The American Transportation Research Institute recently released its annual list of the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in the United States.
The intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, N.J., was the worst freight bottleneck for the fourth consecutive year.
The other nine worst bottlenecks are I-71 at I-75 in Cincinnati, I-45 at I-69/US 59 in Houston, I-285 at I-85 (North) in Atlanta, I-20 at I-285 (West) in Atlanta, I-290 at I-90/I-94 in Chicago, SR 60 at SR 57 in Los Angeles, I-45 at I-30 in Dallas, I-10 at I-15 in San Bernardino, Calif., and I-75 at I-24 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The institute utilized data from 2021 and analyzed GPS data from more than 1 million freight trucks. This information was used to determine the level of truck-involved congestion in more than 300 locations on the national highway system.
The 2022 Top Truck Bottleneck List detailed the top 100 congested locations. The institute continuously monitors more than 300 freight-critical locations.
In addition, the analysis revealed consumer demand for goods and services continued to grow as more Americans returned to work and traffic levels rebounded from the 2020 pandemic lockdowns.
Average rush hour truck speeds were 38.6 miles per hour, more than 11 percent slower than the previous report.