Route 206 Freeway Reconstruction Project

[Zeffy]

The New Jersey Department of Transportation is pleased to announce that construction has officially begun on the Route 206 Freeway Reconstruction Project. The project, which sees a 23 mile stretch of Route 206 from Hillsborough Township, Somerset County all the way to Trenton, Mercer County upgraded into a full freeway facility, will greatly improve the congestion experienced along this corridor, and finally create a full freeway routing from Trenton to New York.

The project, which is expected to last until 2042, will replace the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95 interchange project, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as the solution to the "gap" in Interstate 95 currently exhibited near Lawrenceville, Mercer County.

The first phase of this project, which will upgrade the portion of Route 206 between Hillsborough Township and Montgomery Township, is expected to last until 2018 and cost $666,000,000. Phases 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, which upgrade subsequent portions of Route 206, will begin following the completion of the previous phase and is expected to cost $4.2 billion.

So that's why I'm hearing a bunch of construction equipment outside my house this morning...

[Buffaboy]

The New Jersey Department of Transportation is pleased to announce that construction has officially begun on the Route 206 Freeway Reconstruction Project. The project, which sees a 23 mile stretch of Route 206 from Hillsborough Township, Somerset County all the way to Trenton, Mercer County upgraded into a full freeway facility, will greatly improve the congestion experienced along this corridor, and finally create a full freeway routing from Trenton to New York.

The project, which is expected to last until 2042, will replace the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95 interchange project, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, as the solution to the "gap" in Interstate 95 currently exhibited near Lawrenceville, Mercer County.

The first phase of this project, which will upgrade the portion of Route 206 between Hillsborough Township and Montgomery Township, is expected to last until 2018 and cost $666,000,000. Phases 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, which upgrade subsequent portions of Route 206, will begin following the completion of the previous phase and is expected to cost $4.2 billion.

So that's why I'm hearing a bunch of construction equipment outside my house this morning...

2042? WTF? I'll be in my 40s I think!

[PHLBOS]

Is it me or does this project scream April Fool! ?

[Mr. Matté]

Pretty obvious due to your obsession with that 206 project but I must say nice recreation of the DOT webpage.

[jeffandnicole]

will greatly improve the congestion experienced along this corridor, and finally create a full freeway routing from Trenton to New York.

"Improve the congestion"...not decrease the congestion.  I like it! 

Technically, starting at Cass Street via 29, 195 and the NJ Turnpike, the full freeway routing does exist from Trenton to NY!

Pretty obvious due to your obsession with that 206 project but I must say nice recreation of the DOT webpage.

Agreed!

[Zeffy]

Pretty obvious due to your obsession with that 206 project but I must say nice recreation of the DOT webpage.

Pretty obvious due to your obsession with that 206 project but I must say nice recreation of the DOT webpage.

Agreed!

Haha, thanks!  And yeah, it would be fairly obvious because A. this won't EVER happen (all of Hillsborough's and Montgomery's businesses are ON 206, so destroying them would literally kill the towns), and B. well, it's April Fools day. And I have to have an obsession with this - it's the only "worthwhile" project in my area, and I still haven't seen them resume construction yet despite it being Spring!!! 

FWIW, that whole thing was done using Google Chrome's "inspect elements" feature, and my HTML knowledge. 

[roadman65]

I knew this was a Fool's joke.  NJDOT giving in is too good to be true especially since they have trouble finishing the Hillsborough Bypass.

[DeaconG]

(Slow clap)

Brilliant...absolutely brilliant...the best April Fool's joke going today so far.

[J Route Z]

This really got me. I was all excited and everything, lol. 

[dgolub]

US 206 goes straight through the middle of Princeton.  Fat chance that would ever become a freeway.