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It's not unprecedented. Only a few miles north, New Jersey basically ruined I-95 for everyone who lives above Philly. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2

It's not unprecedented. Only a few miles north, New Jersey basically ruined I-95 for everyone who lives above Philly. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/after-60-years-i-95-is-complete https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/after-60-... DE and NJ aren't really suitable states, they bring zero benefit as a separate entity from their neighbors. Disclaimer: I live in Philadelphia. Also, fuck Dallas.

Camillo 8y ago
What a frustrating article! It doesn't explain anything about why the highway was opposed, how the battle played out, etc. The "old" map shows I-95 just ending, and doesn't show where it resumes. The most obvious thing the map should do given the story is show what the old path was and what the new one is, and it doesn't do that! The second most obvious would be showing Mercer County, which is blamed in the article for blocking the highway, but guess what, it doesn't show that either. It sounds like there is an interesting story here, but that article utterly fails at telling it.
- pdonis 8y ago
  There are some good maps showing the changes here: http://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/njfreeways/Interstate_95_Gap_Map0.html http://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/njfreeways/Interstate_95_Gap...
- pdonis 8y ago
  Wikipedia has a decent summary of the history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey#Hi...
markbnj 8y ago
I don't doubt the self-interested nature of the Mercer landowners, but this line from the article is pretty disingenuous... > Near the Pennsylvania border, drivers have long been forced off the interstate and onto other roadways, only to join back 8 miles away. "Forced off the interstate..." onto other interstates, lol. Driving north from Philly if you wished to carry on to 95N you could either take the PATP connector 276E over the river, or continue north to 295S and then 195E. Both of these routes are high speed limited access highways, and join with the NJTP. So its not like getting forced off onto secondaries which is kind of how the author wanted it to sound. I've made that drive a hundred times over the last 25 years and I never felt the lack of a "95" on the signs I passed. As for NJ not being a suitable state, I've lived here 25 years and it seems suitable to me most of the time. You probably swim off our beaches, and eat the seafood we catch and the veggies we grow. We are a "barrel tapped at both ends" as Franklin put it, with Philly and NY both benefiting. You should be more grateful :).

Camillo 8y ago

What a frustrating article! It doesn't explain anything about why the highway was opposed, how the battle played out, etc. The "old" map shows I-95 just ending, and doesn't show where it resumes. The most obvious thing the map should do given the story is show what the old path was and what the new one is, and it doesn't do that! The second most obvious would be showing Mercer County, which is blamed in the article for blocking the highway, but guess what, it doesn't show that either. It sounds like there is an interesting story here, but that article utterly fails at telling it.

pdonis 8y ago
There are some good maps showing the changes here: http://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/njfreeways/Interstate_95_Gap_Map0.html http://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/njfreeways/Interstate_95_Gap...
pdonis 8y ago
Wikipedia has a decent summary of the history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_95_in_New_Jersey#Hi...

markbnj 8y ago

I don't doubt the self-interested nature of the Mercer landowners, but this line from the article is pretty disingenuous... > Near the Pennsylvania border, drivers have long been forced off the interstate and onto other roadways, only to join back 8 miles away. "Forced off the interstate..." onto other interstates, lol. Driving north from Philly if you wished to carry on to 95N you could either take the PATP connector 276E over the river, or continue north to 295S and then 195E. Both of these routes are high speed limited access highways, and join with the NJTP. So its not like getting forced off onto secondaries which is kind of how the author wanted it to sound. I've made that drive a hundred times over the last 25 years and I never felt the lack of a "95" on the signs I passed. As for NJ not being a suitable state, I've lived here 25 years and it seems suitable to me most of the time. You probably swim off our beaches, and eat the seafood we catch and the veggies we grow. We are a "barrel tapped at both ends" as Franklin put it, with Philly and NY both benefiting. You should be more grateful :).