As of May 2019, where did the longest traffic jam in history occur (in terms of time to clear)?

Holy smokes! I will never complain of traffic again! Okay, maybe for awhile anyways. LOL 🤣

ADR1ANNE, imagine if you just left for your 2 week vacation and got stuck in that jam. when you finally got out, vacation was over.

Thank you for giving info about all the answers, very interesting!

I wonder how many babies were born on that road during those 2 weeks.

That is why I always take along a few peanut butter and traffic jam sandwiches.

Where did they go to the bathroom???

By the time we got to woodstock we were half million strong

Player #7480049, I wonder how many were born 9 months later!

I would make sure I would have some snacks and maybe about 5 books to read! what if you needed to go to the toilet?? 😄😄

On 5th July 2016 I was trapped in traffic jam for 30 hours full. Some friends even trapped for more than 48 hours. Many people from Jakarta (the state capital) went to their hometown in Central Java or East Java to celebrate Idul Fitri (Islamic holiday). They went by the toll way. The newly opened toll way has 6 lines but in Brebes, Central Java Province, Indonesia, there were only 2 exits (Brexit). So the traffic jam grew longer while those leaving the way could not drive away quickly since the other side of the street was also full with vehicles. It was a blessing for the villagers. They constructed makeshift toilets along the irrigation canal. Everything they brought to the toll way was sold out immediately: instant noodle, corn, water melon, also bamboo fans to fight the heat. Long queue in fuel stations. Many drivers chose to buy fuel in Jerry cans from the villagers, although the price was double or even triple from the normal price.

Mars V, I remember that quake, as it was when the SF Giants were playing vs the Oakland A's. I'm from Manhattan Beach, CA, so I tend to remember details and dates of quakes all over the world, due to living through many in my lifetime.

Player Myco Orion, love the wit

Player #6852065, I want to know where all went to the bathroom!!

I was stuck for an hour on the lower deck of the San Francisco Bay bridge in 1989 about a week before it collapsed in an earthquake.

ADR1ANNE, I hate you :)

Wonder how the Chinese cleared that jam? With tanks or bulldozers?

All the while i thought it"s in Manila Philippines.

Suzy Z, my worst nightmare 😖

Player #7480049, or conceived.

1cm per day, even the snail is faster

Player #6852065, I don't even get 2 weeks holiday time per year, ouch for traffic jams...

longest traffic Jam was from Lyon towards Paris 176 km

when will we learn that relieving congestion with more roads just leads to more congestion later?

that jam in Bethel, NY and the subsequent hoofing it were soooo worth it. still a great memory over 50 years later

That is all okay.But why you have posted a picture from India??

a week in a traffic? that's some experience.

Player #4187955, what a fabulous time! I was a young un but loved the music thrn and now.

Player Myco Orion, Cozzy 25, Haha Traffic jam sandwiches! Lol 😎

ADR1ANNE, Cozzy 25, WOW!! Never heard of a traffic jam like that. Imagine getting stuck in one like that!! 😎

the answer should be lagos Nigeria . just we never take note

i'm lose

Player Myco Orion, that was too cute & funny😍

and I hate waiting 10-15 minutes for a train to pass.

Suzy Z, great question BTW

1shadwark, wrong msg sorry

1shadwark, Ah yes, that's why one of it's nicknames is the concrete donut

Come visit Bangladesh where traffic jam is a part of your life

I think this question needs to be updated for the recent traffic jams in Paris!