Garden State Parkway

[wbdmadvt]

15C210P

Is it allowed to take your Class B on the Garden State Parkway? Has anyone done it?

 

[RT-NY]

Do you mean just driving your van on the parkway itself? That is certainly allowed. I am not sure why you might think it wasn't. Are there any highways anywhere in this country that prohibit driving RV's, whether class A, B, or C?

 

[Johnnyfry]

Garden State and Hutchinson River parkways are OK...I have driven them numerous times. Stay off the Merrett Parkway, low clearances!

 

[RT-NY]

Garden State and Hutchinson River parkways are OK...I have driven them numerous times. Stay off the Merrett Parkway, low clearances!

Right. This is news to me, but I see on the CT DOT website that "You cannot drive a vehicle on the Merritt Parkway, Wilbur Cross Parkway, or Milford Parkway that is more than 8 feet tall." That means even my little 1999 Dodge RT 170 wouldn't be allowed, which surprises me, but is good to know.

 

[michaelingp]

Do you mean just driving your van on the parkway itself? That is certainly allowed. I am not sure why you might think it wasn't. Are there any highways anywhere in this country that prohibit driving RV's, whether class A, B, or C?

Not outside of New England to my knowledge, but there are parkways in New York State where entry signs say "Cars only". I've seen a lot of debate whether an RV is a "car" but I avoid them in my 9-foot tall class B.

 

[Spideyman]

15C210P

Is it allowed to take your Class B on the Garden State Parkway? Has anyone done it?

Yes, i do it all the time in my airstream rangeline.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I've taken mine on it and passed cops so it must be OK. Watch the Southern State in NY though. Stay in the center lane because some of the arch bridges are ~10 ft at either outside lane.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

You can drive a Class B on the Garden State Parkway, we did last spring. Now the parkways in NY and CT are a different story. The GSP is pretty much up to interstate standards.

 

[Richard Cranium]

You can drive a Class B on the Garden State Parkway, we did last spring. Now the parkways in NY and CT are a different story. The GSP is pretty much up to interstate standards.

The NY parkways are restricted by height. Robert Moses designed then specifically to exclude buses and trucks back in the 1950s. Depending on who you believe it was either to keep them park like or exclude "city type people". The first bridge on Southern State right after the split is 9 ft at the edge. I was picking up people from JFK and scraped the antenna. Scared the poop out of me. The rest out to Moriches are fine for at least 10 ft.
One of the bridges just off Lake Ontario is a little low too. I think right at 10 foot in the center...at least a couple of years ago when I lived in Rochester.