Why so long? those darn Joisey Troopers pulled him over, ticketed him and made him stand before the judge in Newark! He was bailed out by a Revolutionary friend Antonio "Subito" Soprano who urged Isreal and his steed onward with a slap on his behind and a call, "Bada Bing!"
"He has built Royal Highways which suck."
Historians and civil engineers believe that Jefferson left it out of the Declaration of Independence because he knew that no one would ever build a decent road between New York and Boston.