My worst was 7 hours, in LA traffic. A fuel truck went through the center divider, and ploughed through 4 lanes of traffic, then caught on fire. The fire was so hot, part of the freeway pavement melted, and it was a concrete section, not asphalt.
Apparently the truck driver had a heart attack and lost control if the truck. I got cought up in the traffic jam at 5pm, Lanes did not reopen until around 1 am.