You should have seen it 30 years ago or even 10 years ago. I am in Atlantic highlands and back in the day you prayed for shitty weather on weekends. You just could not move once Sandy Hook parking closed (usually by 8:30 am). People would picnic on the median between Atlantic highlands and highlands because traffic just stopped dead. Nobody (bennys) knew where to go so all of 36 just crawled south, then throw in the old drawbridge opening up or the beach clubs in seabright. The new bridge helps alot and traffic is nowhere like it was. Route 36 north on a nice Sunday late afternoon still sucks.