As of: 6/6/2022 4:49 p.m
At the end of the long Pentecost weekend, the motorways were full again on Monday. Especially on the A1 and the A7, those returning had to be patient.
Whit Monday is the traditional day of departure for Whitsun vacationers, so the routes from the coast to the south were particularly busy on Monday. On the A1 in Schleswig-Holstein, traffic between Neustadt-Pelzerhaken and Pansdorf came to a standstill – it was twelve kilometers in the morning, and the traffic jam was very slow to clear. From Posthausen the progress was sluggish for several kilometers at times. Behind Bremen in the direction of Osnabrück, the roadway was temporarily closed after an accident between Dreieck Stuhr and Groß Ippener.
Blockage on A7 after police operation
There were also some traffic jams on the A7 on Monday. Car drivers in both directions around Westenholz made only slow progress. In the morning, the lanes were closed in both directions due to a police operation between the Walsrode triangle and Bad Fallingbostel. In the afternoon, the A7 was also temporarily closed between Hildesheim and Derneburg-Salzgitter after an accident. In the direction of Hanover, traffic stopped in the afternoon from Hamburg-Volkspark.
Some long traffic jams on Saturday
There was even more going on on the autobahns on Saturday. On the A7, for example, between Hanover and Hamburg, traffic between the Walsrode triangle and the Soltau-Ost junction was backed up for up to 20 kilometers. A police spokeswoman in the Heidekreis said that heavy traffic and construction sites were the cause. On the Autobahn 31, traffic came to a standstill in front of the Ems tunnel near Leer. Drivers had to wait around 45 minutes there. There were also major traffic jams and slow-moving traffic on the A1 near Bramsche and at the Bremer Kreuz as well as on the A7 between the Seesen/Harz and Northeim-West junctions.
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46 construction sites – alone on Lower Saxony’s autobahns
The motorways are currently tight due to the many construction sites: the ADAC counts 46 on the motorways in Lower Saxony alone. For example, construction is taking place at the Maschener Kreuz just outside of Hamburg. In Schleswig-Holstein, the ADAC warned of obstructions on the A24 connection between Bad Segeberg-Süd and Leezen. The bridge is currently being renovated by Deutsche Bahn, because of the construction site, drivers are only allowed to cross it at ten kilometers per hour.
Nine euro ticket? ADAC considers the car to be more practical
That many people leave the car and instead this Use a nine-euro ticket, at least the ADAC did not assume that in advance. If you take the regional train, you usually have to change trains to get to your holiday destination. For families who travel with a lot of luggage, the car is simply more practical, says the automobile club. When traveling with the regional train, there was no guarantee that people waiting could board: the trains were completely overcrowded on the Pentecost weekend.
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