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They're both supposed to be 65mph shortly if not already, raising the speed limit was one of the goals of the work they've been doing for the past few years, making the travel lanes wider and adding proper shoulders. (and redesigning interchanges)
I'm all for raising limits. In my experience, when I lived in NJ (as well as every other state I lived in), most cops give u 10 over the limit. So in NJ, it meant 74, or so was OK, on route 80. Where I live now, limits are 75, so 84'ish seems to be fine. In SD, and WY, they have 80 limits, so almost 90 is fine. If Im not mistaken, UT and TX have 85 limits, so I would imagine u could probably wing about 94, or so without an issue.
I always thought that some areas of the Parkway, both N and S, were 65 and others 55. The speed limit changes. I would welcome a raise from 55 to 65 though.
A few years back they decided to lower the speed limit between 80-100 north and south to 55 as they claimed accidents were occurring at a higher rate between those mile posts.
But as mentioned I noticed on the south bound side it's back to 65.
A few years back they decided to lower the speed limit between 80-100 north and to 55 as they claimed accidents were occurring at a higher rate between those mile posts.
But as mentioned I noticed on the south bound side it's back to 65.
I have family living off 89 (formerly 88) and many awful accidents do occur around 90, oddly.
The stretch of the GSP between exits 80 and 85 is a remnant of the old federal highway system. US Route 9 occupied that roadbed many years ago, predating the interstate highway system. There are several limited access roads in NJ that fit that bill. I-295 between West Deptford and Greenwich used to be US 130. I-280 from the Stickel Bridge that connects Harrison to Newark, to downtown, is another example of an antiquated federal road. Yet another is I-80 from exit 4 to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. In each case, the exit ramps are short, and do not meet current engineering standards. This is why the accidents occur at higher rates of speed. Not having lived in NJ for a while, I think 295 was made over, but I am not sure the GSP was in that stretch. Anyways, if it wasn't, next time you drive it, look at the size of your breakdown lanes, as well as your exit ramps. They give away the age of the road.
The stretch of the GSP between exits 80 and 85 is a remnant of the old federal highway system. US Route 9 occupied that roadbed many years ago, predating the interstate highway system. There are several limited access roads in NJ that fit that bill. I-295 between West Deptford and Greenwich used to be US 130. I-280 from the Stickel Bridge that connects Harrison to Newark, to downtown, is another example of an antiquated federal road. Yet another is I-80 from exit 4 to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. In each case, the exit ramps are short, and do not meet current engineering standards. This is why the accidents occur at higher rates of speed. Not having lived in NJ for a while, I think 295 was made over, but I am not sure the GSP was in that stretch. Anyways, if it wasn't, next time you drive it, look at the size of your breakdown lanes, as well as your exit ramps. They give away the age of the road.
Just curious...what was the federal highway system? I'm not familiar with it. Thanks....
The numbered highway system began approximately after 1925, and continued into the mid 1950s until passage of the Eisenhower bill.
The historical "Route 66" was one of the first routes to achieve highway number designation. In the case of New Jersey roads, US 9, US 130, and US 46 all have the very familiar federal highway armor shield. In contrast, a route like Route 10 through Morris County is a state highway, and has a different circular shield. Of course, I-95, I-80, etc, all came into prominence after 1956.
Just curious...what was the federal highway system? I'm not familiar with it. Thanks....
Mike's reply is spot-on.
The Federal Highway System is designated by black letters and numbers on white shields.
• Single and double-digit odd numbers run North/South with lower numbers being further east and higher numbers being further west.
• Single and double-digit even numbers run East/West with lower numbers being further north and higher numbers being further south.
• Three-digit numbers are spurs or parallel routes to the two-digit numbers indicated last, (although some run hundreds of miles apart from the main route.) Many were old roads that predated the federal highway system, hence renumbered after the system was created.
In New Jersey, east/west federal highways include US-22, US-30, US-40, US-46 (although 46 is mis-numbered for it's location.) North/south federal highways include US-1 and US-9. Three-digit roadways include US-130, US-202, US-206, US-322. I've probably omitted some.
Not to be confused with the newer Eisenhower Interstate Highway System — white letters on blue and red shields. The two are similar in how they're numbered but with lower and upper locations revered — the reason New Jersey has US-1 but Interstate-95, both running north south, the farthest east along America's east coast.
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