Commute from Hell: The 3 day, 125 Mile Traffic Jam

By JuJu Kim, TIME

Commute from Hell: The 3 day, 125 Mile Traffic Jam

December 5, 2012 Updated Dec 5, 2012 at 3:29 PM PDT

Snow wasn't the only thing that accumulated in Russia’s capital last week. Following what Moscow officials called the heaviest November snowstorm the city has experienced in 50 years — which dumped up to three feet of snow on the area — cars began to pile up on the country’s Highway M-10 on Friday night.

RIA Novosti reported that by Sunday afternoon, a 125-mile long queue of vehicles spanned the roadway, which connects Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Traffic moved at a stop-and-go pace, with the main obstruction centered about 30 miles northwest of Tver, less than a quarter of the distance between the two cities.

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