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Shortthelongs OP t1_iwpn0e4 wrote

Reply to comment by jitb718 in Newark-Jersey City Turnpike by Shortthelongs

One thing I'm surprised about is that after closing down the lanes, they didn't bother to retime (or remove) the traffic lights at both ends of the chokepoint.

They make a bad situation much much worse, and that would be a simple fix for the duration.

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ansky201 t1_iwpwu0b wrote

They should have gotten rid of that whole stretch of roadway and extended I-280 to the tunnel.

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Shortthelongs OP t1_iwqdr1g wrote

Yes they should have, but there was a highway revolt when they were building 280. (That's why it's so narrow when it goes through Newark, and went you have to exit to stay on it).

The same folks are the r/fuckcars type now.

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ansky201 t1_iwqffpq wrote

What do you mean you have to exit to stay on it? I know there was a revolt when they tried to extend 280 to I-78. That's why the First Street exit in Newark just ends abruptly. The Newark-Jersey City "turnpike" is one of the ugliest and most convoluted stretches of roadway in the state.

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Shortthelongs OP t1_iwqshfc wrote

When you go eastbound on 280 approaching Newark, if you stay on the highway, the highway abruptly ends and you end up on local streets in Newark.

To continue on 280, you need to take 2 exit lanes on the right, which takes you on a section of 280 which is suddenly 2 lanes in each direction without any shoulders.

That's because they never continued 280, they just connected it to a previous road, and renamed it 280.

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