Garden State Parkway

[SignBridge]

Thanks for pointing that out storm2k. I should have realized myself that it was Turnpike authority signing, not NJDOT. Getting slow in my old age.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FeoCWrhtpBSjncRt6
The Parkway, I have to admit, has the coolest entry signage.  Love the trapezoid and the fact over freeway entrance they use what people from NJ call the road instead. To people from New Jersey, the GSP will always be " The Parkway."

[bzakharin]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FeoCWrhtpBSjncRt6
The Parkway, I have to admit, has the coolest entry signage.  Love the trapezoid and the fact over freeway entrance they use what people from NJ call the road instead. To people from New Jersey, the GSP will always be " The Parkway."

Well, NJ never used "Freeway Entrance" signs, so the Parkway had to roll their own. The Turnpike had "Turnpike Entrance" signs too, though they were green on white squares. Very few of them are still around. Here's one near me that's likely to be removed soon, replaced by something more boring.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9303391,-74.9595563,3a,16.2y,133.42h,87.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svS2hPF72TBoH6_W1_mv4vA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu (the one in the other direction was replaced by an identical sign in 2016, but they've been getting removed elsewhere since 2018 or so)

[jeffandnicole]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FeoCWrhtpBSjncRt6
The Parkway, I have to admit, has the coolest entry signage.  Love the trapezoid and the fact over freeway entrance they use what people from NJ call the road instead. To people from New Jersey, the GSP will always be " The Parkway."

Well, NJ never used "Freeway Entrance" signs, so the Parkway had to roll their own. The Turnpike had "Turnpike Entrance" signs too, though they were green on white squares. Very few of them are still around. Here's one near me that's likely to be removed soon, replaced by something more boring.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9303391,-74.9595563,3a,16.2y,133.42h,87.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svS2hPF72TBoH6_W1_mv4vA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu (the one in the other direction was replaced by an identical sign in 2016, but they've been getting removed elsewhere since 2018 or so)

The even older style, https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nn6F4EPQy2xq7rbP9 , had a flip-panel that would cover 'Turnpike' with, I assume, 'Closed'.  I'm not sure if these were ever used.  Even at this particular location (entrance for Exit 6A from 130) it could've been flipped to Closed when the NJ-PA Turnpike was closed due to the bridge crack several years ago, but since the ramp leads to both NB & SB 95 at this point, the ramp itself was still open.

[roadman65]

That one in Florence is interesting. An actual flip panel. Like you said most likely will ever be used.

[storm2k]

I loved that when they originally redid Exit 12 in Carteret, they used green on white Turnpike Entrance signs, including this overhead one for the new ramp from Roosevelt Ave and this one at the corner of the Industrial Hwy and Drift Rd. All of these are gone now.

[roadman65]

I loved that when they originally redid Exit 12 in Carteret, they used green on white Turnpike Entrance signs, including this overhead one for the new ramp from Roosevelt Ave and this one at the corner of the Industrial Hwy and Drift Rd. All of these are gone now.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4vQacMg2gDnW2pu27
It changed for the latter.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VcatsieEsPUqBdFr8
Also for the former.

[roadman65]

Heard this past week an issue occurred on the SB Parkway at Tom's River where the asphalt buckled causing an emergency closure backing up traffic for miles into Monmouth County.

[roadman65]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=894107426198418&set=a.419200653689100&type=3
Classic photo of the Parkway in Irvington looking south.  I don't know ( or care about) the article I'm just showcasing the photo as it shows the amount of traffic then plus the original median fence that was used.

[Rothman]

Looks like headlight deflectors to me.

[roadman65]

Looks like headlight deflectors to me.

. They were. The fence wasn't safety inspired, but to make the Parkway a glare free ride hence the wide South Jersey medians.

Of course driving habits changed over time and now safety is the priority. Although the jersey walls are high enough still to deflect headlights, so they still are keeping their original mission of being glare free.

[SignBridge]

I've often wondered if that original wooden glare fence did stop cars from crossing over the median even if it wasn't specifically designed for that purpose, or was it ?

In the 1960's I believe the Parkway won national recognition for being the safest toll road in the nation, with the lowest fatality rate.  So I would guess the fence did prevent crossover accidents.