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New Jersey has a road called Shades of Death and residents grease the sign to stop theft

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 25, 2026
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Via Wikipedia article “Shades of Death Road” / CC BY-SA 3.0

Shades of Death Road is a real two-lane road in Warren County, New Jersey, running 6.7 miles through forest and swamp. According to Weird NJ, residents have gone “so far as to smear the pole holding the street sign” with grease to stop people from stealing it.

Theories about the name go back cent…

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