Overview
- The Korea Expressway Corp. projected 5.13 million vehicles on the roads Thursday, including about 400,000 leaving the Seoul area and 390,000 returning.
- As of 5 p.m., estimated drives to Seoul were 5 hours 10 minutes from Busan, 4 hours 40 minutes from Gwangju, and over three hours from Gangneung.
- Homebound congestion was expected to crest in the late afternoon and start clearing between 10 and 11 p.m.
- Backups persisted at chokepoints such as the Gyeongbu near the Seocho and Banpo interchanges and a 6.5-kilometer stretch on the Seohaean near Seopyeongtaek.
- Many other expressway sections, including parts of the Gyeongbu, Jungbu, Yeongdong and Seoul Ring routes, moved relatively smoothly with outbound flows generally lighter.