Anybody else notice SB before exit 7A the NJTP is signed as 'Philadelphia'?
Are they gradually finally adding Philly as the control city?
I’m guessing that since there is now a literal link between the Turnpike and 95 to Philadelphia that the signage would follow.
So are they going to start doing this with all replacement signs?
That 'Trenton' directional city always irritated me.
I believe such, the placing of
Philadelphia on southbound pull-through signs (thus far), only took place at interchanges 7A & 7 where the previous legend listed
Camden. As of 2 weeks ago (Sept. 16), the ramp sign for I-95/NJTP southbound from the Exit 7A toll plaza still listed
Camden.
While the reasoning for using Philly is obvious; given that this stretch of highway north of Exit 6 is technically a concurrency (I-95 & NJTP), it would've been better IMHO to use a 2-line
Philadelphia/Wilmington legend (yes, such would mean replacement sign panels) at those locations.
The use of
Trenton on southbound signage north of Exit 7A still makes sense because Trenton is NJ's capital & one has a direct connection to it from I-95/NJTP via I-195/NJ 29. Yes, I'm aware of the placement of
Philadelphia on the GSP southbound signage for Exit 129 but the northbound signage as well as the ramp signage from the toll plaza still lists
Trenton.
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Moving further south to Exit 5: why were the overhead interchange signs, in
both directions, replaced with
ground-mounted 1/4-mile advance signs (still no CR 537 shields) within the past year? Interestingly, if not ironically, the now-gone southbound NJTP pull-through BGS at this interchange went from listing
Wilmington to
Camden.