Overview

• The ADAC warns of exceptionally long traffic jams starting Wednesday with peak delays between 14:00 and 18:00 as commuters and short-break travelers converge
• Highways leading to the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Netherlands are expected to be particularly congested
• Maintenance work will shut the A46 between Wuppertal-Cronenberg and Haan-Ost from Wednesday 20:00 to Monday 05:00, requiring drivers to seek alternate routes
• Construction zones at Oberhausen/Duisburg’s Kreuz Kaiserberg and on the Cologne autobahn ring are likely to cause additional slowdowns
• Motorists are advised to depart Wednesday evening or Thursday morning and can expect smoother return traffic on Sunday