Nominations for worst NJ highways
A new analysis seems to favor the North
South Jersey drivers may take issue with a new ranking of the 20 most dangerous state highways in New Jersey.
A Patch news site analysis asserts that the worst is something called 139U, perhaps better known as that cursed, congested and frequently congealed stretch of asphalt that funnels traffic from the infamous Pulaski Skyway into the Holland Tunnel.
Patch crunched state Department of Transportation statistics with an eye toward number of accidents reported per million miles of travel. Which may explain why South Jersey un-favorites such as 38, 42, 55, 70, or 73 are nowhere to be found.
There's no sign of supersonic Admiral Wilson Boulevard or speedracer Route 130 either, but both are federal highways. This technicality also explains the absence of the White Horse Pike, surely the fender-bender capital of the universe, at least by my calculations.
Meanwhile, the two Camden County thoroughfares that made the cut -- the Black Horse Pike (Route 168) in Mount Ephraim, and Spring Garden Road (!) in Winslow Township -- seem, at least intuitively, far less fearsome than other cut-throat roadways in the region.