On the 27th, two days before Chuseok, the nation's biggest holiday, a police helicopter is inspecting the highway conditions. [Aerial filming cooperation=Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Aviation Unit, Pilots: Inspector Shin Seung-ho - Inspector Park Ji-hwan, Crew: Inspector Park Sang-jin] Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

On the 27th, two days before Chuseok, the nation's biggest holiday, a police helicopter is inspecting the highway conditions. [Aerial filming cooperation=Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Aviation Unit, Pilots: Inspector Shin Seung-ho - Inspector Park Ji-hwan, Crew: Inspector Park Sang-jin] Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

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On the morning of the 3rd, which is both National Foundation Day and the last day of the Chuseok holiday, road conditions nationwide showed smooth traffic flow.


According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, as of 9 a.m. that day, it was expected to take 4 hours and 30 minutes from the Busan tollgate to the Seoul tollgate. From the Seoul tollgate, travel times were estimated to be 4 hours and 10 minutes to Ulsan, 3 hours and 30 minutes to Daegu, 2 hours and 40 minutes to Gangneung, 3 hours and 40 minutes to Mokpo, 3 hours and 20 minutes to Gwangju, and 1 hour and 30 minutes to Daejeon.



The Expressway Corporation anticipated smooth traffic flow in both directions except for some sections of the Seohaean Expressway and the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway. It is expected that 4.29 million vehicles will use the highways nationwide, including 340,000 vehicles traveling from the metropolitan area to the provinces and 420,000 vehicles traveling from the provinces to the metropolitan area.


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