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Interstate 80 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States, running from the San Francisco Bay Area east to the New York City area. In the state of New Jersey, it runs 68.54 miles (110.30 km) from the Delaware Water Gap to its eastern terminus at Interstate 95 in Teaneck. I-95 continues compass east from the end of I-80 to the George Washington Bridge for access to New York City; access is also provided via the Interstate 280 spur towards the Holland Tunnel and Route 3 towards the Lincoln Tunnel.

New Jersey Transit provides commuter rail service to many of the towns along Interstate 80 in New Jersey. Plans are in the works to extend services to Delaware Water Gap and Northeast Pennsylvania using the Lackawanna Cutoff to help relieve the ever expanding traffic congestion on I-80.

Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

History

I-80 was first planned in 1936 as a replacement for the cross-state U.S. Route 46, considered again in the 1955 Joint Study of Arterial Facilities. Coming off the George Washington Bridge, Route 4 and US 46 already provided high-speed corridors, but they were overloaded, and so a new corridor in between, the Bergen-Passaic Expressway, was planned to run from the bridge to Paterson.

The planned route west to the Delaware Water Gap was designated in 1956 as Federal Aid Interstate Route 101 by the New Jersey State Highway Department, and was designated Interstate 80 in 1959. The easternmost section of the route, leading to the bridge, had become part of Interstate 95.

The section of I-80 through the Delaware Water Gap had already opened on December 16, 1953, running from the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge to Route 94 at Columbia.^[1] This road was originally planned as part of U.S. Route 46, but was instead signed as a realignment of U.S. Route 611 until April 1965, receiving the Interstate 80 designation in December 1959. Both I-80 signs and US 611 signs would remain until 1973 where the road would officially become strictly Interstate 80. This section of road was built four lanes wide with lower standards, as it was built prior to the Interstate Highway System.

Actual construction of Interstate 80 began circa 1959 between Route 15 and U.S. Route 46 in western Denville Township, and soon proceeded in both directions. The next section was built between Wayne at Route 23 and Interstate 95 by 1965. The next section was completed in 1967 between U.S. Route 206 in Byram Township and Route 15 in Rockaway Township. In 1969, the section between Parsippany at U.S. Route 202 and Interstate 280 was completed. By 1971, the section between Route 46/Interstate 280 in Parsippany and Route 23/46 Wayne was completed and that whole area of roads were realigned. In 1972, the section between Route 206 in Byram and Routes 46 and 611 in Columbia were completed and that group of roads were realigned into a complex array or ramps. At that point the US 611 tags were removed from the Delaware Water gap section of the freeway. At the same time, for unrelated reasons, US 611 became Pennsylvania 611. The last section between Route 46 in Denville and Route 202 Parsippany-Troy Hills was opened in October 1973.

Exit list

Shields are shown at intersections with other Interstates.

Number	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Interstate 80 continues onto the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge
1	0.10	Millbrook/Flatbrookville
	0.87	Rest area (Kittatinny Beach Road)
	2.05	U-turn (Camp Weygandt Road)
	3.39	Hainesburg Road	westbound access only
4	4.58	File:New Jersey 94.svg U.S. Route 46 EAST/Route 94 NORTH - Columbia/Blairstown/Portland, Pennsylvania/Buttzville	split into 4A (Columbia), 4B (US 46/Portland) and 4C (Route 94) eastbound
12	12.03	County Route 521 to County Route 519 - Blairstown/Hope
19	19.88	County Route 517 - Hackettstown/Andover
25	25.25	U.S. Route 206 NORTH - Stanhope/Newton
26	26.25	U.S. Route 46 WEST - Budd Lake/Hackettstown	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
27	27.19	File:New Jersey 183.svg Route 183 NORTH/U.S. Route 206 SOUTH - Netcong/Somerville	split into 27A (US 206) and 27B (Route 183) westbound
28	28.91	U.S. Route 46 EAST to File:New Jersey 10.svg Route 10 - Ledgewood/Lake Hopatcong
30	30.61	Howard Boulevard - Mount Arlington
34	33.58	To File:New Jersey 15.svg Route 15 - Wharton/Dover/Sparta
34	34.02	File:New Jersey 15.svg Route 15 - Jefferson/Sparta/Wharton	split into 34A and 34B; no eastbound exit
35	35.33	Mount Hope/Dover	split into 35A and 35B westbound
37	37.63	County Route 513 - Hibernia/Rockaway
38	38.81	U.S. Route 46 EAST to File:New Jersey 53.svg Route 53 - Denville	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
39	39.57	U.S. Route 46 EAST to File:New Jersey 53.svg Route 53 - Denville	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
42	42.46	U.S. Route 202/U.S. Route 46 - Parsippany-Troy Hills/Morris Plains	split into 42A (US 202 south), 42B (US 46; westbound only) and 42C (US 202 north; eastbound only)
43	43.62	Interstate 287 to U.S. Route 46 - Morristown/Mahwah	split into 43A and 43B westbound
45	45.34	Whippany/Lake Hiawatha	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
47A	46.36	Interstate 280 EAST - The Oranges/Newark	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
47B	46.50	U.S. Route 46 EAST - The Caldwells/Montclair	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
47	46.50	U.S. Route 46 WEST - Parsippany	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
48	47.83	Montville/Pine Brook	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
52	52.48	Lincoln Park/Fairfield/The Caldwells	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
53	53.62	U.S. Route 46 WEST to File:New Jersey 3.svg Route 3 - Wayne/Clifton/Lincoln Tunnel	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
53	53.62	File:New Jersey 23.svg U.S. Route 46/Route 23 - Wayne/Butler/Verona	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
54	54.73	Minnisink Road - Little Falls/Totowa	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
55	55.21	File:New Jersey 62.svg Route 62/Union Boulevard - Totowa/Little Falls	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; split into 55A and 55B
56	57.07	Squirrelwood Road - West Paterson/Paterson	split into 56A and 56B eastbound
57A-B	58.22	File:New Jersey 19.svg Route 19 SOUTH - Clifton/downtown Paterson
57C	58.37	Main Street - Paterson	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
58A-B	59.06	Madison Avenue - Paterson/Clifton
59	60.04	Market Street - Paterson	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
60	60.41	File:New Jersey 20.svg Route 20 - Hawthorne/Passaic	no ramp from I-80 west to Route 20 south (use exit 59)
61	60.81	County Route 507 - Garfield/Elmwood Park
62	62.34	Garden State Parkway/Saddle River Road - Saddle Brook	split into 62A (Garden State Parkway) and 62B (Saddle River Road) eastbound
splits into local and express lanes eastbound east of here
63B	63.82	To File:New Jersey 17.svg Route 17 NORTH - Rochelle Park/Paramus	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; local only (eastbound)
63	63.82	To File:New Jersey 17.svgFile:New Jersey 4.svg Route 17/Route 4 - Lodi/Fair Lawn	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; local only (eastbound)
splits into local and express lanes westbound east of here
64	64.47	File:New Jersey 17.svg Route 17 SOUTH to U.S. Route 46 EAST - Hasbrouck Heights/Newark	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; local only
64A	65.19	File:New Jersey 17.svg Route 17 NORTH to File:New Jersey 4.svg Route 4 - Rochelle Park/Paramus	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; local only
64B	65.40	To File:New Jersey 17.svg Route 17 SOUTH - Hasbrouck Heights/Newark	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; local only
65	65.67	Green Street - Teterboro/South Hackensack	local only
66	66.55	Hudson Street - Hackensack/Little Ferry	local only
67	67.22	Bogota/Ridgefield Park	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; local only
68A	68.17	Interstate 95/New Jersey Turnpike SOUTH to U.S. Route 46	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
68B	68.54	Interstate 95 NORTH - George Washington Bridge/New York	eastbound exit and westbound entrance I-80 terminus in Teaneck

References

^ "NEW SPAN CROSSES DELAWARE RIVER; Fine, Driscoll at Ceremonies for Water Gap Bridge -- Road to Link Poconos and New York", The New York Times, December 17, 1953. p. 51

External links

Preceded by Pennsylvania	Interstate 80 New Jersey	Succeeded by terminus

Browse numbered routes
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[1] "NEW SPAN CROSSES DELAWARE RIVER; Fine, Driscoll at Ceremonies for Water Gap Bridge -- Road to Link Poconos and New York", The New York Times, December 17, 1953. p. 51

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 [[Image:I-80.svg|right|100px]]
 [[Interstate 80]] is a major [[Interstate Highway]] in the [[United States]], running from the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] east to the [[New York City area]]. In the state of [[New Jersey]], it runs 68.54 miles (110.30 km) from the [[Delaware Water Gap]] to its eastern terminus at [[Interstate 95]] in [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]]. I-95 continues compass east from the end of I-80 to the [[George Washington Bridge]] for access to [[New York City]]; access is also provided via the [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|Interstate 280]] spur towards the [[Holland Tunnel]] and [[Route 3 (New Jersey)|Route 3]] towards the [[Lincoln Tunnel]].
+[[New Jersey Transit]] provides [[commuter rail]] service to many of the towns along Interstate 80 in New Jersey. Plans are in the works to extend services to Delaware Water Gap and Northeast Pennsylvania using the [[Lackawanna Cutoff]] to help relieve the ever expanding traffic congestion on I-80.
 ==Major cities==