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cloudAhead t1_jd3t3k4 wrote

Franklin corner/bakers basin in Lawrenceville.

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blumpkin_donuts t1_jd3tyjl wrote

Oof, one of the worst intersections in Mercer co. I avoid it like that plague.

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Award-Kooky t1_jd44a37 wrote

Awful intersection. I’ve missed the exit for 295 before knowing I have to take a U Turn here.

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jpr7887 t1_jd44zob wrote

This is why I hate people.

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One-Measurement-2696 t1_jd47gzw wrote

This is why we shouldn’t be reliant on cars all the time. Way too many people driving and lots who can’t it’s a lose lose

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tifosiv122 t1_jd4bs3t wrote

This is just poorly designed. I'll take 1 over 287 anyday.

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Owan t1_jd4bwte wrote

Yup, this has been one of the absolute worst in the area and has managed to get even worse when they built all the new nonsense on the opposite corner (chik-fil-a etc). For a while it also had an overly aggressive red light camera that ended up costing the town more money in legal wrangling than it brought in (while lining the pockets of the company that administered the violations), but thankfully that has been removed.

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CapThin2790 t1_jd4oq10 wrote

I know this intersection I have to turn around here when I go to the dispensary lol fucking nightmare every time. Although to be fair I don't do what these idiots do and block the oncoming traffic

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thisnewsight t1_jd4pu1t wrote

Why do they need 4,000 lights?

Seriously need overpasses, underpasses, and loop in/outs

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TwoGoalsOneCup t1_jd4q5ml wrote

I work right by this intersection. Too many idiots like these that block a lane just to get in. Many people go into the left lane to go straight and vice versa. It’s one of if not the worst intersections I’ve ever driven. Unfortunately I go through this multiple times a day.

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coffinnailvgd t1_jd4tb0c wrote

Are you going to McDonald’s, Chic-Fil-A or Wawa?

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PassportNerd t1_jd4uwuk wrote

The only time I have yelled with road rage was standing in that exact same spot

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Relative_Poetry_9085 t1_jd512ad wrote

That’s a nice aisle of used cars at a car dealership you got on camera there

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Dur-gro-bol t1_jd59g5w wrote

There was a nasty accident on route 1 today right before the 18 on ramps.

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xale57 t1_jd59q3x wrote

Reminds me of trying to get back onto 17 from Malcolm Ave in Hasbrouck Heights.

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introspeck t1_jd59rhs wrote

Replying to The_new_me1995 (#2,294,622)

I used to cross there on my bicycle, to get to my job at the chicken farm about a half mile past the intersection. That was in the 1970s, I'm sure it's long gone now. Scary to cross even then, the green light didn't mean you wouldn't get run down by left-turning driver.

Jughandles were conceived in the 1930s, they were never intended to handle the traffic we have now.

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-686 t1_jd5apel wrote

I thought this was a parking lot when I first saw it.

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jackietreehorn313 t1_jd5bwi2 wrote

Replying to yuriydee (#2,296,652)

I mean, even if you have enough to care now, it’s kind of hard to reverse a century or more of development for much of the state. The opportunity to have a NY style transit system has come and gone already.

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DogeMoonNOK8921 t1_jd5e4nv wrote

#1 valley of dead's

Route #1 must have been where bodies were buried last life

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PhysicsSafe9518 t1_jd5hzx1 wrote

Every time I go to the Wawa over there you make a right onto Route one into the turning lane and then everybody wants to get into the left to go straight and half the times I get stuck turning and then I have to turn around and go back. This is stupid.

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beeeps-n-booops t1_jd5j9uy wrote

I'm not familiar with that intersection... but here by me, we have one where they marked off the box like this, with signs that people on the main road must not come to a stop in the box... but this is specifically to allow people from the side road to be able to pull out onto the main road, into the box.

Essentially forcing people to let people in from the side road.

It's a clusterfuck of an intersection for sure, designed at a time long before it got so busy... what it really needs is a second traffic light, but it's very close to the main light so I guess that's why they don't.

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NicParkSutt t1_jd5jnxp wrote

I knew exactly where it was before looking at the signs. Its the worst.

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professorjirafales t1_jd5l4jx wrote

For second I thought I was looking at a parking lot. Then I realized this was a voyeur cam from the toilet cause all I see is assholes.

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discothot t1_jd5qrk0 wrote

The amount of anxiety I get while driving route 1 is insane

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Puzzleheaded-Taro911 t1_jd5xsmy wrote

Omg! I live on Franklin Corner Rd and I despise that intersection! I always have to make a right to get on to route 1 (Princeton Pike). People at that intersection have caused so many accidents because the rear of their cars stick out onto the road so people crossing over route 1 can’t make it through.

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MatCauthonsHat t1_jd61kzl wrote

Replying to cloudAhead (#2,292,957)

Wait, ok. I've been out of the area for a while, but shoudln't that be a party city on the left? And the remnants of Mrs. G on the right> I used to work up on Bakers's Basin, across from the fire training facility. Used to go through the intersection every day. A loooong time ago, lol.

On another note, I don't see a problem here. It's a shit intersection, and the people coming in from the left are making the best of it.

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storm2k t1_jd63asv wrote

the jughandles on route 22 send their regards. especially the washington ave one.

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i_love_all t1_jd651or wrote

The closer I looked the more it looked like home. That was weird.

This intersection has gotten just worst and worst. They added so many stores and fixed none of the roads

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TheInfamous313 t1_jd65vl6 wrote

I'm in that intersection regularly, it doesn't even hold a candle to crossing rt1 at Major/Sand Hill Rd going northbound. That's one I found an entirely new commute to avoid.

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Porkchopper913 t1_jd66t2v wrote

Is it bad that I knew the intersection without having to confirm by the signs.

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ShoreMama t1_jd67bjs wrote

Rt 1 is the worst of them all. I avoid going on rt 1 as much as possible, rarely go to Menlo for this reason. It’s literal nonsense. There should be signs that say “if you want to get in a car accident, take route 1”

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mmazza86 t1_jd7954x wrote

especially when route 9 joins in.

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EWR-RampRat11-29 t1_jd7e9vz wrote

Replying to MatCauthonsHat (#2,298,914)

It’s like the ones that are complaining (about other drivers) wouldn’t do the same. If those “don’t block the box lines” weren’t painted there, would they give them room to get into the lane? I don’t think so.

But OP has it correct, that whole area needs a redesign.

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electrowiz64 t1_jd7nas4 wrote

It’s the damn jughandles lol. They seriously couldn’t pick a better approach… I started just making a right off the jughandle and banging a U’ie so I can choose my lane in time (instead of making a left in that clusterfuck)

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FeelingSignature3821 t1_jd7xtjh wrote

That’s the worst designed turn in Lawrenceville. Just hate NJ jug handles in general. They should allow signalized left turns there but they will cause some delays as well.

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MrMelon728 t1_jd851zh wrote

Almost got hit in that same spot yesterday because someone decided it would be best to try to speed through a 1 car gap ahead of me while I had the green light

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Affectionate-Roof615 t1_jd85g71 wrote

If you just posted that picture without a caption, it could pass for a parking lot

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olives337 t1_jd8mqhw wrote

I work on Princeton Pike and this intersection is my own personal hell. Absolute nightmare every single time.

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ricktech15 t1_jd8pwc1 wrote

Everytime I see someone do this, the veggie tales "allow us to introduce ourselves" meme pops in my head.

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MaximumDeathShock t1_jd8r6wg wrote

I honestly have looked at jobs and businesses just so I wouldn’t have to deal with that absolute post apocalyptic hellscape they call Route 1.

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rokrishnan t1_jd8tw5e wrote

Washington Road circle is a constant clusterfuck. May the force be with you, fellow Route 1-er.

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Lyraxiana t1_jdb0z01 wrote

Everyone forgot how to drive during the lockdown.

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alzeller1 t1_jdg8rrf wrote

Replying to TheInfamous313 (#2,299,269)

That’s even worse yes. Not enough space and it would be better if there wasn’t a fucking hill where you couldn’t see cars coming. Plus cars come from both directions at the same time at that light.

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MattyTheSloth t1_jdrop4o wrote

I recognized this intersection immediately and you gave me anxiety, so good job lmao. My dentist is just down the road from here.

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