Mileage sign destinations for NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway

[J Route Z]

According to an engineer from the NJTA, mileage signs are currently being installed on the two highways operated by the Authority. On the NJ Turnpike, I think the best destinations would be, starting in the south, near the Delaware Memorial Bridge heading north:

Camden
Trenton
New Brunswick
Newark
George Washington Bridge

Then Turnpike southbound,

New Brunswick
Trenton
Camden
Wilmington, DE

The GSP already has a few signs posted.   

[roadman65]

What is the GSP going to use north of Newark going NB?  Albany?  Upstate New York?  The Thruway? 
Montvale?  The last one is where the Parkway terminates, but its not a major place of interest.

[mc78andrew]

What is the GSP going to use north of Newark going NB?  Albany?  Upstate New York?  The Thruway? 
Montvale?  The last one is where the Parkway terminates, but its not a major place of interest.
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What is the GSP going to use north of Newark going NB?  Albany?  Upstate New York?  The Thruway? 
Montvale?  The last one is where the Parkway terminates, but its not a major place of interest.

Montreal?

[ARMOURERERIC]

In these circumstances is it practice to use the milage to the exit or the actual town itself?  IE the NJTP exit for Camden would be closer than the City of Camden

[xcellntbuy]

Possible suggestions:

"Spring Valley, NY"
"NYS Thruway Connection"
Interstates 87 and 287 shields

[machias]

Possible suggestions:

"Spring Valley, NY"
"NYS Thruway Connection"
Interstates 87 and 287 shields

My educated guess would be "N Y Line" or "State Border".

[dgolub]

Possible suggestions:

"Spring Valley, NY"
"NYS Thruway Connection"
Interstates 87 and 287 shields

My educated guess would be "N Y Line" or "State Border".

They might just go with Albany, even though you'd have to switch to the Thruway to get there.  That's what they do with the Taconic Parkway in New York--the control city is Albany.

[roadman65]

Albany would be the best as many tourists from Quebec visit Cape May and other Jersey Shore Points.

[Pete from Boston]

Clifton? Paterson?

Beyond that the obvious choices are Paramus and the Thruway.  Once people reach the Thruway I would guess more go South/East than to Albany, but either way, that's the Thruway's problem.

[dgolub]

Clifton? Paterson?

Beyond that the obvious choices are Paramus and the Thruway.  Once people reach the Thruway I would guess more go South/East than to Albany, but either way, that's the Thruway's problem.

I could see how you could take the Garden State Parkway up to the Thruway and then go east if you're travelling to New England and want to bypass New York City.  Why would you head south on the Thruway?  Wouldn't it generally be more direct to just take the George Washington Bridge instead?

[jeffandnicole]

Would they post anything?

My guess would be a sign showing the mileage to Paramus, then the Thruway, and then probably nothing.  And even those two locations are a stretch.

Depending where they post the signs, they're probably thinking of in-state locations, and aren't going to care about out of state cities/destinations. 

[roadman65]

Would they post anything?

My guess would be a sign showing the mileage to Paramus, then the Thruway, and then probably nothing.  And even those two locations are a stretch.

Depending where they post the signs, they're probably thinking of in-state locations, and aren't going to care about out of state cities/destinations. 

Probably they would not, and it does surprise me that would be.  I am assuming that, if they are, they were forced to do so.

I would have to say Montvale after Paramus, as I believe in them using in state destinations if they were to use any.  With this stated I would not even see New York used, but Newark more so between the two. 

[Pete from Boston]

Clifton? Paterson?

Beyond that the obvious choices are Paramus and the Thruway.  Once people reach the Thruway I would guess more go South/East than to Albany, but either way, that's the Thruway's problem.

I could see how you could take the Garden State Parkway up to the Thruway and then go east if you're travelling to New England and want to bypass New York City.  Why would you head south on the Thruway?  Wouldn't it generally be more direct to just take the George Washington Bridge instead?

You wouldn't.  Quite a lot of people take 87 South/287 East to the Tappan Zee, though, which is what I was referring to.

[Pete from Boston]

Would they post anything?

My guess would be a sign showing the mileage to Paramus, then the Thruway, and then probably nothing.  And even those two locations are a stretch.

Depending where they post the signs, they're probably thinking of in-state locations, and aren't going to care about out of state cities/destinations. 

Probably they would not, and it does surprise me that would be.  I am assuming that, if they are, they were forced to do so.

I would have to say Montvale after Paramus, as I believe in them using in state destinations if they were to use any.  With this stated I would not even see New York used, but Newark more so between the two.

I may have misread something here that they were intending to do so.  In any case, the precedent that immediately comes to mind for labeling the Thruway is the Mass Pike, which either is now or has been in the past a destination on 84 West in Connecticut. 

[civilmaher]

▼▼Here's a fairly new NB GSP mileage distance sign right at Exit 168:



I-87 I-287 - 7 Miles
Albany - 130 Miles

[bzakharin]

On the NJ Turnpike, I think the best destinations would be, starting in the south, near the Delaware Memorial Bridge heading north:
Camden
Trenton
New Brunswick
Newark
George Washington Bridge

Then Turnpike southbound,

New Brunswick
Trenton
Camden
Wilmington, DE

Since when is Trenton anywhere near the Turnpike?

[jeffandnicole]

▼▼Here's a fairly new NB GSP mileage distance sign right at Exit 168:



I-87 I-287 - 7 Miles
Albany - 130 Miles

Oh, fine, use real-life examples.  Takes the fun out of it.

[civilmaher]

▼▼Here's a fairly new NB GSP mileage distance sign right at Exit 168:

Oh, fine, use real-life examples.  Takes the fun out of it.

Why speculate when it's already been done?

[Pete from Boston]

Ha!  I've seen that sign a dozen times and forgot about it.  Looks like everybody wins.

[roadman65]

I do not want to over quote, but its in response to the previous photo and comment followups.  Great sign and yes everybody wins!  As far as the fun goes, yes now we live in times where almost everything now is at our fingertips literally.  Anyway, in the good old days we used to learn from discussion in trying to figure things out, and now we have access to everything.  Ironic isn't it?  Progress now gives us other challenges instead.

[dgolub]

On the NJ Turnpike, I think the best destinations would be, starting in the south, near the Delaware Memorial Bridge heading north:
Camden
Trenton
New Brunswick
Newark
George Washington Bridge

Then Turnpike southbound,

New Brunswick
Trenton
Camden
Wilmington, DE

Since when is Trenton anywhere near the Turnpike?

It's a few miles away from the turnpike via I-195 and NJ 29.

[dgolub]

I would have to say Montvale after Paramus, as I believe in them using in state destinations if they were to use any.  With this stated I would not even see New York used, but Newark more so between the two.

On I-287 they use Mahwah, which is the last town in New Jersey that the highway passes through, so using Montvale for the parkway would probably be consistent with that.

[Alps]

By the way, from someone who knows the answer, yes, Albany will show up on all* guide signs north of Paterson, not just that one distance sign.

* Wherever the destination is posted, that is

EDIT: You may want to see the Standard Drawing: http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/documents/SD-NJTA-SL18.pdf

[NJRoadfan]

I posted the control cities in the NJTPA goes MUTCD thread. Weird seeing a destination mileage sign on the GSP, and its got the correct font, not NJDOT's tiny uppercase job (since replaced with mixed case signs on new installs). The ramp sign for CR-502 looks like what NJDOT usually uses at junctions.

[Roadgeek999]

On the NJ Turnpike, I think the best destinations would be, starting in the south, near the Delaware Memorial Bridge heading north:
Camden
Trenton
New Brunswick
Newark
George Washington Bridge

Then Turnpike southbound,

New Brunswick
Trenton
Camden
Wilmington, DE

Since when is Trenton anywhere near the Turnpike?

It's a few miles away from the turnpike via I-195 and NJ 29.

Camden is much further away from the Turnpike than Trenton and there is no direct route from the Turnpike to Camden.  Surely they could think of a better control city.