highways

An expanded theory into how NJ's Poor Man's Parkway came to be

There's no way bridges in New Jersey don't belong on this list

Some consider them a distraction, others say it's just unnecessary. However, Jeff Deminski has personal experience with roadside memorials and thinks they serve as a wake-up call.

This morning, Gov. Chris Christie’s Administration announced the award of $5 million in grants to 64 towns to promote safety along designated Safe Corridor highway segments and to advance local street rehabilitation projects.

For the past three years, cleaning up litter from New Jersey's roadways has been a top priority of the Department of Transportation, but when Sandy hit, crews were needed elsewhere. Now that most of their Sandy duties are completed, they can refocus on litter clean up along the state's highways.

When it comes to highway safety, New Jersey made some important strides in the past year in many areas, but there is still work to do.

One car of a freight train derailed Friday on a trestle over the Atlantic City Expressway, forcing the closure of two lanes of the busy road leading out of the gambling resort.