On the morning of the 6th, Chuseok day, congestion continued on major expressways nationwide as homecoming and return traffic crowded the roads.
According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, as of 8 a.m. that day, the travel time from the Seoul tollgate to major cities nationwide was 6 hours 50 minutes to Busan, 6 hours 30 minutes to Ulsan, 6 hours to Mokpo, 5 hours 50 minutes to Daegu, 5 hours 40 minutes to Gwangju, 3 hours to Gangneung, and 2 hours 20 minutes to Daejeon.
Conversely, the travel time from each city to Seoul was 6 hours 50 minutes from Busan, 6 hours 30 minutes from Ulsan, 5 hours 50 minutes from Daegu, 5 hours 10 minutes from Mokpo, 4 hours 30 minutes from Gwangju, 3 hours 10 minutes from Gangneung, and 1 hour 30 minutes from Daejeon.
On the Gyeongbu Expressway toward Seoul, traffic remains backed up for 7 km from near Yangjae to Banpo and for 2 km from the Chilgok Junction to near the Chilgok Junction.
Toward Busan, traffic is slow for 2 km from the Daejeon Tunnel to the Biryong Junction, 5 km from near the Oksan Junction to Oksan, 11 km from the Cheonan Junction to near the Cheonan Hodu Service Area, and 8 km from near Bukcheonan to near Cheonan.
On the Seohaean Expressway toward Mokpo, vehicles are moving slowly for 12 km from the Seopyeongtaek Junction to the Seohae Bridge, 16 km from Bibong to near Baran, and 5 km from the West Seoul Tollgate to near the Sunsan Tunnel.
On the Jungbu Expressway toward Nami, stop-and-go traffic continues for 2 km from the Hobup Junction to near Moga and for 2 km from the Majang Junction to the Hobup Junction.
On the Yeongdong Expressway toward Gangneung, congestion is seen for 6 km from Yongin to near the Yangji Tunnel and for 4 km from near the Maseong Tunnel to Yongin.
For homebound traffic, congestion began around 6–7 a.m., is expected to peak around 3–4 p.m., and to ease around 11 p.m.–around 12 a.m. on the 7th.
For return traffic, it started to get backed up around 7–8 a.m., is expected to peak around 4–5 p.m., and to clear around 1–2 a.m. on the 7th.
Nationwide traffic volume that day is forecast at about 6.67 million vehicles. Of these, the corporation expected 490,000 vehicles to move from the capital area to the provinces and 480,000 from the provinces to the capital area.