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Friday, October 23, 2009

Speed Limit Laws on Turnpike 19:9-1.5

N..J.A.C. 19:9-1.2 Turnpike Speed Violations

19:9-1.2 Speed limits

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

1. Between milepost 1.2 and milepost 97.2;

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

3. On the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension westbound between the Turnpike mainline at milepost P-5.8 and milepost P-3.7.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

(d) Vehicles shall not be operated on the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension westbound between mileposts P-3.7 and P-1.0 at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour and between milepost P-1.0 and the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge at milepost P-0.0 (Pennsylvania-New Jersey State line) at a speed in excess of 50 miles per hour.

(e) Except as specified in (a) through (d) above, vehicles shall not be operated elsewhere on the Turnpike at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour except at such locations as shall be designated for test purposes.

(f) 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:

1. Fifty miles per hour between Milepost 8.0 to Milepost 11.5 in Middle Township, Cape May County;

2. Forty-five miles per hour between Milepost 27 to Milepost 29, approaching and traversing the Great Egg Harbor Bridge;

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

4. Fifty-five miles per hour between Milepost 123.5 to Milepost 163.3, except as provided by (f)3 above.

See: 4 New Jersey Register 109(c), 4 New Jersey Register 199(c). Amended by R.1977 d.63, effective March 1, 1977.

See: 9 New Jersey Register 56(a), 9 New Jersey Register 203(a).

Amended by R.1989 d.60, effective February 6, 1989.

See: 20 New Jersey Register 2684(b), 21 New Jersey Register 314(a).

Deleted (e) and recodified (f) to (e).

Amended by R.1993 d.496, effective October 4, 1993.

See: 25 New Jersey Register 2839(b), 25 New Jersey Register 4605(a).

Amended by R.2003 d.287, effective July 21, 2003.

See: 34 New Jersey Register 2207(a), 35 New Jersey Register 3392(a).

Rewrote the section.

Amended by R.2005 d.23, effective January 3, 2005.