam Circular Road, all of which traverse Seoul.
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