973reggie OP t1_j6aojvc wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:43 PM

Reply to comment by oso00 in Fastest way into/out of Jersey City? by 973reggie

I’m using Apple Maps, it’s like obsessed with being on the highway/main road even if that road is literally zigzagging across the state.

I think the best way seems to be 280-7-1and9?

oso00 t1_j6aplj8 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:51 PM

Hmm, yeah either way is a shitshow, but try using Google Maps or Waze. I think the 80->287->24->78 way is faster sometimes too.

973reggie OP t1_j6aq06z wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:54 PM

Yeah idk the apple app is so wacky. No matter what I do it won’t use the Wittpen bridge.. even if I add it as a stop it goes to one side turns around goes back to Kearny then up to the other side.. like how? Why?

micmaher99 t1_j6atpv1 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:23 AM

Wittpenn bridge is closed this weekend, that might be why

973reggie OP t1_j6atudq wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:24 AM

I honestly think this is the explanation for why the first time I made the trip it was smooth then after that took forever. Wow haha thanks

micmaher99 t1_j6aupke wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:30 AM

They've been closing it weekends to test or tweak the system that raises it. Messes up traffic everywhere in the area. It's real annoying haha.

973reggie OP t1_j6b2ule wrote on January 29, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Yeah that’s totally what happened. The first time I took 280 to 95 to go around it, then today I was stubborn and went towards it cuz that’s the way my friend had showed me and I was confused why it took me the other way and I ended up in an even worse detour all the way down to Pulaski on side roads. Thanks so much I knew something was up.