Traffic & Transit

Parkway Traffic Jams Close Out Memorial Day Weekend

There have been heavy delays through Toms River and Brick much of the afternoon Monday.

Traffic was building northbound on the Garden State Parkway in Toms River at 2 p.m.
Traffic was building northbound on the Garden State Parkway in Toms River at 2 p.m. (Karen Wall/Patch)

Visitors heading home from the Memorial Day weekend are faced with heavy delays on the Garden State Parkway due to volume.

The state Department of Transportation is reporting a 7-mile backup northbound between Toms River and Brick on Monday afternoon as tourists head home from the Shore.

Delays and pockets of volume exist all the way past exit 114 in Middletown, according to the NJDOT website 511nj.org.

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Traffic has been heavy much of the day, with some starting the trek north as early as 10 a.m.

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