Traffic jam forecast: Autumn holidays continue: Yes, exactly, there will be traffic jams!

Almost all federal states are on autumn break. That means some traffic. Now add a few more construction sites and you're done with a traffic jam that's almost like a summer vacation. But where does it get tight?

Some go there, others go back - and people meet in traffic jams at the construction sites.

Munich/Berlin. Holiday trips and traffic jams go together, like - well, you know. This will be the case again in many places next weekend (October 16th to 18th). Because then almost all federal states are on vacation - with arrival and departure traffic.

You don't have to be a traffic club expert to smell traffic jams. At the ADAC, the expectation is: almost the level of the summer holidays, the Auto Club Europa (ACE) predicts “significant travel traffic”.

Things are likely to be particularly difficult on Friday afternoons - this is where commuters first meet holidaymakers. And on Saturday it will also be tight on the travel routes towards the coast, the Alps and lakes. And if you then take into account the currently around 1,120 construction sites nationwide, you get the overall situation.

The traffic jam situation at a daily overview

Friday: Expect a lot of traffic around metropolitan areas. The start of the holidays means there is more going on, especially in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg and Berlin. Also allow for more time on the way to the airport, advises the ACE. Peak hours are between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Saturday: This is the day to be expected on long-distance travel routes to the Alpine and Mediterranean regions as well as to the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas. Many holidaymakers from North Rhine-Westphalia will also be on the move on Saturday - often towards the south and the Netherlands. It also gets crowded around Berlin and Hamburg. According to the ACE, there is a risk of traffic jams, particularly in front of construction sites.

Sunday: Return traffic begins in the afternoon. Then traffic jams are possible, especially around construction sites. If the weather is nice, the secondary routes could also be full of day trippers.

The overview: Where it gets tight everywhere on the highways

In Austria and Switzerland the transit routes are filling up

Drivers in neighboring countries also have to expect disruptions at times - this particularly applies to transit routes in Austria and Switzerland, for example, as well as access to tourist areas. The Austrian transport company Asfinag provides current information online.

According to ADAC, the following routes in Austria are particularly at risk of traffic jams:

A 1 (western motorway)

A 10 (Tauern motorway)

A 12 (Inntal motorway)

A 13 (Brenner motorway to and from Italy)

In Switzerland, too, the transit routes in particular are fuller

In Switzerland, the A1 (Bern - Zurich - St. Margrethen), the A2 on the Gotthard route between Basel and Chiasso, the A3 between Basel, Zurich and Chur and the A13 on the San Bernardino route are particularly affected.