Construction sites, detours and traffic jams: Full return routes at the end of the holiday: On which motorways it gets really full and when
In the south of Germany, the time off school only ends now, which causes a lot of traffic on numerous routes. The situation is easing elsewhere. The most important routes and construction sites at a glance.
Once again, some drivers have to be very patient. According to the ADAC, the “last big wave of travel” of summer vacation traffic threatens on the weekend (10 to 12 September).
The holidays come to an end in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and parts of Austria. The returnees are particularly noticeable on the motorways in southern Germany and on the transit routes there through Switzerland and Austria, confirms the Auto Club Europe (ACE).
More than 960 motorway construction sites across Germany
On the other hand, the situation on the routes into the Alps and to the Mediterranean is likely to be “noticeably relaxed”, according to the ACE. That should be good news for everyone who starts outside the main travel season regardless of vacation dates. However, road closures nationwide and those from ADAC counted 966 motorway construction sites cause delays. In addition, the routes around popular excursion areas fill up on Saturday and Sunday.
At these times it gets full
It should be busiest on Friday afternoon, Saturday morning and early afternoon as well as Sunday afternoon. The car clubs refer to mobility apps for travel planning. These can make it possible to avoid traffic jams at an early stage. It can also be used to determine when it may be worthwhile to detour on an alternative route.
Within Germany, the ACE recommends informing yourself about the regulations of the respective federal states. This also applies to travel restrictions and quarantine rules when traveling abroad. Information on this is provided by, among other things Foreign Office.
In detail: The following sections are affected
ACE and ADAC expect delays and traffic jams (mostly in both directions) around the greater Munich and Stuttgart areas as well as on the routes to and from the North Sea and Baltic Sea and on the following sections:
| A 1 | Puttgarden – Hamburg – Bremen |
| A 3 | Frankfurt / Main – Nuremberg – Passau |
| A 5 | Frankfurt / Main – Karlsruhe – Basel |
| A 6 | Mannheim – Heilbronn – Nuremberg |
| A 7 | Flensburg – Hamburg and Würzburg – Ulm – Füssen / Reutte |
| A 8 | Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg |
| A 9 | Halle / Leipzig – Nuremberg – Munich |
| A 61 | Koblenz – Ludwigshafen |
| A 81 | Singing – Stuttgart – Heilbronn |
| A 93 | Inntal triangle – Kufstein |
| A 95 | Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| A 96 | Lindau – Munich |
| A 99 | Munich bypass |
In Austria and Switzerland, too, the traffic clubs predict a high risk of traffic jams on the routes towards southern Germany. The heavily traveled routes include the Tauern, Fernpass, Brenner, Karawanken, Rheintal and Gotthard routes. If you have to wait longer than an hour in front of the Gotthard tunnel, you can think about the alternative route Chur – San Bernardino (A 13), advises the ACE.
Checks at the borders are also expected
Even on a random basis Controls Travelers should adjust to the borders. Next to the ACE also holds that ADAC Information on travel requirements within and outside of Germany is available on his website. The Austrian infrastructure company Asfinag provides information about the waiting times at the German-Austrian border crossings Walserberg, Kiefersfelden and Suben on-line.
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