These Are Monmouth And Ocean County New Jersey’s Most Avoided Roads

Monmouth and Ocean Counties are home to some of the most avoided roads in New Jersey.

You can pick out a road in every town in New Jersey that you avoid at all costs. This time, our spotlight falls on Monmouth and Ocean Counties, and some of the most avoided roads in those areas.

Monmouth & Ocean Counties Worst Roads

But based on our driving, some informal polling, and social media posts, we have come up with what we think is a pretty strong list of the 3 most avoided roads in the area.

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This is in no way a complete list. There would probably be 100 roads on that list, and even then we might not cover them all.

Having said that, here are three roads we kept hearing about when this topic came up, and we don't disagree, but please let us know what you think.

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These Are The Most Avoided Roads In Ocean And Monmouth Counties

Route 9 Freehold to Manalapan. If you're looking to get somewhere quickly, or even on time for that matter, this is not the stretch of road for you. So many cars, so little room. And all those traffic lights don't seem to help at all.

Brick Blvd Route 70 to Hooper Ave. This might be the #1 cause of blood pressure in Ocean County. You can never count on an easy ride, but you can bet you'll see some bad driving while you're on this stretch of road.

Route 36 Eatontown to Long Branch. Once in a while, you can get lucky and have a decent go of it on this road, but when it's bad, it's really bad. It's usually a rush-hour nightmare.

As we said earlier, we know this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to bad roads in Monmouth & Ocean Counties, so please add the roads that drive you crazy to the conversation.