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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 aÌýstronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksving 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,ÌýAAA reports. That would be a 0.6% increase over last year and the seventh straight year of growth, butÌýstill 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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