The interchange of Interstate 95 and State Route 4 in Fort Lee, N.J., is the most congested freight bottleneck in the United States, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s 14th annual list. This is the seventh consecutive year the interchange has topped the list.
The list measures the level of truck-involved congestion at more than 325 locations on the national highway system and is based on GPS data.
“Delays inflicted on truckers by congestion are the equivalent of 436,000 drivers sitting idle for an entire year,” Rebecca Brewster, ATRI president and COO, said. “These metrics are getting worse, but the good news is that states do not need to accept the status quo. Illinois was once home to the top bottleneck in the country, but following a sustained effort to expand capacity, the Jane Byrne Interchange in Chicago no longer ranks in the top 10.”
I-294 at I-290/I-88 in Chicago was second on the list followed by I-45 at I-69/US 59 in Houston, I-285 at I-85 (North) in Atlanta, I-24/I-40 at I-440 (East) in Nashville, I-75 at I-285 (North) in Atlanta, SR 60 at SR 57 in Los Angeles, I-71 at I-75 in Cincinnati, I-10 at I-45 in Houston, and I-20 at I-285 (West) in Atlanta.