At around 10:45 a.m., traffic was flowing smoothly in the nothbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway from the Barnegat toll plaza through Toms River, Brick, Wall, Tinton Falls and Aberdeen, all the ...

A driveway at the Garden State Parkway's Connie Chung service area in Bloomfield had been used by some drivers to avoid paying a toll.

Farther north, there is at least a 10-mile backup on the Parkway southbound from about Exit 102 (Asbury Avenue) in Tinton Falls to about Exit 91B-A (Chambers Bridge Road) in Brick. More ...