Longest traffic jam (distance)

Longest traffic jam (distance)
Who
Germany , Paris
What
176 kilometre(s)
Where
France (Paris)
When

The longest ever reported was that which stretched 176 km (109 miles) northwards from Lyon towards Paris, France on 16 February 1980. A record traffic jam of 18 million cars crawling bumper-to-bumper was reported on the East-West German border on 12 April 1990.