It is very busy on Saturday on the roads to the south and the north of Europe. In France there was about 840 traffic jams around noon, Touring and VAB report. It takes 2 hours and 40 minutes to queue at the Gotthard tunnel, which connects Switzerland with Italy.
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Saturday is a red day for the departure in Europe. According to the mobility organizations, traffic jams have reached their peak in France around noon. VAB speaks of 836 kilometers of traffic jams throughout the country, Touring of 842 kilometers.
Where are there long traffic jams?
Into traffic France is most difficult on the A7 Lyon – Orange in the Rhône Valley, mainly between Marnas and Orange, on the A9 Orange – Spain, mainly between Nîmes and Narbonne, on the A63 Bordeaux – Spain at the Bordeaux exit, on the A29 Péronne – Amiens – Le Havre and on the A13 between Rouen and Caen. There is a total of 70 kilometers of traffic jams on the A10 between Paris and Bordeaux, good for an extra 2 hours. It takes between 2 and 2.5 hours to queue at the Mont Blanc tunnel towards Italy.
In Switzerland there is 15 kilometers of traffic jam in front of the Gotthard tunnel, which is more than 2.5 hours delayed. At the border at Chiasso there is a 4 kilometer traffic jam.
In Germany it is very busy with delays on the traffic axes towards Austria and Switzerland and towards Denmark. There are dozens of kilometers of traffic jams on the A8 Munich – Salzburg, and also on the A3 Würzburg – Nuremberg, on the A9 Nurnberg – Munich, on the A7 Ulm – Austria, on the A7 Hanover – Hamburg – Denmark and on the A1 Hamburg – Lübeck – Puttgarden.
In Austria there are traffic jams and delays on the A13 Innsbruck – Brenner – Italy, the A10 Salzburg – Villach towards Slovenia for the Tauern tunnel and the A11 Villach – Slovenia for the Karawanken tunnel.
In Italy traffic is difficult with traffic jams in both directions on the A22 Brenner – Verona, A1 Milan – Firenze and A14 Bologna – Rimini.
In Slovenia there are long traffic jams at Maribor towards Croatia and at Ljubljana towards Istria, while in Croatia there are traffic jams on the highway between Zagreb and Karlovac towards Adriatic Sea.
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