Expect Most Crowded Highways for Thanksgiving Weekend Since 2007, AAA Says

Making plans to hit the road for Thanksgiving? Expect to find more of your fellow Americans on the road than in any year since 2007.

AAA says a stronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksgiving travelers can expect more congested highways this year, according to the Associated Press.

About 46.9 million Americans are expected to go 50 miles or more from home during the long holiday weekend, AAA reports. That would be a 0.6% increase over last year and the seventh straight year of growth, but still 7.3% short of the 50.6 million high point reached in 2007, just before the recession.

The average retail price for gasoline is $2.15 per gallon, 74 cents cheaper than the same time last year, according to AAA.

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