Berlin.
The next school holidays are not quite in sight yet. The car clubs see a few winter sports enthusiasts on their way to the snow for the coming weekend, but otherwise hardly expect any longer traffic jams.
It is true that next weekend (January 20th to 22nd) some winter sports enthusiasts are likely to set off by car for the Alpine region as day or weekend tourists. But neither Auto Club Europe (ACE) nor the ADAC expect many and long traffic jams.
The winter sports routes fill up from Saturday morning on the way there and from Sunday afternoon on the way back. The risk of traffic jams is greatest on the A 7, A 8, A 93, A 95, A 99 and the Munich bypass.
Normal commuter traffic
Otherwise, the clubs nationwide expect a mostly normal traffic volume. Delays are likely to be primarily due to construction sites (the ADAC currently counts 834), accidents or wintry weather.
However, normality also includes the commuter traffic jams on Friday around the metropolitan areas, which can be expected from noon to the early evening.
The ACE considers possible traffic jams and delays on the following routes (often in both directions):
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a 1 |
Cologne – Dortmund – Bremen – Hamburg – Lübeck |
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A 2 |
Hanover – Berlin |
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A 3 |
Nuremberg – Würzburg |
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A 5 |
Basel – Karlsruhe – Frankfurt/Main |
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A 6 |
Nuremberg – Heilbronn – Mannheim |
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A 7 |
Hamburg – Hanover – Würzburg – Ulm – Füssen/Reutte |
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A 8 |
Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg |
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A 9 |
Berlin – Leipzig – Nuremberg – Munich |
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a 10 |
Berlin Ring |
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A 81 |
Heilbronn – Stuttgart – Singing |
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A 93 |
Triangle Inntal – Kiefersfelden |
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A95/B2 |
Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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A 99 |
Bypass Munich |
Slight delays with the neighbors
According to ACE, there should be slight delays in access to the winter sports areas in Austria and Switzerland over the weekend. Travelers must also be prepared for this on the transit routes. The ADAC expects the heaviest traffic on Saturday and Sunday in the morning and late afternoon.
However, long and frequent traffic jams remained the exception, since the rush to the slopes had eased off somewhat after the Christmas holidays.
On the return journey there may be shorter waiting times at the borders from Austria to Germany. You can see how long you have to wait at the Walserberg (Salzburg – Bad Reichenhall), Kiefersfelden (Kufstein Süd – Kiefersfelden) and Suben (Ort i. Innkreis – Pocking) crossings on-line at the Austrian infrastructure company Asfinag.
About the situation on the alpine roads informs the ACE online. (dpa)
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