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Poll: What is N.J.'s worst traffic bottleneck?

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The American Highway Users Alliance listed four New Jersey highways among its 50 worst bottlenecks? Do you agree?

WASHINGTON -- The Lincoln Tunnel, Interstate 95 in Fort Lee, the Pulaski Skyway, and Routes 1 and 9 in Newark house five of the 50 worst bottlenecks in the U.S., according a report issued today. The American Highway Users Alliance, the advocacy group that issued the report, blames N.J.'s clogged highways for $197 million in wasted time each year.

When asked about New Jersey's contributions to the top bottlenecks list, AAA New Jersey Automobile Club spokeswoman Cathleen Lewis said, "I'm surprised there's only five."

We want to know which of New Jersey's bottlenecks that appeared on the top 50 list gets your vote as the absolute worst. Vote in our informal, unscientific poll below (note two of the worst bottlenecks are on the Pulaski Skyway, so we combined them in our poll). If we left out any bottlenecks that you think should be on the list, post them in comments.

New Jerseyans have been talking about some of the other traffic nightmares they face daily. Here are some of the comments that caught our eye this morning.

Brendan317 made this list of N.J. traffic hot spots:

Route 280 East through the Newark area. Route 17 South by Garden State Plaza. Route 3 West into the Route 46 merge.

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McGillicuddy wrote:

Perhaps instead they should have included the merge on the 78 Extension as one of the most congested. People try to cut around in front essentially creating a 12 lane merge into 2 instead of a 3 or 4 lane merge into 2.  Every damn day.  You'd think people would realize they're contributing to the problem, but I guess that's asking too much.

On NJ.com's Facebook page, Viji Janakiraman wrote:

That's easy. Just name all the highways in NJ. Definitely more than 5.

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Jonathan D. Salant may be reached at jsalant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JDSalant. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.


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