Mega traffic jams and the start of the holiday: This is how the travel week becomes a test of patience!
Mega traffic jams and the start of the holiday: This is how the travel week becomes a test of patience!
This day, July 9, 2025, the traffic loads in several European regions, in particular due to the upcoming start of the holiday in North Rhine-Westphalia and parts of Holland. As the ÖAMTC , the summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia begin on Wednesday, July 14, 2025. on north-south connections.
The “Tour of Austria”, which starts in Upper Austria and ends in Vorarlberg, was also scheduled as part of the upcoming summer vacation. During the event that begins on Wednesday and ends on Sunday, July 13th, further delays in the region can be expected. In addition, a concert by Robbie Williams will take place in Vienna on Saturday, July 12th, which should also lead to increased traffic on the Südosttan-Gente (A23).increased the risk of traffic jams on motorways
The traffic situation is additionally loaded by numerous construction sites and the high number of excursions that use the summer months for travel. According to Association office , around 1,200 construction sites on German motorways are active, which inhibit the flow of traffic considerably. There is a special risk of dams on Friday afternoons, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoons.
The most affected traffic routes in Germany are:
- A1: Cologne - Dortmund - Münster - Osnabrück - Bremen - Hamburg
- A2: Hannover - Braunschweig - Magdeburg
- A3: Cologne - Frankfurt - Würzburg - Nuremberg - Passau
- A4: Görlitz - Dresden - Chemnitz
- A5: Heidelberg - Karlsruhe - Basel
- A6: Mannheim - Heilbronn - Nuremberg
- A7: Hamburg - Flensburg, Hamburg - Hannover, Würzburg - Ulm - Füssen/Reutte
- A8: Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg
- A9: Halle/Leipzig - Nuremberg - Munich
- A61: Mönchengladbach - Koblenz - Ludwigshafen
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As reported, frequent traffic jams can also be expected on Austrian highways such as the Brenner and Inn Valley motorway. There are stall traffic on construction sites, such as the Lueg Bridge on the Brenner motorway. The highways on which traffic peaks are predicted are:
- A1, West Autobahn, greater Salzburg area (Thalgau area)
- A2, Süd Autobahn, between Sinabelkirchen and Gleisdorf
- A9, Pyhrn Autobahn, tolls Bosruck- und Gleinalmtunnel
- A10, Tauern Autobahn, in the Salzburg area
- A11, Karawanken Autobahn, in front of the Karawanken tunnel
- A12, Inntal Autobahn, Greater Innsbruck area
For families who are planning the upcoming summer vacation in North Rhine-Westphalia, the good knowledge of the traffic situation is crucial. The summer vacation dates in North Rhine-Westphalia are determined for the coming years, which is important for effective vacation planning.
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