ADS-L Digest - 18 Sep 2005 to 19 Sep 2005 (#2005-263)

[Joanne M. Despres]

I definitely associate jug handles with New Jersey -- particularly
with Route 70 in south Jersey, which I used to take to get to
Philadelphia, though it would be only one example of many.

The only jug handles I've encountered in MA so far have been on
airport roads.

Joanne Despres

On 21 Sep 2005, at 1:45, Mullins, Bill wrote:

> >I'm told that this turn originated in New Jersey (no authority given),
> >where it is called a 'jug handle turn'
> I thought a "jug handle turn" was where, if you wanted to turn left, you first
> got into the rightmost lane, and then exited into a small-radius pull-off
> that directed you directly leftward to your original direction, usually
> with a traffic light or other signal.  This way, you crossed at a right angle
> to your original direction of travel, and once across your lane(s), you could
> proceed straight ahead (making what would have been a left turn), or could
> turn left from there (making what would have been a U-turn).
>
> I've seen these in Massachusetts, and maybe NJ.