WORLD : Autobahn Has 120-Mile Tie-Up
MUNICH, Germany — Thousands of drivers spent the night stuck in a 120-mile-long traffic jam on the autobahn between Nuremberg and Berlin. Police said today they could not remember a bigger traffic tie-up.
The two-lane stretch of the highway has been dubbed the “Trabant Racetrack,” named after the slow, two-stroke cars made in what was East Germany. They are used by most Germans from that part of the country.
The backup developed late Wednesday as drivers from eastern Germany returned home after a one-day holiday. A series of minor accidents, rain and fog and construction delays brought traffic to a halt.
Authorities also reported a 30-mile jam on the highway between Hanover and Berlin.
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