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Route 537 (between I-195 and the park's entrance) had been a two lane road when Great Adventure opened in 1974.  During the park's first two decades of operation, various temporary roadway use implementations  (such as allowing park traffic to use the shoulder lane to the park while traffic leaving the park at night could use the shoulder lane to I-195) improved traffic flow along that mile or so of road.  As businesses developed along that same roadway, however, the temporary fixes to traffic compromised safety.  In 2000, 537 was widened in both directions between the park and I-195.  Traffic signals, dividing barriers and even two of NJ's famous "jug handles" (for making left turns) were installed to safely accommodate the growth in vehicle traffic.