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What international salsa legend has a New Jersey service area named in her honor?

New Jersey Turnpike culture

Chapter 1

The birth of the superroad

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Chapter 2

What exit are you

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Chapter 3

The service plaza universe

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Chapter 4

Turnpike in the spotlight

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Ch 3 · The service plaza universe
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Molly's Jersey Exit

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Every rest stop is named for a Jersey great, asking 'what exit?' in the Garden State.

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The modern celebrity rest stop revolution

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Fun Fact

Springsteen's refusal: Bruce Springsteen is the only Jersey legend to officially decline having a service plaza named after him.

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The golden age of highway dining

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Glossary
service plaza (noun)
A roadside facility along a major highway that provides motorists with food, fuel, and other amenities. When the New Jersey Turnpike opened in 1951, Howard Johnson's became its exclusive food service provider.

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Quiz

Which New Jersey rock icon politely declined to have a service area named after him in 2021?

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Gossip

Who deserves a rest stop next?

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Quiz

Which Revolutionary War heroine is the namesake of the service plaza located at Exit 8A?

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Which U.S. President, born in Caldwell, New Jersey, has a Turnpike service plaza named in his honor?

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Which beloved children's author has a Garden State Parkway service area named in her honor?

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What fast-food chain became a legendary staple of New Jersey Turnpike rest stops during the late 20th century?

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What international salsa legend has a New Jersey service area named in her honor?

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Which legendary actor, famous for playing a New Jersey mob boss, has a rest stop named after him in Montvale?

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Which famous inventor has a New Jersey Turnpike service plaza named after him at Milepost 92.9?

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