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| The proposed site (currently listed as one of the top-10 most-scenic spots in New Jersey! |
Continuing its tradition of honoring notable New Jerseyans with rest-area signage, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has announced that it's newest rest area will be named in honor of Nascar driver Martin Truex Jr.
"We feel that Martin represents all that's good about New Jersey", said NJTA spokesman Steve Alvin, "from hard work and determination, to using those skills to move out of New Jersey, Martin has it all."
The new rest area, slated to be constructed on the northbound side of the Turnpike near exit 13A, will feature all the amenities travelers from New York City to Carneys Point have come to expect.
"Martin really matching up well with most of our retail partners", Alvin explained. "Our travel stores get drivers in and out as fast as a Nascar pit stop. We feature Sunoco gasoline--the same kind used by all of Nascar's drivers. And eating at one of our Roy Rogers will have the food going through you faster than a car going through turn 1 at Michigan."
Truex joins such great New Jerseyans as Woodrow Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, and Vince Lombardi, all of whom have had their names immortalized on blue travel signs up and down the famed Turnpike.
"This is truly a great honor, and I'm humbled to be in the company of such great New Jerseyans as these", Truex said in a recent press release. "Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the groundbreaking, as I will be on vacation in Cancun. Hopefully I can make it to the grand opening, as long as it doesn't conflict with my long-planned trip to Punta Cana."
In order to honor fellow New Jerseyan Jayski, Truex's name will be spelled wrong on half the signs.