jayc428 t1_iw6ajt7 wrote on November 13, 2022 at 7:36 AM

Worst highway overall would have to be 22. Other than that its sections of other ones, west bound end of 24 getting onto 287 north, oranges exit from parkway to 280, although 287 on ramp from 80 is the most rage inducing.

Kabyk t1_iw7tmsb wrote on November 13, 2022 at 5:03 PM

I would sacrifice full service gas to get lane barriers put in for the 287 north exit lane just so I can watch the angry faces go by of all the lane cutters now going into 287 south or whippany road who did not want to go into 287 south or whippany road.

jayc428 t1_iw7tzwi wrote on November 13, 2022 at 5:06 PM

They did major road construction there and did nothing to address that area. I don’t know why they con’t have a two lane off ramp and bring the full two lanes onto 287, the road can handle it. It’s a complete bottleneck that slows down all of 80 because people trying to cut into line from the adjacent lanes.

Some jersey barriers would be great though.

lomeintenance116 t1_iw92s4i wrote on November 13, 2022 at 9:52 PM

24 in general is an absolute mess during rush hour both ways. You’re absolutely right though that westbound to 287 north is just too much. That exit makes me lose faith in humanity. Something needs to be done about that

Smacpats111111 t1_iw9y49z wrote on November 14, 2022 at 1:44 AM

The most frustrating thing about 24 is that both ends have the same problem, which is that the amount of lanes suddenly drops as the road ends, and in both cases it would be trivially easy to fix. 24e->78e you have 3 lanes that suddenly drop to 2. 24w->287n you have 3 lanes that suddenly drops to 1.

The 24e->78e spot causes a multi mile long traffic jam every day for several hours. They literally could make it 3 lanes by changing where the paint is on a quarter mile stretch of the road. Seriously, go look at it on google maps. The road is ALREADY WIDE ENOUGH that they could add a third lane by just painting it on there. Wtf.

As bad as that spot is, the 24w->287n merge has been a problem for literally 30 years. Most of that ramp is also wide enough to be 2 lanes on its own and the rest of the ramp is surrounded by forest.

Smacpats111111 t1_iw8dsij wrote on November 13, 2022 at 7:14 PM

>west bound end of 24 getting onto 287 north

This section of roadway was actually how I first learned that the government does not actually care about fixing our problems. Might be the most frustrating section of roadway in the country and it's been that way every weekday for the last 30 years. The worst part is that it would be trivial to add another lane, there's literally room to do it. The officials who have neglected that section for this long should go to jail.

Hdys t1_iw9eir7 wrote on November 13, 2022 at 11:15 PM

Came here to post the 24 merge onto 287!! Also 287 north of 78 is always a shit show