Yeah, this is gonna suck big time.

/part of my commute

I'm so glad I don't have to go near 78, ever.

that bridgework on 280 back in may was awesome

HAhaHAHAHAHAH!

/Joe nolan

Jesus I hate this goddamn state. More and more governmental bullshiat, and I don't think our collective bungs can take much more stretching. They're doing this kind of crap more and more...kind of a "oh, you didn't get the memo?" sort of thing.

Well this is gonna suck and make every other road in the northern half of the state suck too.

Fark.
Well, looks like it's time to start taking the back roads to work.
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
/for that matter, when are they gonna be done with the Routes 46/80/23 debacle?

letdown102: Wait ... they actually repair the highways in NJ?


No they are just putting in more toll booths.

letdown102
Yeah, right now they're working on redoing Route 18 (main highway through New Brunswick) as well. Supposedly it'll be finished causing traffic headaches about the time gas hits $5 per gallon.

FWIW PennDOT beats NJDOT any day. There's two overpasses near my parents' house outside Philly that haven't been completed in THREE farkING YEARS.

Wait ... they actually repair the highways in NJ?

If by "repair", you mean "close off a lane or two for 3 miles so that the DOT workers can eat lunch in the middle of the road while laughing at drivers", then yes.

Ugh, this is going to kill my school/work commute. *looks up new routes*

daltrain
That stretch of 18 between Commercial Ave and 27 is the bane of my existance.

I take 287 to 78 in the morning, and generally by the time I get off at exit 45, the traffic is still pretty good. However, the section that is being worked on on 78 IS how I get home from work in the afternoon, as the GSP has no tolls between 78 and 1.

Yeah, right now they're working on redoing Route 18 (main highway through New Brunswick) as well. Supposedly it'll be finished causing traffic headaches about the time gas hits $5 per gallon.

They got a lot of plans for 287 as well. I think the Exit 10 (Easton Ave, Somerset) interchange is due for a complete overhaul in a few years. As if the traffic through there isn't bad enough as it is.

Joe_diGriz
Easton Ave is bad enough as it is. The 4 miles I spend on Easton take as much time as the rest of my 35-mile commute.

dlr

I'll see your Joe Nolan and raise you one Jill Nicolini. WB11 helo reporter NSFW


http://www.celebsgonewild.com/results.php?m=&type=images&criteria=1077&page=1

how does a traffic report with an un-funny headline get greenlit? (and all my brilliant headlines....blah blAH)

/meh
//slashie!

Please be done before I have to start commuting down 78 to get to Newark again in September for school...

offacue: I'll see your Joe Nolan and raise you one Jill Nicolini. WB11 helo reporter NSFW


She has a new fan.Thanks!

offacue

I'll see your Joe Nolan and raise you one Jill Nicolini. WB11 helo reporter NSFW

Whoa!!! I have a crush on Jill Nicolini...and Tiffany McElory.

You made my day.

The Coach

Please be done before I have to start commuting down 78 to get to Newark again in September for school...

Sorry to break this to you, but it's supposed to last until December. And that's just the express lanes. Then, they're going to start work on the local lanes once the express is reopen.

the_coach5040



Whoa!!! I have a crush on Jill Nicolini...and Tiffany McElory.

I'm kinda liking Jodi Applegate over on 5.

Oh, and, your welcome.

Oh that's just swell. Why does the movie "Falling Down" keep coming into my head?

"What's wrong with the roadway?"

I had to switch gyms because the Route 46/80/23 construction made the commute to the gym take 50% longer than normal. And I only live like 8 miles away from that nightmare. Going to the Willowbrook Mall is a real pain ass now.

NJ's DOT is a shining bastion of efficiency compared to PennDOT. I drove through west Philly last weekend and there were highway exit signs where the numbers were completely worn off. There were shapes of interstate 'badges', but no numbers on 'em.

And 80? Please.

The only thing I ever think about, when I see anything about NJ, is the guido thread on the Sherdog forums.

one thing I'll say...those construction crews are well fed and well rested. I see them eating and resting every day when I drive by.

/guess they don't start work till after I pass them

offacue

I'm kinda liking Jodi Applegate over on 5.

Just discovered her this week (O & A mentioned something)...Picture in picture. :)

/Still likes Jill
//NJ is becoming unliveable

//NJ is becoming unliveable

Yeah, stop building houses in every nook and cranny. Just effing stop already. We're full.

Yeah, stop building houses in every nook and cranny. Just effing stop already. We're full.

Preaching to the choir my man...

The article touches on a few things, but for those that didn't read the original stories, here's what happened with Rt 78:

The first notice that *anyone* received about the construction project were road signs put up on Monday saying the express lanes would be shut down on Friday. The newspapers didn't know about it. NJ 101.5, the local radio station, didn't know about it. The State Police apparently didn't know about it. The towns which will get overrun with redirected traffic didn't know about it. Heck, not even the DOT webpage had it anywhere.

This was either a Sunday night decision, or something that DOT administrators kept putting off as "Eh, I'll get around to announcing it later". Sadly enough, both options are believable when it comes to NJDOT.

both options are believable when it comes to NJDOT.

No kidding. They start construction at the most random times and it never seems to get finished.

It's summertime in Joisey.......
Time to close the roads and creat a great clusterfark.......

Also time to close all but one lane on the complete length of the Turnpike bridge from Bayonne to Newark each weekend so they can work on a 50 foot section by the airport toll......

Sux if your coming out of the Holland Tunnel...........

onecanshort: I then moved back to Hoboken, made that Manhattan commute a breeze, now I'm solely in my Jersey City office and living in Bayonne.

Didn't know you left Hoboken.

I occasionally do the drive from Brick to NYC. What a nightmare. All praise be to XM to make it somewhat comfortable. Of course, that's a much more acceptable commute than my usual Brick to Cranbury drive where I get the lovely and scenic Route 9.

It's no wonder I try to work from home at least twice a week...

Diogenes

I believe the section of 287 is what I refer to as "the curves of doom" as you're often taking an insane curve trapped between the guardrail and an 18-wheeler. There are 3 or 4 lanes there now (depending on whether or not there's an exit lane present)

FLAN:

Another Bayonnite? WOW! Must be two of us on Fark!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

How the hell am I supposed to go north now. Anyone know a good way to get from Madison to the Parkway that isn't down 78?

Vulgar_the_Clown: Another Bayonnite? WOW! Must be two of us on Fark!


Not me. onecanshort apparently moved to Bayonne. You two can go drinking, I'm going to wallow in my misery of living in Brick.

I grew up in Jersey City, so I know Bayonne pretty well. I kinda miss being up north, but then again - not really.

Flan/Onecastshort:

Been in Bayonne 19 years now, moved from Old Bridge.

Still miss grass and trees every so often. :)

Big Apple is the best.

A bit off tangent to the topic, but any farkers know of the restaurant called "EAT" off 1/9 in Woodbridge? Just this large sign that says "EAT". I heard to food is passable