New proposed legislation would eliminate the construction of new jug handles as new road created or old roads updated. Such a measure was attempted 10 years ago, but it failed.
Currently, New Jersey has more than 600 jug handles.
The jug handles older cousin, the circle, also used to be a very prevalent feature of the NJ landscape. However, traffic circles, which once numbered more than 100, are now down to only about 20.
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