Record Number of Travelers to Hit US Roads for July 4 Weekend: AAA

Record Number of Travelers to Hit US Roads for July 4 Weekend: AAA
Traffic is seen along the Strip on Memorial Day in Las Vegas, Nev., on May 31, 2021. Bridget Bennett/Reuters
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A record 42 million people around the United States are expected to hit the road for trips over the July 4 Independence Day weekend, AAA said Tuesday, absorbing historically high fuel costs to crowd the highways.

That figure, should it pan out, would surpass 2019’s peak, when 41.5 million people traveled by vehicle on Independence Day, according to the American Automobile Association.