New Jersey Turnpike South - New Brunswick to Delaware Memorial Bridge - 4K Highway Drive
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- The New Jersey Turnpike southbound from the New Brunswick and Edison Area to the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Filmed: December 2022
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From Wikipedia:
The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) is a system of controlled-access highways in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The turnpike is maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA). The 117.20-mile (188.62 km) mainline's southern terminus is at a complex interchange with Interstate 295 (I-295), U.S. Route 40 (US 40), U.S. Route 130 (US 130), and Route 49 near the border of Pennsville and Carneys Point townships in Salem County, one mile (1.6 km) east of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Its original northern terminus was at an interchange with I-80 and US 46 in Ridgefield Park in Bergen County; the turnpike was later extended to the George Washington Bridge and New York City. Construction of the mainline from concept to completion took 22 months, from 1950 to 1951. It was opened to traffic on November 5, 1951, between its southern terminus and exit 10.
The turnpike is a major thoroughfare providing access to various localities in New Jersey. The toll road provides a direct bypass southeast of Philadelphia for long distance travelers between New York City and Washington, D.C. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the turnpike is the nation's sixth-busiest toll road and one of the most heavily-traveled highways in the nation.
The northern part of the mainline turnpike, along with the entirety of its extensions and spurs, is part of the Interstate Highway System, designated as I-95 between exit 6 in Mansfield Township and its northern end. South of exit 6, it has the unsigned Route 700 designation. There are three extensions and two spurs, including the Newark Bay Extension at exit 14, which carries I-78; the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension, officially known as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension, at exit 6 which carries I-95 off the mainline turnpike; the Eastern Spur and the Western Spur which split traffic between Newark and Ridgefield; and the I-95 Extension which continues the mainline to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. All segments except for the I-95 Extension are tolled.
The route is divided into four roadways between exit 6 and exit 14. The inner lanes are normally restricted to carrying only cars, with the outer lanes for cars, trucks, and buses. The turnpike has 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) lanes, 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) shoulders and 13 rest areas named after notable New Jersey residents. The Interstate Highway System took some of its design guidelines from those for the turnpike. The turnpike has been referenced in music, film, and television.
Time Stamps:
Middlesex County: 0:00
Mercer County: 17:02
Camden County: 50:46
Gloucester County: 59:33
Salem County: 1:14:33
Delaware Mem. Bridge: 1:23:55
I like that the NJTP gives you options. You can either drive with the cars only or you can drive with the trucks and buses. You can take the Lincoln tunnel way, or you can take the George Washington bridge way. I love the options. Great Vid!👍🏾
Indeed. One of the best designed highways.
@@MileageMikeTravels What app was the voice coming from?
Heading south! Always like crossing the Delaware, north or southbound. That dual span Delaware Memorial Bridge remains a fine piece of engineering.
I love the NJ Turnpike (I-95 from exit 6 to 18E)
This is the one i was asking for
LOL depending on the time of day in the recording, I could very well be in this video zooming along in the trucks lane from Exit 9 to 8!
I watched a few of your videos from your other channel, and I just got this video recommended to me today, and it's pretty cool seeing you drive on a route I regularly use to travel to university daily!
Nice ride along the new jersey turnpike
I think this might be the only example of Induced Demand being proven false.
They extended the 12 lane configuration south and I dont think ive ever heard of so much as congestion on the newly expanded sections. let alone traffic.
I think a lot of the conversation that I've seen online about induced demand is somewhat misleading. I'll probably make a video at a later date breaking it down.
@@MileageMikeTravels awesome! Can’t wait for your analysis. Always very good
Thank you
You're welcome
... riding on a wet night...mr State trooper, please don't stop meee :)
The New Jersey Turnpike's governing board played a huge role in the cancellation of Interstate 95 as a freeway between interstates 287 and 295. I think a lot of people avoid the turnpike for the tolls and opt for the parallel routes of U.S. 01 and U.S. 301
I suspect that they may have tried also to keep I 295 from being built in the Philadelphia area, but they obviously did not succeed.
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Which may explain the somewhat bizarre sight of the two highways running for umpteen miles across southern New Jersey, virtually in sight of each other.
Sorry. U.S. 130
I was vacationing in the Philadelphia area in 2008, and on the spur of the moment one day, I drove the NJ Turnpike from where the Pennsylvania Turnpike joined all the way into Delaware and Maryland, and I remembered that there were black signs with various traffic conditions in neon lettering. When were these signs taken out?
They were replaced from 2010-2015.
This road is insane. The average speed is probably 80 mph.plus with no police presence.
9:49 Why is there still a old signage for the Molly Pitcher service area
the moment you enter gloucester the turnpike south road becomes extremely bumpy. Why?
Nice but how come there are no mile markers on the highway let alone millage based exits.
Back in the late 40's and 50's when the various turnpikes were created, exit numbers were cardinal numbers (1,2,3, etc.). This made collecting tolls easier when you received a "ticket" showing what exit you arrived on the toil road and what the cost will be when you leave the road at a particular exit. Mileage numbered exits were started in the late 60's on the newer interstates. Even today, there are turnpikes and thruways that are STILL numbered cardinally. The northeast and California have been slow to conform. If they don't conform, the US Gov't will withhold federal funding for maintenance. I don't know when the deadline is of if it is being enforced. Toll roads may be exempt.
NJ Turnpike does have mile markers but their signs are smaller than standard and kind of squarish. At 8:12 you can just see the MILE 99 sign (you may have to zoom in).
Note the control city changes on the southbound Turnpike: From Exit 18 to Exit 16 - Newark. From Exit 15E/W to Exit 8 - Trenton. From Exit 7A to Exit 7 - Philadelphia. From Exit 6 to Exit 5 - Camden. From Exit 4 to the southern terminus of the turnpike - Wilmington.
On the northbound Turnpike, there's only one control city: New York City.
Yep, gotta pay respect to NYC. It's a control city as far south as Washington DC.
It's nice to see "Philadelphia" used as a control city SB on the mainline Turnpike. Some people out there have been wanting to see Philly on more signage since the I-95 gap was finished a few years ago.
@@MileageMikeTravelsNYC is also a Control City as far West as Youngstown, OH and is far North as Montreal (via I-87/A-15) and as far Northeast as Providence, RI (via I-95).
@@MileageMikeTravelsand as far west as Youngstown on I 80
I don't see reassurance njtp shields
I noticed that too, after I-95 detached at exit 6. Reassurance shields, other than route numbers, on the northeastern toll roads are a relatively new thing.
Yeah they didn’t sign much of anything after I-95 dropped.
I95 is meant to be a freeway. but New Jersey somehow made it a tollroad and continues to receive federal funding. that's so unethical.