Many people are hitting the roads or catching a flight for one last taste of summer as Labor Day weekend gets underway.

Some are taking the advice of auto club AAA and getting on the roadways early to avoid the worst traffic. There was a steady flow of drivers on the Capital Beltway in Virginia’s Tysons Corner as early as 5 a.m. Thursday morning.

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How congested might it get, if you leave at the wrong time?

AAA gave one example; leaving for a trip from D.C. to Baltimore using the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Thursday afternoon would take you an estimated one hour and 35 minutes. That’s an 86% increase from the normal travel ti

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