Gas Prices Are Highest In 4 Years Heading Into Memorial Day Weekend
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Gas prices continue to climb as we inch closer to the Memorial Day Weekend.
AAA expects nearly 37 million drivers to hit the road this holiday weekend. That's the most in more than 12 years.
Roughly 480,000 Philadelphia area residents are expected to travel 50 miles or more. Most of them will be drivers.
"Brace yourself. It's going to be a congested travel day [Thursday] night and Friday night I'm sure," said AAA spokesperson Jana Tidwell.
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The cost of filling up going into the holiday is the highest it's been in four years.
Last Memorial Day Weekend, drivers paid a national average of $2.37 per gallon.
Right now, the national average is $2.93.