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One of the slight oddities in that general vicinity that I've always wondered about is exit 4 on Rt. 280. It's a full cloverleaf, but Eisenhower Parkway dies out about a half mile north of 280. Doesn't seem to even peter out into local roads, just dies in an office park. I'm guessing Eisenhower Parkway was originally supposed to continue further but funding or local resistance halted its development. Just odd that the corporate park gets its own exit.
I go on that cloverleaf all the time during the school year. Eisenhower Parkway was originally designed to continue straight North to intersect Bloomfield Avenue. The south end at the St. Barnabas area near Livingston Mall, which you did not mentioned, was actually originally designed to connect to Route 24, and that's why Route 24 has an unfinished cloverleaf. The unfinished cloverleaf was supposed to connect each other.
It's a disc golf course, one of many courses in the area. Just played at Harry Dunham park yesterday. Lots of people were on the course. It's a nice free activity (once you buy the discs, or pick them up for free from the municipal building).
I agree with you on the hidden gems though. If I were to hazard a guess, I think it's because NJ is very localized. You know and care about the parks and amenities in your specific town that you pay taxes in and maybe you'll check out some neighboring towns but not too far unless you're specifically looking for something.
True, most of NJ is understandable only if you lived here for a long time. Lots of undocumented details undocumented gems about NJ. I feel bad for visitors who won't understand the area, especially that ramp of I-280 East to continue on I-280 East, which gets mistaken as an exit.
The Nazis did have LBI mapped out, after the war some of them even knew all the streets. I'm assuming it was a targeted area for landing their troops for a US invasion.
The first one is accessible from the power line right of way on the south side (I'm not sure if you can get at it from the complex on Father Mario way on the north, you might need hip waders) , the second one is walled off completely on both sides.
One of the slight oddities in that general vicinity that I've always wondered about is exit 4 on Rt. 280. It's a full cloverleaf, but Eisenhower Parkway dies out about a half mile north of 280. Doesn't seem to even peter out into local roads, just dies in an office park. I'm guessing Eisenhower Parkway was originally supposed to continue further but funding or local resistance halted its development. Just odd that the corporate park gets its own exit.
Now you have me wondering about this. I have always thought it was odd as that was my exit off of 280 growing up.
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