Looking for America on the New Jersey TurnpikeTwo American Studies professors from Rutgers University here show how the New Jersey Turnpike that "ugly icon,'' America's "widest and most traveled'' road has found its way into the minds, if not the hearts, of artists and drivers alike. In poet Allen Ginsberg, singer Bruce Springsteen, commuters and roadside home owners lulled to sleep by its drone of traffic, this 12 lane asphalt monster has inspired powerful reactions, from admiration to anger.