In recent weeks, the streets have mostly been very, very empty due to the corona crisis. But with the easing, more and more traffic is returning to the streets. That’s why the ADAC now warns: On the long weekend of Ascension, the streets can get quite crowded.
Trucks are also allowed to drive on weekends
Construction sites have not suddenly disappeared due to the corona crisis. In addition, trucks in the pandemic are also allowed to be on weekends and public holidays. With the traffic coming back on, it can quickly get crowded on the highways. The streets will not get as crowded as on the Ascension Weekends of previous years – the Corona crisis is still severely restricting national travel. Nevertheless, the highways, especially in the metropolitan areas, are at times very congested. And at more than 670 construction sites, drivers have to be patient anyway.
It will already be full on Wednesday
For many, the weekend starts on Wednesday afternoon, May 20th. The club is therefore expecting the first traffic jam peak on Wednesday from around 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. In the federal states of Berlin, Bremen, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia, the day after the holiday, Friday, May 22, is officially free of school. As in previous years, employees of other federal states could also take this bridge day off. There are also drivers from Hamburg and Saxony-Anhalt on the way. In Hamburg the holidays end, in Saxony-Anhalt they last another week. The return trip wave will peak on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. It will be relatively quiet on the highways in Germany on Friday.
It gets tight on these streets
The ADAC expects the greatest congestion risk on the following motorways:
– Major roads to and from the coast
– Greater Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich
– A 1 Cologne – Bremen – Hamburg – Lübeck
– A 2 Berlin – Hanover – Dortmund
– A 3 Cologne – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg
– A 4 Kirchheim triangle – Erfurt – Chemnitz – Dresden
– A 5 Hattenbach triangle – Darmstadt – Karlsruhe
– A 6 Mannheim – Heilbronn – Nuremberg
– A 7 Hamburg – Hanover and Würzburg – Füssen / Reutte
– A 7 Hamburg – Flensburg
– A 8 Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg
– A 9 Munich – Nuremberg – Berlin
– A 93 Inntal triangle – Kufstein
– A 95 / B 2 Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Still no trips abroad
Controls at the German borders have been gradually relaxed since mid-May. At the crossings between Austria and Germany there are only random checks, at the borders with Luxembourg they have been completely eliminated. Citizens should continue to do without tourist trips abroad in the coming weeks.
It’s worth it to start early
If you don’t want to be stuck in traffic for hours, you should avoid the rush hours. So, for example, if you can set off before 1 p.m. on Wednesday, you really gain time, says Hans Pieper from ADAC Hansa. On the way back you should also start earlier or very late to avoid the busiest crowds.
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