PSA - beware RT 15 South in Jefferson!!!!

[JHbowhunter]

This is a big deal - very heavy commuter route for Taylor-hammers…
 

 

[Northjerseyoutdoorsman]

Wow 

[Gunsmoke]

Thanks

[Rusty]

That is going to cause some serious headaches!  We are going to pickup some serious overflow on 23!  

[nmc02]

Supposedly through 2025.

[CJ3a]

I am guessing it nots the states fault due to that lack of maintenance.  Just another happy little accident. 

[electricstart]

Bridge going over the Rockaway River I guess . That sucks . Alot of traffic in the morning and week ends. 

[Bucksnbows]

I’m guessing this is the bridge over the Rockaway River just north of the route 15 and Berkshire Valley Road interchange?  

[Bucksnbows]

Just now, electricstart said:

Bridge going over the Rockaway River I guess . That sucks . Alot of traffic in the morning and week ends. 

You beat me by less than a second. 

[electricstart]

1 minute ago, Bucksnbows said:

You beat me by less than a second. 

Great minds think a like . But that is going be a mess regardless. 

[jumpthestring]

Wouldn't you love smack the engineer's that deemed it unsafe. 

[flukebelly]

They’ve been working on that bridge for a year now ! Now it’s unsafe ?

thanks for the heads up JH

[Greybeard]

Glad I'm retired and don't have to find a way around that.  Traffic has always been bad through Jefferson on 15.  Can't imagine the mess on the side roads now.  Even they were backed up before with people trying to skirt the backups at the lights.  Wonder what happened to the 23 cent tax Christie put on a gallon of gas to maintain our roads. Only other highway is 23 and that's 2 lanes until you hit Passaic Co, with more traffic lights than there are miles down to 80.  Have fun folks!

[Bucksnbows]

11 hours ago, Greybeard said:

Glad I'm retired and don't have to find a way around that.  Traffic has always been bad through Jefferson on 15.  Can't imagine the mess on the side roads now.  Even they were backed up before with people trying to skirt the backups at the lights.  Wonder what happened to the 23 cent tax Christie put on a gallon of gas to maintain our roads. Only other highway is 23 and that's 2 lanes until you hit Passaic Co, with more traffic lights than there are miles down to 80.  Have fun folks!

When Congress tried to ram the Tocks Island dam down our throats back in the 70s, they built route 15 to handle all the new traffic. Then the dam was scuttled and they stopped widening 15 in Sparta. It created massive sprawl throughout that area and traffic has been brutal at times of the day for many decades now.  My first house was in Lake Shawnee in Jefferson right off 15. 

[Rusty]

23 south was all jammed up this morning.   This is not going to be fun.