New Jersey

[roadman65]

Yet in the  same vicinity on the same road they also have this https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7750982,-74.0332381,3a,75y,270h,79.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdx9XXngldIR7kzCKDRifvQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I-495 was decommissioned decades ago. 

[ixnay]

Yet in the  same vicinity on the same road they also have this https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7750982,-74.0332381,3a,75y,270h,79.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdx9XXngldIR7kzCKDRifvQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I-495 was decommissioned decades ago.

Who else thinks that (commisioned and signed) I-495 would be running today from the NJTP to Riverhead if Moses had been able to build the Cross-Midtown Expressway (or whatever it would've been called)?

ixnay

[dgolub]

Wow NJDOT finally added shields for JFK Blvd's ramp!  That is amazing.  Considering that for centuries it was always like this https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7752937,-74.0394143,3a,75y,90.17h,99.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRCWqtx9y4HicyphADtaUmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1  and never signed.

Centuries?  Since when have there been highways for centuries?

[Rothman]

Wow NJDOT finally added shields for JFK Blvd's ramp!  That is amazing.  Considering that for centuries it was always like this https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7752937,-74.0394143,3a,75y,90.17h,99.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRCWqtx9y4HicyphADtaUmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1  and never signed.

Centuries?  Since when have there been highways for centuries?

All roads lead to Rome, silly man.

[dgolub]

Wow NJDOT finally added shields for JFK Blvd's ramp!  That is amazing.  Considering that for centuries it was always like this https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7752937,-74.0394143,3a,75y,90.17h,99.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRCWqtx9y4HicyphADtaUmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1  and never signed.

Centuries?  Since when have there been highways for centuries?

All roads lead to Rome, silly man.

You know what I meant.

[Rothman]

Wow NJDOT finally added shields for JFK Blvd's ramp!  That is amazing.  Considering that for centuries it was always like this https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7752937,-74.0394143,3a,75y,90.17h,99.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRCWqtx9y4HicyphADtaUmA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1  and never signed.

Centuries?  Since when have there been highways for centuries?

All roads lead to Rome, silly man.

You know what I meant.

I think you know what he meant, too.

[jeffandnicole]

EZ Pass will soon be accepted on the Cape May County toll bridges, which generally link the various barrier islands between Ventnor & Cape May.

http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_de452b78-f7a8-11e6-bb0f-cfb08ef29003.html

[dgolub]

EZ Pass will soon be accepted on the Cape May County toll bridges, which generally link the various barrier islands between Ventnor & Cape May.

http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_de452b78-f7a8-11e6-bb0f-cfb08ef29003.html

Are they doing AET or just E-ZPass?

[NJRoadfan]

Just E-ZPass. The bridges aren't setup for AET anyway as the toll booth is at the top of the bridges where the drawbridge operator is. I'm surprised they are spending the money for it. The Cape May County Bridge Commission likes to cry poverty while the Middle Thorofare Bridge is in dire need of replacement (rated 7 out of 100 for condition with a ton of weight restrictions).

https://bridgehunter.com/nj/cape-may/3100006/
http://uglybridges.com/1369060
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/cape_may/news/time-salt-air-takes-its-toll-on-middle-thorofare-bridge/article_e563e4e1-19a8-52bc-bab6-e7d67a06e82f.html

Being a toll taker in the winter there can be a pretty boring experience. I recall waking one up when I crossed the above bridge late one March night.

[Alps]

EZ Pass will soon be accepted on the Cape May County toll bridges, which generally link the various barrier islands between Ventnor & Cape May.

http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/government/article_de452b78-f7a8-11e6-bb0f-cfb08ef29003.html

I apparently know (very, very well) the designer of these E-ZPass signs. The world is small.

[storm2k]

Just E-ZPass. The bridges aren't setup for AET anyway as the toll booth is at the top of the bridges where the drawbridge operator is. I'm surprised they are spending the money for it. The Cape May County Bridge Commission likes to cry poverty while the Middle Thorofare Bridge is in dire need of replacement (rated 7 out of 100 for condition with a ton of weight restrictions).

https://bridgehunter.com/nj/cape-may/3100006/
http://uglybridges.com/1369060
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/cape_may/news/time-salt-air-takes-its-toll-on-middle-thorofare-bridge/article_e563e4e1-19a8-52bc-bab6-e7d67a06e82f.html

Being a toll taker in the winter there can be a pretty boring experience. I recall waking one up when I crossed the above bridge late one March night.

Drove over that stupid bridge last summer when we were staying in Wildwood and were going to Cape May for the evening. I was lucky I had cash on me. Glad I won't have to worry about that. Also, agree that the bridge is in terrible shape.

[roadman65]

I see US 9 now has a bypass in Jersey City.  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7268099,-74.0984431,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

Plus US 1 on the Skyway is now decommissioned.  Boy the goog is sure on the ball.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7317043,-74.099516,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

[bzakharin]

I see US 9 now has a bypass in Jersey City.  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7268099,-74.0984431,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

Plus US 1 on the Skyway is now decommissioned.  Boy the goog is sure on the ball.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7317043,-74.099516,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

US 1 is still shown, but less frequently than US 9. This has always been the case for the entirety of the multiplex. I don't know why.

[roadman65]

Considering that US 1 is more used (as I used to live in Union County and most called it Route 1) and even Rahway would just have US Route 1 on their street blades as well that is very strange to say the least.

I see in Bayonne at Exit 14 the NJTA did not replace the exit guides as of November when 14B and 14C have already.  I am guessing they are waiting for the end of the 14A rehablitation project for that. 

I do not like the Newark Airport now in white on brown on 13A and 14 as its not a park or historic place.  It should be just like any other city in white on the standard green. 

I do like this though https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7388815,-74.0617138,3a,75y,180h,90.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sID9WBiC1GMr09NR7e_1mVA!2e0!5s20161101T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 a leftover US 1 shield from when it was Business US 1.  I wonder if the current construction there will end up removing it once that whole NJ 139 mess is completed.

[Roadrunner75]

I do not like the Newark Airport now in white on brown on 13A and 14 as its not a park or historic place.  It should be just like any other city in white on the standard green. 

I noticed that too on the Turnpike at 13A - Newark Airport now in brown above Elizabeth Seaport with no change, if I recall correctly.  I don't get it either.

[akotchi]

I'm assuming when the lighting and parapet are redone that the U.S. 1 shield will be removed.  I will be up there this week and can check whether the current construction has removed it . . .

As for Newark Airport, I would speculate that the color scheme is consistent with what is shown on other routes around the airport, such as U.S. 1-9, U.S. 22, I-78, Route 21.  Missing is the symbol, but I'm not sure all the existing signs have it anyway.

[Alps]

I'm assuming when the lighting and parapet are redone that the U.S. 1 shield will be removed.  I will be up there this week and can check whether the current construction has removed it . . .

As for Newark Airport, I would speculate that the color scheme is consistent with what is shown on other routes around the airport, such as U.S. 1-9, U.S. 22, I-78, Route 21.  Missing is the symbol, but I'm not sure all the existing signs have it anyway.

The Newark Airport color scheme is a Port Authority standard that other agencies just pick up and use.

[PaulRAnderson]

Plus US 1 on the Skyway is now decommissioned.  Boy the goog is sure on the ball.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7317043,-74.099516,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

Does this mean that US 1 is no longer a contiguous route through this part of New Jersey?

[jeffandnicole]

Plus US 1 on the Skyway is now decommissioned.  Boy the goog is sure on the ball.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7317043,-74.099516,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

Does this mean that US 1 is no longer a contiguous route through this part of New Jersey?

No.  It means that someone that doesn't know what they are doing enters incorrect information into Google's mapping system.

[PaulRAnderson]

Plus US 1 on the Skyway is now decommissioned.  Boy the goog is sure on the ball.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7317043,-74.099516,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

Does this mean that US 1 is no longer a contiguous route through this part of New Jersey?

No.  It means that someone that doesn't know what they are doing enters incorrect information into Google's mapping system.

Shocked.

[roadman65]

Plus US 1 on the Skyway is now decommissioned.  Boy the goog is sure on the ball.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jersey+City,+NJ/@40.7317043,-74.099516,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c250d225bfafdd:0x249f013a2cd25d9!8m2!3d40.7281575!4d-74.0776417

Does this mean that US 1 is no longer a contiguous route through this part of New Jersey?

I was being sarcastic, but the goog is not all there.

[Stephane Dumas]

I saw an article about the cancelled Driscoll Expressway. http://www.app.com/story/news/history/erik-larsen/2017/03/11/superhighway-toms-river-never/99065928/

[jeffandnicole]

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/03/njs_scariest_roads_10_white-knucle_adventures.html#incart_river_home_pop

NJ's most scariest roads, per the article.

2 near me...one, the always enjoyable 295/76/42 Interchange.  The other one - most of you have probably never driven, although I was on it every day for 6 years, plus at least once every week for another 10 or so years: Breakneck Road in Mantua/Mullica Hill.  While tame compared to other states, in flat South Jersey it's unusual to have a road with so many bumps and hops on it.  It was a fun road to try to get some air.  Some didn't succeed though, sending their car off the road into the trees mere inches off the roadway.

[hubcity]

I saw an article about the cancelled Driscoll Expressway. http://www.app.com/story/news/history/erik-larsen/2017/03/11/superhighway-toms-river-never/99065928/

Particularly interesting for me, since if the highway had come through, the house I own now would likely not have been built. Looking at old planning maps, it seems like my living room would roughly occupy some portion of the median.

[jeffandnicole]

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