The Thanksgiving turkey won’t be the only thing stuffed this week, as millions of travelers are set to fill the roads for the holiday weekend.

AAA Nevada projects 81.8 million people in the U.S. will travel at least 50 miles for Thanksgiving, with 73 million of those traveling by car. The agency does not have Nevada specific traffic projections.

“Thanksgiving is the single busiest travel holiday of the year,” said John Treanor, AAA Nevada spokesman, in a statement.

The Regional Transportation Commission expects heavy Thanksgiving weekend traffic this year, with the annual tradition to stuff Interstate 15 at the Nevada-California border expected to occur once again.

The heaviest traffic at the state line on I-15 southbound is anticipated to occur between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday a

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