Garden State Parkway drivers lose their ‘best-kept secret’ shortcut to avoid toll Dan Alexander Published: August 7, 2025 The exit onto Broad Street from the Connie Chung service area on the Garden State Parkway is coned off to prevent drivers from exiting to avoid the toll at the Watchung Avenue exit (Fox 5 via YouTube)

💲Savvy drivers knew how to avoid the Watchung Ave toll on the Parkway

💲The Turnpike Authority took down a gate in 2022 that was blocking the shortcut

💲A study revealed the exit was getting heavy use

BLOOMFIELD — As the saying goes, "if you know, you know."

For years, savvy local Garden State Parkway travelers heading south knew how to avoid paying the toll at the Watchung Avenue exit in Bloomfield by getting off at the Connie Chung rest stop and heading for

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