On the afternoon of the 3rd, the first day of the Chuseok alternative holiday and a golden long weekend, traffic jams caused by homebound vehicles continued at various points on expressways nationwide.
The Korea Expressway Corporation projected that about 5.24 million vehicles would use expressways nationwide that day. Of these, about 440,000 vehicles are expected to travel from the Seoul metropolitan area to the provinces, and about 430,000 vehicles from the provinces toward the metropolitan area.
The corporation said congestion in the homebound direction was most severe between 11 a.m. and noon, and it is expected to clear around 7–8 p.m. Congestion is ongoing on major routes including the Gyeongbu Expressway, the Seohaean Expressway, and the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway.
As of 3 p.m. that day, based on departure from tollgates in Seoul, the estimated travel times to each region were: ▲ Ulsan 5 hours 40 minutes ▲ Busan 5 hours 30 minutes ▲ Daegu 5 hours 20 minutes ▲ Gwangju 4 hours 20 minutes ▲ Gangneung 3 hours ▲ Daejeon 2 hours 30 minutes.