China’s Largest Toll Plaza Sees 24-Hour Traffic Jam as 120,000 Vehicles Return Home After Holidays

On Monday (i.e, October 6th), the country's largest toll station, located in China's Anhui Province, experienced a massive traffic jam. As millions of people returned home after the long National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the roads were clogged with vehicles. According to the Daily Mail, the jam lasted for nearly 24 hours, with thousands of vehicles stuck bumper-to-bumper.

The scene at the Wuzhuang Toll Station, which has 36 lanes, was nothing short of a scene straight out of a movie. Red brake lights flashed everywhere, and vehicles moved at a snail's pace. Drone footage from above showed hundreds of cars stretching across multiple lanes and then constricting to just four lanes at the toll gate, creating a bottleneck. Officials estimated that around 120,000 vehicles would pass through the toll that day.

This year, China's National Day holiday coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, giving people an eight-day holiday from October 1st to 8th. According to China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, a record 888 million trips were made during this period, far exceeding last year's 765 million.