Motorists must expect massive traffic jams on the Bavarian autobahns over the long weekend. Short vacationers meet those returning from travel, because in Bavaria the Pentecost holidays end on Sunday. According to the General German Automobile Club (ADAC), the constellation of the end of the holidays and Corpus Christi will become a “hard test”. The traffic has almost reached the pre-corona level again, said a spokesman for the ADAC on Wednesday in Munich.
The ADAC experts are expecting the peak in travel traffic on Saturday, when many holidaymakers will be returning from the two-week Pentecost holidays. But Sunday could also be full of traffic jams when many day trippers return and the usual commuter traffic starts again.
The traffic jams include all northbound trunk roads around the metropolitan areas of Nuremberg and Munich. The ADAC expects delays on the A6, A8 and A9 motorways, among others. In addition, there is the excursion traffic to the tourist local recreation destinations. The ADAC expects traffic jams, especially in the direction of Franconian Switzerland, Franconian Lake District and Mainfranken.
In the same way, travelers in neighboring countries have to be prepared for increased travel on the classic holiday routes. In particular, disruptions are expected on the Brenner autobahn and the Gotthard route. Deutsche Bahn and Munich Airport are also expecting high capacity utilization. Exact numbers were not available on Wednesday.