Garden State Parkway rest areas are now named after New Jersey celebrities

The New Jersey Turnpike's rest areas have always been named after great people in history with ties to New Jersey. The list includes Joyce Kilmer, Alexander Hamilton and Vince Lombardi. I've always wondered why the Garden State Parkway rest areas were nameless. There are plenty of people from New Jersey we could recognize. That all changed this week. When Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez announced rest areas on the parkway would be recognizing the accomplishments people in the New Jersey Hall of Fame. The rest areas will not only be named after New Jersey Hall of Famers. They'll have interesting displays courtesy of the hall of fame. So here's the list of Garden State Parkway rest areas and the people they're being named after.

Montvale-James Gandolfini

Brookdale North-Larry Doby

Brookdale South- Connie Chung

Vauxhall- Whitney Houston

Cheesequake- Jon Bon Jovi

Monmouth- Judy Blume

Forked River-Celie Cruz

Atlantic- Frank Sinatra

Ocean View- Toni Morrison

Source: NorthJersey.Com

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