N.J. Admin. Code § 19:9-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 19:9-1.2 - Speed limits

(a) Speed limits on the Turnpike shall be as follows:

1. Vehicles shall not be operated at a speed in excess of 65 miles per hour on the Turnpike:

i. Between milepost 0.0 and milepost 97.2;

ii. On the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension eastbound between milepost P-1.6 and the Turnpike mainline at milepost P-5.8; or

iii. On the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension westbound between the Turnpike mainline at milepost P-5.8 and milepost P-1.5;

2. Vehicles shall not be operated on the Turnpike on the Newark Bay-Hudson County Extension between milepost N-0 and milepost N-8 at a speed in excess of 50 miles per hour;

3. Vehicles shall not be operated on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension eastbound between the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge at milepost P-0.0 (Pennsylvania-New Jersey State line) and milepost P-1.6 at a speed in excess of 50 miles per hour;

4. Vehicles shall not be operated on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension westbound between mileposts P-1.5 and milepost P-0.0 (Pennsylvania-New Jersey State line) at a speed in excess of 50 miles per hour; and

5. Except as specified in (a)1 through 4 above, vehicles shall not be operated elsewhere on the Turnpike at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour.

(b) Speed limits on the Parkway shall be as follows:

1. Unless otherwise posted, the maximum legal rate of speed at which any motor vehicle may be operated on the main roadway of the Parkway in both directions of traffic shall be 65 miles per hour for its entire length, except the following portions, for which the speed limits will be as indicated below:

i. Forty-five miles per hour between milepost 27.0 to milepost 29.0, approaching and traversing the Great Egg Harbor Bridge;

ii. Fifty-five miles per hour between milepost 80.6 to milepost 85.2;

iii. Forty-five miles per hour between milepost 126.7 and milepost 127.7, approaching and traversing the Driscoll Bridge; and

iv. Fifty-five miles per hour between milepost 123.5 to milepost 163.3, except as provided by (b)1iii above.

(c) Where signs prescribing a different speed are posted or erected by a person or persons authorized by the Authority to post or erect such signs, no vehicle within the area or zone or section where such signs are posted or erected shall be operated in excess of the speed prescribed by said signs.

(d) Consistent with the requirements of this section, any vehicle operated on the Roadway shall at all times be operated at an appropriate reduced speed when specified hazards exist with respect to traffic, road, weather or other conditions irrespective of the posted speed limit.

(e) No vehicle shall be operated anywhere on the Roadway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, or in any event at a speed of less than 35 miles per hour on level ground except where otherwise posted or when specific hazards exist with respect to traffic, road or weather conditions.

(f) Unless otherwise posted, or when conditions make such maximum legal rate of speed unsafe, the maximum legal rate of speed at which any motor vehicle may be operated at Authority facilities off the main Roadway shall be 25 miles per hour.

(g) Unless otherwise posted, vehicles shall not be operated at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour while entering or exiting exact change lanes, or transiting dedicated E-ZPass toll lanes located in toll plaza reduced speed zones. This speed limitation shall not apply to express E-ZPass lanes.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:9-1.2

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 3236(b), effective 9/18/2017