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peter-doubt t1_j9q2woa wrote

Reply to comment by cmacdcz in Awful design flaw at EWR by css555

The interchange between 1&9, 22, 21, 78 and the turnpike should fill you with delight, then. I add 4 miles to my trip because I need to follow their roundabout to avoid a roundabout.

Some highway engineers should be lined up against a wall....

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cmacdcz t1_j9q5dd8 wrote

It is so confusing. I fly in a couple times a year. I need to head west on 78 and I swear I’m going in every possible direction before I get to 78 and then there’s a sudden left exit-only down to Newark. I’ve done that a few times also.

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JimTheJerseyGuy t1_j9r016l wrote

I used to be in and out of Newark all the time. Knew the way to 78 West like the back of my hand. One day, I blinked at the wrong time and wound up in downtown Newark.

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thrillhouse614 t1_j9ruoho wrote

That sign leaving the terminals, It’s got 78, 22, 21, 1+9, Turnpike, Newark, Clinton, New York…maybe more. It’s impossible to figure out while driving without coming to a complete stop in the middle of the road.

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Ballgame4 t1_j9tb6bb wrote

Going slowly to try and figure out which lane to be in will likely get you rear-ended or at the very least given the finger.

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multigrimlok t1_j9qy249 wrote

Yeah, pretty much, unless you’re going to Newark, stay in the right lanes of 78 until you cross route 21

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peter-doubt t1_j9r8k4g wrote

You should see what it replaced... 1/9, 22, 21 had a traffic circle.... It's about 49 feet under the ramps, and obliterated.

They built the spaghetti to end traffic jams, and if you're there any weekday you can see that they failed... (Now they're expansive traffic jams)

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ctannr t1_j9sgjcf wrote

pepperidge farms remembers when we didn't have direct ramps to/from the parkway and had to take Lyons ave like real gangsters

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