More than 38 million Americans plan to hit the roads this weekend for one of the busiest travel days of the year.

As for prices at the pump, Patrick DeHaan, a petroleum analysis expert with GasBuddy, estimates the national average will hold in the mid-three dollars per gallon range.

Over the past week, prices at the pump across Illinois are down almost five cents per gallon on average.

On the national stage, prices at the pump are down three cents per gallon.

To combat prices at the pump, President Biden ordered the release of one million barrels per day between Memorial Day and the fourth of July.