ALERT: Parkway 45 MPH by old AC Service area
It's quite possible that due to winds or other weather conditions, they may have reduced the limit.
I don't know if they covered the original speed limit signs, or if New Jersey also set a temporary lower limit.
Quote: Dicenor33No wonder people skip AC. I-78 to Sands always clear, 65mph and no tolls. Only 1.5 hours from the city.
Only 300 hotel rooms at the Sands PA.
It took me sooo long to find out...but I found out.
Quote: coachbellyOnly 300 hotel rooms at the Sands PA.
It took me sooo long to find out...but I found out.
Giggle. And trying to drive there up the PA turnpike from Philly is enough to put your mind on the brink. Much more stressful than a $12 trainride to AC.
Quote: Dicenor33No wonder people skip AC. Tolls, traffic, lower speed limits, what a headache. I-78 to Sends always clear, 65mph and no tolls. Only 1.5 hours from the city.
You ever drive 78 in rush hour traffic? No thanks. I'll take my chances on the Parkway.
Quote: FroggerGSP is always under construction. Annoying!
And it will be for the next few years. I think that project is due to be done in 2017.
Quote: Dicenor33No wonder people skip AC. Tolls, traffic, lower speed limits, what a headache. I-78 to Sends always clear, 65mph and no tolls. Only 1.5 hours from the city.
I agree with you. But for me getting to the Sands would mean I would have to drive in Jersey which I will never do again. I'm done with Jersey all together. The people from out of state willing to put money into their state, yet the tax revenue from them isn't enough, to where they end up having to set the speed limits ridiculously low on the highways and then ticket those same tourists who provided that valuable revenue to the state to where it screws their jobs. No thanks.
Quote: thegov2k2And it will be for the next few years. I think that project is due to be done in 2017.
GREAT EGG HARBOR BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS
Location: Atlantic and Cape May counties
Description: A new southbound span will be built to the west of the existing southbound span over Great Egg Harbor and Drag Channel. The existing southbound span will be demolished. The nearby Beasley’s Point Bridge on Route 9 will also be demolished as part of this project.
Schedule: Construction of the new span began in 2013 and is scheduled to be completed in 2016.
Further information: : To learn more about the project, read the Presentation or the Handout from the September 2012 public hearing.
BASS RIVER BRIDGE WIDENING
Location: Burlington County
Description: A new span will be built alongside the existing span, and the existing span will be redecked, repaired, and upgraded. The project is part of the second phase of the MP 30-80 Widening Project.
Schedule: Construction of the new span was completed in 2013. Rehabilitation of the existing span is scheduled to be completed in 2015.
Further information: Garden State Parkway Widening Project
INTERCHANGE 30 TO 80 WIDENING
Location: Atlantic, Burlington, and Ocean counties
Description: The Parkway will be widened from two to three lanes in each direction. Express E-ZPass will be added at the Barnegat Toll Plaza.
Schedule: The project is being built in phases. Construction on the first phase of the widening (adding a lane in each direction between Mileposts 63 and 80 and installing Express E-ZPass at the Barnegat Toll Plaza) was completed in May 2011. Construction on the second phase (adding a lane in each direction from Mileposts 48 to 63 and making grading and drainage improvements from mileposts 30 to 48) began in 2011. The new lanes were completed and opened to traffic from Mileposts 52 to 63 in the summer of 2013. The remainder of the second phase will not open to traffic until the completion of the Bass River Bridge rehabilitation in 2015.Construction on the third phase of the Widening (Mileposts 35 to 48) began in 2014 and is scheduled to be completed in 2017.
Further information: Garden State Parkway Widening Project / Phase 3 Public Hearing Handout / Phase 3 Public Hearing Record
Except for the gas station, the AC Rest Area @GSPW has been closed for renovation. There was no warning signs for the closing. I drove in there for nothing, and I got really pissed off. So I had to drive all the way to the Forked River Rest Area to piss.
By the way, it's the quota time for speed tickets. i.e., near the end of the month. There were 4 cars got pulled over by the GSPW cops between AC rest area to Monmouth Rest Area. Be careful guys.
Quote: RossHI agree with you. But for me getting to the Sands would mean I would have to drive in Jersey which I will never do again. I'm done with Jersey all together. The people from out of state willing to put money into their state, yet the tax revenue from them isn't enough, to where they end up having to set the speed limits ridiculously low on the highways and then ticket those same tourists who provided that valuable revenue to the state to where it screws their jobs. No thanks.
New Jersey is a whole lot less of a speedtrap state than most.
Quote: bobsimsNew Jersey is a whole lot less of a speedtrap state than most.
Ticket quotas are illegal in NJ by state statute. That said I am happy when I see an officer or trooper issuing a summons to someone driving like a maniac.
Quote: RossH, to where they end up having to set the speed limits ridiculously low on the highways and then ticket those same tourists who provided that valuable revenue to the state to where it screws their jobs. No thanks.
As others have said, this was an active Work Zone. Maybe you'd enjoy people doing 65MPH five feet from you while you are at work every day? While they are looking at their phones, eating their breakfast, or trying to grab something from the backseat? I can't speak for everyone in Jersey, but if you like to go 20-25 over in Construction Zones, we will not miss you.
Quote: cclub79As others have said, this was an active Work Zone. Maybe you'd enjoy people doing 65MPH five feet from you while you are at work every day? While they are looking at their phones, eating their breakfast, or trying to grab something from the backseat? I can't speak for everyone in Jersey, but if you like to go 20-25 over in Construction Zones, we will not miss you.
When I got stopped there were no workers, and my brother said the same thing.
You both probably going so fast you couldn't see the signs or the workers.
Quote: ArtemisIt's a catch-22-situation. If you drive 49mph on GSPW, you would get rear-ended by speedy buses or other zigzagging drivers. If you do over 49mph, you would get ticketed by cops by the construction area.
I have lived in NJ for my whole life, driven the Parkway many times a week, I have never seen someone get ticketed going 4 miles over the limit in any zone on the Parkway.
It sounds like in NJ, the construciton speed limit in this case is 45, whether or not there are workers present. So, you don't have the responsibility to figure it out, you just have to drive 45.
If everybody is speeding, and the cops are picking off a few here and there, that's just tough luck.
Quote: Baccaratfrom79All kidding aside and I am sure all of you are great drivers. Personally, I have had employees killed on the interstate and 2 lane highways over the years (3 total). It is serious and some people's driving cause others to wreck as well. It is a whole different world handling a vehicle at 55 to 80 than 45mph. 90% of my work is on highways at wreck scenes and I would estimate we have had 50 serious/fatality crashes over the years out of approx. 500 on-scene crash site jobs. I had an employee with young kids die in my arms and he was seriously doing everything right and the vehicle was hit by a semi in a work zone and careened down the embankment and took out one of my guys. There was a serious crash I read about in NJ where something like that happened and 2 workers got killed well off the roadway. Please take the speed limit serious if no place else at a work zone or where there is a traffic crash already. Thanks!
New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials apologized yesterday for road conditions on the Parkway. Icy roads had traffic at a standstill for almost an hour in the Asbury Park area.
Quote: Baccaratfrom79All kidding aside and I am sure all of you are great drivers. Personally, I have had employees killed on the interstate and 2 lane highways over the years (3 total). It is serious and some people's driving cause others to wreck as well. It is a whole different world handling a vehicle at 55 to 80 than 45mph. 90% of my work is on highways at wreck scenes and I would estimate we have had 50 serious/fatality crashes over the years out of approx. 500 on-scene crash site jobs. I had an employee with young kids die in my arms and he was seriously doing everything right and the vehicle was hit by a semi in a work zone and careened down the embankment and took out one of my guys. There was a serious crash I read about in NJ where something like that happened and 2 workers got killed well off the roadway. Please take the speed limit serious if no place else at a work zone or where there is a traffic crash already. Thanks!
I'm a little confused. Was it three employees killed or two?
Quote: 1BBI'm a little confused. Was it three employees killed or two?
This is the very last time I will engage you about this. I had one other pass away in my arms at a site. I had other employee's, years ago in another business die in the hospital after their transport from the highway site. You do the math and I am sure you will come up with the answer, you are on an AP'er board and undoubtedly put math professors and casino owners to shame. 2 in my current business and 2 in the past. End of story.
Please ignore my posts if you don't believe me, you insult yourself by continuing to read anything I post. Do you read the transgender section also?? What is the status on your garbage at your house??
Quote: Baccaratfrom79This is the very last time I will engage you about this. I had one other pass away in my arms at a site. I had another one years ago in another business die in the hospital after the transport from the highway site. End of story.
OK. So when you say "3 total" you actually mean 2. 2 is still 2 too many, but geez...how are we supposed to believe anything you ever say when you can't keep your own stories about death and tragedy straight? What could possibly be more important than the loss of life...
Quote: Baccaratfrom79This is the very last time I will engage you about this. I had one other pass away in my arms at a site. I had other employee's, years ago in another business die in the hospital after their transport from the highway site. You do the math and I am sure you will come up with the answer, you are on an AP'er board and undoubtedly put math professors and casino owners to shame. 2 in my current business and 2 in the past. End of story.
Please ignore my posts if you don't believe me, you insult yourself by continuing to read anything I post. Do you read the transgender section also?? What is the status on your garbage at your house??
I don't think it's my math skills or lack thereof. You say four killed in this condescending post, two in your current business and two in the past. That's four - 2+2. In a post right above this one you say three killed, three total as you yourself stated. In another thread that you started you say two killed. Is it two, three or four?
Bringing up transgender and asking about garbage at my house isn't going to change anything.
Quote: bobsimsNew Jersey is a whole lot less of a speedtrap state than most.
QFT. The majority of drivers speed in NJ, if only by a little. The police in most places I've been to are pretty lenient. I've never gotten a speeding ticket and I've been driving here for years, almost always speeding by a few miles to 15 miles above speed limit. Hell on many local but out of the way roads I push 65 in 45s, and I have never been pulled over when an officer passed me. I have, however, been pulled over for speeding once (65 in a 45, business district not highway so I was asking for it.) Still I was let off with a warning (although there were a couple reasons for that and most people wouldn't have gotten a warning in that situation.)
On the other hand I have gotten a ticket (for the dumbest thing) which was broken license plate light. The officer dropped the ticket for failing to wait 4 seconds at a red light, since that would have been worse. It can be a pain to drive in Jersey at times but it's by no means a speed trap or anything similar. For the most part you can get away with a lot of little things in Jersey, but I am always happy to see some crazy road rage driver get pulled over.
For the 4 times I've been pulled over in Jersey I got one ticket, and a minor one at that. Maybe I'm great at talking to cops, maybe you're not as great. Maybe I just get the way Jersey cops think better. Or maybe I've gotten lucky. I like to think it's because NJ Police don't care about most little traffic violations if they are reasonable.
Quote: RossHJust wanted to mention that my brother again comming back from court the other day once again got caught for the same shit. This time up by Brick. Nice to see Jersey knows how to treat tourists.
You mean the same way pretty much every state does?
I have never seen or heard of a state court waive a traffic ticket because a tourist was not familiar with local traffic laws...
Quote: RossHJust wanted to mention that my brother again comming back from court the other day once again got caught for the same shit. This time up by Brick. Nice to see Jersey knows how to treat tourists.
How many times does it take putting your hands in fire does it take to know you get burnt? It's the same way with speeding, look for the signs in construction zones, if they say 45 you slow down. I don't understand the problem. These areas are well posted, just obey the posted limit.
Quote: RossHThere is a difference between local traffic laws and setting the speed limit unrealistcly low. Find me someone who can safely drive 45 on the parkway.
Obviously not a Walmart truck driver.
The segment between Exits 100 and 80 were lowered to 55 mph (before the widening) by Corzine for no other reason than to raise money for Brick and neighboring townships. The pure BS line about safety has never been borne out by any published statistics.Quote: jerrysnjHow many times does it take putting your hands in fire does it take to know you get burnt? It's the same way with speeding, look for the signs in construction zones, if they say 45 you slow down. I don't understand the problem. These areas are well posted, just obey the posted limit.
That's odd. Tickets for moving violations are usually issued and are usually answerable in municipal courts, not at the level of the State Superior Courts.Quote: aerulesThe funny thing is that the towns see very little of that money. 95% of that money goes tithe state. That is why parking tickets are such a big deal to these towns.
