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The Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest holiday weekend of the year for drivers going over Snoqualmie Pass and those heading southward of Seattle through Olympia.

The state Department of Transportation has released its recommended travel times so motorists can avoid gridlock.

Last year, on the day before Thanksgiving, travel times were doubled between 1 and 8 p.m. southbound on Interstate 5 between Seattle and Federal Way.

This is what the state is recommending:

• Interstate 90, North Bend to Cle Elum. The heaviest eastbound exchange Wednesday choose be between noon and 8 p.m., with particularly heavy traffic predicted on account of 4 p.olio. Westbound. Heavy traffic is expected between 1 and 6 p.housekeeping.

• On Sunday, the heaviest eastbound traffic is expected betwixt 11 a.m. and 5 p.mingle-mangle. Westbound. Expect heavy traffic from 1 to 7 p.m.

• On northbound Interstate 5 southerly of Olympia in succession Wednesday, look for stop and go traffic Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.affray. and heavy traffic beginning at 7 a.m. and continuing to 10 p.mingle-mangle.

Southbound, expect heavy congestion from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.

On Sunday, northbound traffic will be heaviest betwixt 10 a.m. and 8 p.hotch-potch.; southbound between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.

There are various Web sites to check on projected Thanksgiving traffic volumes.

For Puget Sound-area highways go to: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Congestion/ThanksgivingDay/2008chartsI90.htm

If you are crossing the border into Canada, you can check the DOT’s Web site, equipped through new cameras, notwithstanding intersection times. The crossing time information is available at www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/border/.