They have you slamming on your breaks and leaning on your horn. They raise your blood pressure and test your patience. You grit your teeth, mutter under your breath and shake your head at your fellow motorists – they are the worst roads in Monmouth County.

Earlier this month, NJ.com’s Monmouth County team asked its Twitter followers what the worst roads and intersections in Monmouth County were. Here are some of their replies.

Route 35

Route 35 north of Red Bank was named as one of the worst stretches of roadway in Monmouth County for its heavy traffic and road construction.

Route 35 enters the county in Aberdeen and runs four lanes wide through to Red Bank, where it narrows through the city, then widens again southward past Eatontown and Asbury Park until narrowing again in Neptune City, exiting the county when it crosses the Manasquan Inlet into Point Pleasant Beach.

Between Keyport and Red Bank, the busy highway is lined with shopping centers. Several busy intersections with Union, Laurel, and Palmer Avenues in Holmdel, and Kings Highway, Chapel Hill and New Monmouth Roads in Middletown, resulting in a concentration of traffic lights in the 10-mile stretch. The road features a jersey barrier in its median and jug-handles at major intersections for left turns.

The road’s traffic problems are exacerbated by construction work to ease flooding problems near the county line in Cliffwood Beach and Aberdeen.

Route 36

Route 36 between Keyport and Sea Bright was named one of the county's worst roads for its heavy tourist traffic in the summer and heavy commercial traffic year-round.

Running roughly parallel to Route 35 for its northern portion, this state highway has many of the same issues, including a string of closely placed traffic lights between Keyport and the Belford section of Middletown, heavy traffic, and no left turn lanes. During the summer, it also serves as the main route from the Garden State Parkway to beaches at Sandy Hook and Sea Bright.

Turning south at Sea Bright, the road narrows to two lanes and runs through beachfront communities before turning westward again in Long Branch, where it is a heavily trafficked route to Monmouth Park, the Monmouth Mall and the Garden State Parkway.

Route 9

Route 9, a north-south highway that cuts through eastern New Jersey, is acknowledged as one of the busiest - and most difficult to travel - roads in the state.

This divided highway is a busy route from where it enters New Jersey in Fort Lee to its southern terminus in Cape May, but it forms the main commercial corridor for central Monmouth County towns, including Marlboro, Manalapan, Freehold and Howell, providing the main access to the Freehold Raceway and the Freehold Raceway Mall.

Limited opportunities for U-turns and left turns, multiple traffic lights and heavy traffic plague Route 9 through Monmouth County.

The intersection of Route 66 and Wayside Road

The five-way intersection of Route 66, Bowne Road, Asbury Ave and Wayside Road carries heavy traffic east to west and is awkwardly engineered for drivers approaching from the north and south.

This five-way intersection involves Route 66 from the west, Wayside Road from the south, Asbury Avenue from two directions and Bowne Road to the north. When approaching the intersection from Wayside Road and Bowne Road, traffic islands require vehicles to swerve awkwardly before entering the intersection.

When proceeding westward on Route 66, the road narrows from four lanes to two, requiring vehicles to merge shortly after the intersection. Traffic snarls are made worse by the intersection's proximity to Route 18 and the Seaview Square Mall.

County Road 520, Newman Springs Road, Red Bank

Construction on County Road 520 slows traffic down to 25 mph during low volume hours - or to a dead standstill during rush hour. The construction on the Newman Springs Road bridge over the Swimming River is expected to wrap up in October.

County Road 520 carries heavy traffic between the Lincroft section of Middletown and Red Bank. The four-lane highway has busy intersections at Swimming River Road, Half Mile Road and Hance Ave. - but traffic has been made worse this year by road construction.

Construction on the Newman Springs Road bridge over the Swimming River began in April and continues through October. At the bridge, the roadway narrows from four lanes to two, creating a bottleneck close to its intersection with the Garden State Parkway. During rush hour, the road can slow to a standstill as traffic waits to make the merge.

Route 71

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Route 71, running from Eatontown to Brielle, is a quiet, manageable two-lane highway for much of its right-of-way through Monmouth County, but when it reaches Asbury Park it is carried by Main Street, a heavily-travelled four lane thoroughfare that contains over a dozen traffic lights within one mile and no turn lanes.

The state Department of Transportation is considering imposing a 'road diet' on Main street, narrowing the route from four to two lanes. Another north-south road through the city, Memorial Drive, is slated for a similar project by monmouth County.

What are your most dreaded Monmouth County drives?