New Jersey Turnpike

[lepidopteran]

Have you all seen this video about the NJTP?

[ixnay]

Have you all seen this video about the NJTP?

Yes.  A few days ago.  I've bookmarked it for viewing when I have the time and energy.

[SignBridge]

It's an interesting video, but pure public relations by the NJTA patting themselves on back for doing such a fine job expanding the Turnpike to meet future traffic needs. Reasonably true though......

[Plutonic Panda]

Just found this random YouTube video of someone who recreated the Sopranos introduction theme. I hope they keep the ticket booth around because when I get up there, I wanna smoke a cigar and just rip the ticket out of the machine like Tony does.

[roadman65]

I saw yesterday a truck carrying aluminum fell off the Western Spur onto US 1 & 9 Truck scattering his cargo all over the place.
https://newjersey.news12.com/tractor-trailer-rolls-off-nj-turnpike-onto-route-19-in-newark

[MikeCL]

Curious about something as I was in NJ last night, so where 95-S and 80 split it's a mix of digital signage and manual sign changes, so when the road is closed it's changed why didn't they just change it digital from the get go?

[jeffandnicole]

Curious about something as I was in NJ last night, so where 95-S and 80 split it's a mix of digital signage and manual sign changes, so when the road is closed it's changed why didn't they just change it digital from the get go?

Probably power outages or DMS board issues - the sign will still display the routes.

[NJRoadfan]

Philadelphia has finally been added as a southbound control city (along with Trenton) on the Exit 10 on-ramp after the toll plaza.

[storm2k]

Murphy scraps controversial Turnpike widening through Hudson County

The original $10.6 billion plan will be updated to remove new travel lanes east of Interchange 14A and add a direct link from the Turnpike Extension to port facilities in Bayonne and Jersey City, Gov. Murphy and Transportation Commissioner Fran O'Connor said Friday in a joint statement.

No changes will be made to the first phase of the plan, a $6.2 billion project to build twin cable-stay bridges that will replace a 69-year-old span that carries the Turnpike over Newark Bay.

This is probably fine, honestly. The Newark Bay Bridge is still getting replaced, which is most needed. The extra lanes would still have to shove down to 2 from 14C to 12th Street on approach to the Holland Tunnel. It just had so much local opposition that it is probably better that they remove that piece.

[Plutonic Panda]

That sucks.

[roadman65]

Philadelphia has finally been added as a southbound control city (along with Trenton) on the Exit 10 on-ramp after the toll plaza.

About time. Exit 129 on the Parkway Southbound had Philadelphia for a while. Makes total sense to add it there.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nzcYWKkwMkTNTh3M6?g_st=ac

Here it is on a poor quality image from tge last GSV pass.

[storm2k]

Here's a dumb question. Why do they have lane control signals for the ramp to the northbound Turnpike there? Is that to make it easier to funnel traffic to one ramp or the other if they have one of the dual-duals closed?

[roadman65]

https://www.facebook.com/share/1DLEzq8z4p/

Old Exit 14 guide.

The classic button copy with a hump over the Exit number.  Plus the distance to the following exit.

Has to be NB as SB is longer than 2 miles to Exit 13.

Talk about information overload.

[NJRoadfan]

The comments on that photo are on to something. That image appears to be AI generated. Besides the fact its colorized, there aren't utility poles in the median of the Turnpike.

[roadman65]

The comments on that photo are on to something. That image appears to be AI generated. Besides the fact its colorized, there aren't utility poles in the median of the Turnpike.

I do know those were the signs.  However you maybe on to something yourself.

Maybe Jeffandnicole knows the authenticity of this image is true or doctored.

[jeffandnicole]

The comments on that photo are on to something. That image appears to be AI generated. Besides the fact its colorized, there aren't utility poles in the median of the Turnpike.

I do know those were the signs.  However you maybe on to something yourself.

Maybe Jeffandnicole knows the authenticity of this image is true or doctored.

I'm not concerned about the utility poles...that definitely could've been a thing back in the 50's and 60's on the Turnpike to get power to lights.

What does strike me as odd is the guardrail/guiderail.  Was that style used back in those days?

Also, did the NJ Turnpike signage use redundant language?  At the top of the sign it says "EXIT 14 2 MI", then at the bottom it says "NEXT EXIT 2 MI". 

[SignBridge]

The comments on that photo are on to something. That image appears to be AI generated. Besides the fact its colorized, there aren't utility poles in the median of the Turnpike.

I do know those were the signs.  However you maybe on to something yourself.

Maybe Jeffandnicole knows the authenticity of this image is true or doctored.

I'm not concerned about the utility poles...that definitely could've been a thing back in the 50's and 60's on the Turnpike to get power to lights.

What does strike me as odd is the guardrail/guiderail.  Was that style used back in those days?

Also, did the NJ Turnpike signage use redundant language?  At the top of the sign it says "EXIT 14 2 MI", then at the bottom it says "NEXT EXIT 2 MI". 

Not sure about the poles and wires in that area as my parents and I mostly travelled between Exits 15-18 when I was a kid. The Turnpike did have steel guide rails in the median in the 1950's and 60's before the later built Jersey Walls. But the rails I remember were a different style than those in the photo, though different types may have been used on different sections of the Turnpike.

Re: the redundant signage, I believe the bottom line on the sign showed the distance to the next exit after passing the upcoming exit so it wasn't actually redundant info. 

[The Ghostbuster]

Are there any updates on when the east leg of Interstate 95 will be renumbered as Interstate 695?

[roadman65]

The comments on that photo are on to something. That image appears to be AI generated. Besides the fact its colorized, there aren't utility poles in the median of the Turnpike.

I do know those were the signs.  However you maybe on to something yourself.

Maybe Jeffandnicole knows the authenticity of this image is true or doctored.

I'm not concerned about the utility poles...that definitely could've been a thing back in the 50's and 60's on the Turnpike to get power to lights.

What does strike me as odd is the guardrail/guiderail.  Was that style used back in those days?

Also, did the NJ Turnpike signage use redundant language?  At the top of the sign it says "EXIT 14 2 MI", then at the bottom it says "NEXT EXIT 2 MI". 

I think it meant next following exit.  The PA Turnpike used Next Exit x Miles below 2 mile guides too at the time. The coincidence is both 2s. In some of the South Jersey guides  (like for US 322) would say Exit 2 2 MI and Next Exit 13 miles going NB to state it was 13 miles to NJ 168 after Exit 2.

[dgolub]

The comments on that photo are on to something. That image appears to be AI generated. Besides the fact its colorized, there aren't utility poles in the median of the Turnpike.

I do know those were the signs.  However you maybe on to something yourself.

Maybe Jeffandnicole knows the authenticity of this image is true or doctored.

I'm not concerned about the utility poles...that definitely could've been a thing back in the 50's and 60's on the Turnpike to get power to lights.

What does strike me as odd is the guardrail/guiderail.  Was that style used back in those days?

Also, did the NJ Turnpike signage use redundant language?  At the top of the sign it says "EXIT 14 2 MI", then at the bottom it says "NEXT EXIT 2 MI". 

I think it meant next following exit.  The PA Turnpike used Next Exit x Miles below 2 mile guides too at the time. The coincidence is both 2s. In some of the South Jersey guides  (like for US 322) would say Exit 2 2 MI and Next Exit 13 miles going NB to state it was 13 miles to NJ 168 after Exit 2.

Yes, that's right.  Also, they seem to be getting rid of the distances to the next exit on newer signage.

[Beltway]

Are there any updates on when the east leg of Interstate 95 will be renumbered as Interstate 695?

Is this an official plan? I have searched online and I cannot find anything such.

[74/171FAN]

Are there any updates on when the east leg of Interstate 95 will be renumbered as Interstate 695?

Is this an official plan? I have searched online and I cannot find anything such.

Yes, it was approved by AASHTO. https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?msg=2868762

[Beltway]

Are there any updates on when the east leg of Interstate 95 will be renumbered as Interstate 695?

Is this an official plan? I have searched online and I cannot find anything such.

Yes, it was approved by AASHTO. https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?msg=2868762

Per the link in that post --

Approve with Condition --
Needs clearer map
delineating
proposed
changes, as well as the
list of bridges and lanes
referenced in the
application.

New Jersey's old I‑695 request shows up in the 2023 USRN report, where the Special Committee marked it "Approve with Condition." That gets misinterpreted. It isn't final approval -- it just means the committee was willing to sign off once New Jersey supplied the missing pieces. In this case, AASHTO asked for a clearer map and the list of bridges and lane configurations referenced in the application. The important part is what happened next: nothing.

The item never advanced to the Council on Highways and Streets. Under AASHTO procedure, a conditionally approved request only moves forward if the applicant satisfies the committee's requirements. Since the Council never acted, FHWA never had anything to concur with, and NJTA never implemented signage or mileposting, the only conclusion consistent with the record is that the follow‑up materials were never submitted. That's why the I‑695 designation never became real.

[Rothman]

Sounds like NJTA thought that they could just blow dust off the old application was going to be good enough and it wasn't.

Wonder why they didn't follow up.  Can think of a few possibilities, but public authorities usually move in mysterious ways to me.