New Jersey Turnpike

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This article is about the modern freeway. For the 19th century turnpike, see Jersey Turnpike.

Route information
Length122.1 mi (196.5 km)
11.03 mi (17.75 km) Western Spur
6.6 mi (10.6 km) Pennsylvania Extension
8.3 mi (13.4 km) Newark Bay Extension[1]
Existed1951–present
Major junctions
Major intersectionsFile:New Jersey 168.svg NJ 168 near Camden
I-95/I-276/PA Tpk in Mansfield Twp
I-195 in Washington Twp
File:New Jersey 18.svg NJ 18 in East Brunswick Twp
File:New Jersey 440.svg I-287/NJ 440 in Edison Twp
File:Garden State Parkway shield.png GSP/US 9 in Woodbridge Twp
I-278 in Linden/Elizabeth
I-78 in Newark
File:New Jersey 495.svg NJ 495 in Secaucus
I-80 in Teaneck Twp
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
Highway system
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The New Jersey Turnpike is a toll road in New Jersey and is one of the most heavily traveled highways in the United States. A segment of it is part of the Interstate Highway System. Construction of the Turnpike from conceptualization to opening took 23 months, from 1950 to 1952. The Turnpike boasts 12-foot-wide lanes, 10-foot-wide shoulders, 13 rest areas named after notable New Jerseyans, and unusual exit signage that was considered the pinnacle of highway building in the 1950s. The Interstate Highway System took some of its design guidelines by copying the Turnpike's design guidelines.

Route description

The main trunk of the New Jersey Turnpike runs from Carneys Point Township in the south to Ridgefield in the north. It is designated as unsigned Route 700 from Exit 1 (Delaware Memorial Bridge) in Carneys Point Township, through to Exit 6 and as Interstate 95 from Exits 6 (Mansfield Township) through 18 (Secaucus/Carlstadt). The number of lanes ranges from 4 lanes south of Exit 4, the interchange with Route 73, to 6 lanes between Exits 4 (Mount Laurel Township) and 8A (Monroe Township), the interchange with Route 32.

Aerial view of Exit 8 of the New Jersey Turnpike near Hightstown

The main headquarters for the Turnpike is in East Brunswick Township. There, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority monitors vehicular volume on the entire length on the Turnpike. They operate three AM Radio channels, which broadcast advisories (weather, traffic, events) on the turnpike. Also, the main headquarters operates the VMS (Variable Message Signs) on the turnpike, which alerts motorists of poor weather, accidents, or congestion. Speed Limit signs are also VMS. When the main sign flashes “REDUCE SPEED,” the speed limit VMS changes from its usual speed limit to a lowered one. The Authority also has a few closed-circuit TV cameras that show pictures of current traffic conditions. The cameras are located in Newark (2 cameras), Secaucus (1), Elizabeth (2), East Brunswick Township (1), and Monroe Township (2).

Before the advent of the interstate highways, the whole Turnpike was designated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation as Route 700, with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension being Route 700P and the Newark Bay Extension being Route 700N at one time. The western spur is officially known as Route 95W but signed as Interstate 95 (see below). None of these state highway designations have ever been signed.

A common VMS sign displaying a warning

North of Exit 8A, the Turnpike splits into a "dual-dual" configuration, with the outer lanes open to all vehicles and the inner lanes limited to cars only, unless signed otherwise because of unusual conditions. From here to Exit 14 (Newark), the interchange with Interstate 78, the road ranges from 10 to 14 lanes wide. Starting in Monroe Township (going north), the turnpike has a total of 10 lanes, 5 in each direction (2-3-3-2). From East Brunswick Township, the turnpike has a total of 12 lanes, 6 in each direction (3-3-3-3). From Woodbridge Township, the turnpike has a total of 14 lanes, 7 in each direction (4-3-3-4). Between Woodbridge Township and Newark, HOV lanes exist on the outer roadway (outer truck lanes), which is the reason for the extra lane. The HOV lanes are in effect on weekdays, from 6:00-9:00 northbound, and 16:00-19:00 (4pm-7pm) southbound.

Between Exits 14 and 18, the Turnpike splits into two spurs, an eastern spur and a western spur. Both spurs are posted as I-95, although technically the eastern spur is I-95 as that was built first. The western spur is posted as I-95 for through traffic on I-95, while traffic entering at the ends of the split is routed via the eastern spur. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), which calls every class of highway Route, calls the western spur Route 95W.

The Turnpike also has two extensions: The first, the Newark Bay Extension, was opened in 1956 and is a part of Interstate 78. It connects Newark with Lower Manhattan via the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City and intersects the mainline near Newark Liberty International Airport. This extension contains three exits (Exits 14A, 14B, and 14C) and due to its design (four lanes with a shoulderless Jersey barrier divider), it has a 50 m.p.h. (80 km/h) speed limit.

Stop-and-go-Traffic in Monroe Township due to traffic volume and merge which is 1 mile south

The second extension connects the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike with the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Exit 6. A 6-mile long six-lane highway, it not only connects the Pennsylvania Turnpike with the mainline, but also has an exit to U.S. Route 130 near Florence. Although it is officially designated as Route 700P, it will become a future segment of I-95 when the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project is completed in 2009.

A four-mile stretch of I-95 north of U.S. Route 46 came under Turnpike Authority jurisdiction in 1992, as the NJDOT "sold" the road in order to balance the state budget. This section of the road is also "dual-dual", split into local and express lanes. This portion of the turnpike connects to the George Washington Bridge.

On July 9, 2003, Governor of New Jersey James McGreevey's plan to merge the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the New Jersey Highway Authority (which had operated the Garden State Parkway) into one agency was completed.

A section of the Turnpike and the surrounding land in Elizabeth and Newark, New Jersey has been called "the most dangerous two miles in America" by New Jersey Homeland Security officials[2] due to the high volume of traffic in conjunction with the density of potential terrorist targets in the surrounding area.

Bridges

A number of bridges are included as part of the New Jersey Turnpike:

Rest areas

The New Jersey Turnpike is noted for naming its rest areas after people who lived or worked in New Jersey. From south to north, the rest areas are:

Even long-time local motorists frequently do not know who some of these people were, or in the case of Kilmer, even what gender they were. (Kilmer's full name is Alfred Joyce Kilmer.) Several of the northbound rest stops are named after people better known by their middle names, rather than first names, these including Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the aforementioned Alfred Joyce Kilmer, and Stephen Grover Cleveland. "Molly Pitcher" is a name given to a woman (reportedly a water-bearer who helped cannoneers during a New Jersey battle during the American Revolutionary War) who may or may not have existed. Contemporary New Jersey writers such as Calvin Trillin and Philip Roth have ruefully commented that they hope they don't get a rest stop named after them once they die.

Perhaps surprisingly, the Looking for America book describes the Edison, Lombardi, and Kilmer rest stops as possible hot spots for heterosexual, homosexual, and prostitution activities respectively.

Turnpike rest areas comprise mostly of Burger King and Big Boy (which isn't a New Jersey chain but is featured in the rest stops) fast-food restaurant locations. Most rest stops also include a Sunoco, with gas price signs posted about half a mile before reaching the rest stop.

Toll collection

File:New Jersey Turnpike toll ticket.jpg
A toll ticket received at exit 16E

The New Jersey Turnpike is a closed-system toll road, using a system of long-distance tickets, obtained once by a motorist upon entering and surrendered upon exiting at toll gates. The toll gates exist at all exits and entrances (except for the Meadowlands Sports Complex) and also at the highway extension toward the Hudson River. The toll fee depends on the distance traveled between entrance and exit, and longer distances result in higher tolls. As of 2004, the automobile toll from Exit 1 to Exit 18 is $6.45. Discounts were available to users of the E-ZPass electronic toll collection system until 2004. Since then, the costly implementation of the E-ZPass system forced the Turnpike Authority to eliminate the discounts, and instead impose a $1 per month E-ZPass fee to their account holders, causing many New Jersey E-ZPass holders to obtain transponders through other toll authorities which do not impose the fee. Express E-ZPass implementation is underway, allowing E-ZPass customers at some of the toll plazas to travel through toll areas at highway speeds, via the addition of E-ZPass sensors on an overhead gantry. One of these high-speed toll gates is located at the northern terminus of the road, as southbound Interstate 95 traffic enters the turnpike. The newest one is located at the southern terminus in Carneys Point Township. At each location, traditional E-ZPass and cash lanes are also available.

When travelling from the North, users who exit at the Meadowlands Sports Complex pay no toll, but the Turnpike Authority counts cars electronically and is paid a fee for each vehicle by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.

The non-tolled Interstate 295, which parallels the Turnpike for much of its southern length, is often used as an alternate route for shunpiking by locals and through travelers alike; prior to the expansion of the Exit 1 toll plaza, this route was promoted through signage and radio announcements from the New Jersey State Police as a bypass of summer congestion at the plaza.

History

NJ Turnpike passes the swampy Meadowlands, near NYC
Hackensack Run bridge under construction in 1951

The task of building the turnpike was not an easy one. One major problem was the construction in the city of Elizabeth, where either 450 homes or 32 businesses would be destroyed, depending on the chosen route. The builders decided to go through the residential area, considering it the grittiest and the closest route to both Newark Airport and the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal seaport.

When construction finally got to Newark, there was a new challenge; Deciding to build either over or under the Pulaski Skyway. If construction went above the skyway, the costs would be much higher. If they went under, the costs would be lower, but the roadway would be very close to the Passaic River, making it harder for ships to pass through. The engineers chose to go under.

While continuing up to the New Jersey Meadowlands, the crossings were harder because of the fertile marsh land of silt and mud. Near the shallow mud, engineers filled the mud with crushed stone, and built the roadway above the water table. In the deeper mud, engineers sank caissons down to a firm stratum, filled the caissons with sand, then both the caissons, and the surrounding areas were covered with blankets of sand. Gradually, the water was brought up, and drained into adjacent meadows. Then, the construction of the two major bridges over the Passaic River and Hackensack River were completed. The bridges were built to give motorists a clear view of the New York City skyline, but with high retaining walls to make it seem as if you are not even crossing a river. The 6,955 ft. Passaic River (Chaplain Washington) Bridge cost $13.7 million to construct and the 5,623 ft. Hackensack River Bridge cost $9.5 million.

A controversial project through the East Brunswick area involved a proposed widening from six to twelve lanes. Analysis of noise (Shadely, 1973) and air quality impacts were made in a lawsuit decided in New Jersey Superior Court. This case in the early 1970s was one of the early U.S. examples of environmental scientists playing a role in the design of a major highway. The computer models allowed the court to understand the effects of roadway geometry (width in this case), vehicle speeds, proposed noise barriers, residential setback and pavement types. The outcome was a compromise that involved substantial mitigation of noise pollution and air pollution impacts.

Future developments

  • In January 2004, the Authority opened up the refurbished 18W toll gate in Carlstadt. The refurbishment includes two E-ZPass Express Lanes in both directions.
  • In July 2004, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority opened the new Exit 1 toll gate in Carney's Point Township. The new 23-lane toll gate is near milepost 2.4, featuring a glass-enclosed overhead walkway for toll collectors, including "a concrete lighthouse to serve as a 'gateway' to the state as well as to the turnpike"[3]. The toll gate features 5-lanes heading north, 14-lanes heading south, and two "E-ZPass Express" Lanes in both directions.
  • In 2005, the Authority opened Exit 15X to allow access to the newly-built Secaucus Junction train station.
  • In February 2006, the Authority updated Exit 8A in Monroe Township. The former exit ramp that allowed traffic onto Route 32 westbound, has been closed off. Instead, a new ramp leads to a traffic light at the intersection of the ramp and County Route 535 in South Brunswick Township. 535 was expanded between the new ramp intersection and Route 32.
  • The Turnpike Authority is planning to widen the turnpike from the Exit 1 toll gate in Carney's Point Township to Exit 4 in Mount Laurel Township. Wider overpasses are currently being constructed to accommodate one extra lane in each direction (which would change the Southern Turnpike configuration from 2-2 to 3-3).
  • The Turnpike Authority plans to widen the turnpike between Exit 9 in East Brunswick to Exit 8A in Monroe Township. This widening would change the dual-dual setup (from 2-3-3-2) to "3-3-3-3."
  • The Turnpike Authority is redoing Exit 12 in the Boro of Carteret to reduce truck traffic. New ramps to access the turnpike are being constructed, along with an expanded toll gate. The expanded toll gate will feature extra toll lanes for vehicular volume. The redone Exit 12 should be finished in the middle of 2007.
  • The Authority is lowering the Eastern Spur (between 107.3 to 107.5 in Newark). The lowered spur will consist of a minimum 15-foot vertical clearance and a 12-foot horizontal clearance on the shoulders underneath the Pulaski Skyway (U.S. Routes 1/9) once finished[3].
  • The Authority planned to build Route 92, a West-East Spur from US 1 & Ridge Road in South Brunswick Twp, to the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 8A in Monroe Township. This proposition was cancelled on December 1, 2006.
  • The Turnpike Authority is repaving portions of the expressway, including ramps, as well as fixing up bridges and overpasses.

Proposed widening between Interchanges 6 and 8A

In November 2004, New Jersey Governor Richard Codey advocated a plan to widen the Turnpike, extending the dual-dual configuration 20.1 miles south from Exit 8A (Monroe Township) to Exit 6 (Mansfield Township), by 2011, when the Pennsylvania Turnpike is supposed to complete an interchange that will connect its road to the existing I-95 in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania. Finances would be supplied by rerouting money from the planned NJ 92 Turnpike extension. Overpasses are already being reconstructed to be compatible with a wider Turnpike[4]. The NJTPA is also planning to expand the turnpike between Exit 9 in East Brunswick to Exit 8A in Monroe Township. This would change the current dual-dual configuration (2-3-3-2) to "3-3-3-3." This would require little construction as the overpasses were built with future expansion and would only require the outer lanes to be repaved and restriped to accommodate the extra lane.

The dual-dual configuration (between 6 and 8A) was thought to have been "2-3-3-2." However, according to Turnpike documentation, the turnpike would feature six lanes in each direction (3-3-3-3)[5]. The following interchanges will be upgraded (with new ramps and possible expansion to toll gates) with this widening project: Exit 6 (Mansfield), Exit 7 (Bordentown Twp), Exit 7A (Washington Township), Exit 8 (East Windsor Township), and Exit 8A (Monroe Township).

On January 1, 2007, the Turnpike was facing opposition in East Windsor Township with an upgrade of Exit 8. The current Interchange 8 will be demolished with a new interchange. Prior to this plan being released, some thought that the new Exit 8 would connect directly with the Hightstown Bypass. There seems to be ample space (between mile markers 67.89 and 68.12) to build a new interchange. Plus, there's a large piece of land that would accommodate a toll gate and interchange ramps for 133. The NJTPA has a different idea: the new Exit 8 would end at the intersection with Route 33, Milford Road, and the Hightstown Bypass (on the east side of the expressway in lieu of the west). This new 8 would grant direct access to the bypass (without going through any traffic lights), as well as to 33, using grade separated interchanges. The new toll gate would also feature a total of 12 booths at the gate. However, the interchange and the toll gate would run near some residential houses located right off of 33, and would disturb Twin Rivers. The Authority released 3 configuration options at the intersection of Milford, 33, and the bypass.

  • Option 1: This option would feature turnpike ramps that would lead to a diamond interchange at Route 33, while the turnpike ramp turns into the 133 bypass and crosses over 33. At the intersection with Route 33 and the interchange ramps (from the turnpike and 133), a traffic signal would be built underneath Exit 8/Route 133. However, the drawback is that this option would “stop drivers from making several turns near the exit. These include left-hand turns from Route 33 onto [a relocated] Milford Road and from Milford Road onto Route 33.” To make turns that are restricted, “the plan would push some trucks headed for Milford Road onto Lake Drive, which would be connected to Milford by a new connector road.” The relocated Milford Road would start at the intersection of Monmouth Street and continue southeast to the existing Milford Road near Daniel Street.
  • Option 2: A grade-separated diamond interchange would be constructed, which would lead the ramps towards Route 33. At the intersection with Route 33 and the interchange ramps (from the turnpike and 133), a traffic signal would be built underneath Exit 8 ramps/Route 133. In lieu of a connector road, a jug handle would be built on 33 west. This would intersect at 33 (with a traffic light) and become the relocated Milford Road (after crossing 33). The road would cross over the Turnpike ramps and resume it’s course near Daniel Street.
  • Option 3: A weird cloverleaf interchange would be built in lieu of a diamond interchange. After exiting the turnpike from the 8 toll gate, a ramp on the right would lead to Milford Road or Route 33. The mainline of the turnpike ramp would cross over 33 and turn into the 133 bypass. A relocated Milford Road would be built across from Monmouth Street & 33 (without connecting Monmouth and Milford) towards the intersection with the current Milford Road and Daniel Street. The new Milford would cross over the turnpike ramps. A leaf would be built from the turnpike ramp approaching the 8 toll gate, which would connect to Milford. An entrance ramp would be constructed from Milford Road to the 8 toll gate. Traveling north on Milford, a ramp would be constructed, which would diverge into 2 ways; one way would merge into the turnpike ramp heading towards 133, and the other would intersect at a new traffic light at Route 33 (just 1/10 mile east of the current 33-133-Milford intersection)[6].

The Turnpike in popular culture and media

Map of New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway
  • The Turnpike, along with the Garden State Parkway, are such heavily travelled through-roads and connect with so many other highways in the state, that upon learning a person is from New Jersey, a common joke response is "What exit?"
  • In the Chuck Berry song You Can't Catch Me (1956), the singer outruns the cops in his Cadillac on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America.
  • The 1970 song "Holland Tunnel" by John Phillips included the line: "Pick up a ticket for the New Jersey Turnpike and drive, baby, drive."
  • Bill Cosby references the eating of the New Jersey Turnpike by The Chicken Heart in his comedy album Wonderfulness.
  • Bruce Springsteen's album Nebraska (1982) contains the song "State Trooper", in which a traveller on the Turnpike, a desperate man who has committed unspecified crimes, prays that he won't be pulled over by the police. Another song from the same Springsteen album, the hallucinatory "Open All Night," also contains Turnpike images.
  • The Belgian band dEUS, in their 1996 song "Theme from Turnpike", also referenced the New Jersey Turnpike as an homage to Springsteen, repeating the first line from "State Trooper".
  • Bif Naked's song "Sophia" (1999) begins with the lyric "I picked you up on a grey day, the New Jersey Turnpike."
  • In the 1991 movie Nothing But Trouble, Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, and company, en route to Atlantic City from New York City, exit the Turnpike in hoping to view the countryside and subsequently wind up lost in a backwoods section of New Jersey. Passenger Bertila Damas suggests the unplanned exit because "this road is such a dull place." This route in itself is a mistake in the film's logic, as New York travelers wishing to go to Atlantic City would naturally transfer to the Garden State Parkway (which is closer to the coast than the Turnpike) long before reaching rural areas of New Jersey.
  • In the film Being John Malkovich (1999), after one becomes John Malkovich and then eventually leaves him, one falls out of the sky next to the New Jersey Turnpike. Scenes were filmed on the Holland Tunnel extension at Interchange 14C in Jersey City.
  • The opening to each episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos features main character Tony Soprano driving on the Turnpike.
  • The 1989 book Looking For America On The New Jersey Turnpike (ISBN 978-0-8135-1955-5), itself taking its title from the Simon and Garfunkel song, chronicles the history of "America's Main Road" and analyzes its place in American culture.
  • The New Jersey Turnpike drink was created as a joke about the highway. It consists of squeezing a rag that previously had been used to soak up spilled alcohol on the bar into a shot glass.
  • In the videogame, Earthbound, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, when you search the desk inside the house for sale in Onett town, you can find a joke story about a man making excuses to a police officer after being pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpike.
  • Alan Jackson's song "Where I Come From" makes reference to "Rollin' wheels and shifting gears 'round that Jersey Turnpike"

Exit list

# Mile Marker Municipality Destinations Opened Notes
Pennsville Twp Interstate 295/U.S. Route 40 - Atlantic City November 5, 1951
1 2.4 Carneys Point Township Delaware Memorial Bridge (Toll Plaza) November 5, 1951 Toll plaza equipped with E-ZPass Express
2 12.8 Woolwich Twp U.S. Route 322 - Swedesboro/Chester, PA November 5, 1951 To Commodore Barry Bridge
3 26.1 Boro of Bellmawr/Runnemede File:New Jersey 168.svg Route 168 - Camden/Philadelphia/Woodbury November 5, 1951 To Atlantic City Expressway
4 34.5 Mount Laurel Township File:New Jersey 73.svg Route 73 - Philadelphia/Camden November 5, 1951 To Interstate 295 (1.1 mi) and Center City Philadelphia
5 44.1 Westampton Township County Route 541 – Burlington/Mount Holly November 5, 1951 To Interstate 295 (3.2 mi)
6 P5.6 / 50.9 Mansfield Township U.S. Route 130/Interstate 276 - Pennsylvania Turnpike/Florence Twp May 25, 1956 (further east) on the Pennsylvania Extension.
6A P2.6 Florence Twp U.S. Route 130 May 25, 1956 On the Pennsylvania Extension, now part of Exit 6. Partial exit was converted to a full exit in 1998-99. Toll gate located at P3.17 using EZ-Pass Express.
7 53.3 Bordentown Twp U.S. Route 206 - Bordentown/Trenton November 30, 1951 To Fort Dix and Hammonton
7A 60.5 Washington Township Interstate 195 - Trenton/Shore Points 1970s To Interstate 295 (7.3 mi) and Six Flags Great Adventure
8 67.6 East Windsor Township File:New Jersey 33.svg Route 33 – Hightstown/Freehold November 30, 1951 To File:New Jersey 133.svg Route 133 and "Shore Points"
DIVIDE/
MERGE 		72.8 Cranbury Twp/Monroe Township Turnpike Divides/Merges
Turnpike Division (inner roadway & outer roadway) continues between mileposts 72.8 & 105.6
8A 73.8 Monroe Township File:New Jersey 32.svg Route 32 – Jamesburg/Cranbury 1970s To Princeton and "Shore Points"
9 83.4 East Brunswick Township File:New Jersey 18.svg Route 18/U.S. Route 1 - New Brunswick/East Brunswick November 30, 1951 To Princeton and "Shore Points"
10 88.1 Edison Township File:New Jersey 440.svg Interstate 287/Route 440 - Perth Amboy/Metuchen/Edison Township/Outerbridge Crossing November 30, 1951 (with the Garden State Parkway); 1966 (with Interstate 287 and Route 440)
11 91.0 Woodbridge Township U.S. Route 9/Garden State Parkway - Woodbridge Township November 30, 1951 (with U.S. Route 9); 1966 (with the Garden State Parkway) To "Shore Points"
12 95.9 Boro of Carteret County Route 602 – Carteret/Rahway December 12, 1951
13 99.4 City of Elizabeth Interstate 278 - Elizabeth/Goethals Bridge/Verrazano Bridge December 12, 1951
13A 101.6 City of Elizabeth File:New Jersey 81.svg Route 81 – Elizabeth/Newark Airport/Elizabeth Seaport 1982
14 104.7 City of Newark Interstate 78/U.S. Route 1/9/U.S. Route 22 - Newark Airport December 12, 1951 Provides access to the Newark Bay Extension
14A N3.5 City of Jersey City File:New Jersey 440.svg Route 440 – Bayonne April 4, 1956 On the Newark Bay Extension
14B N5.5 City of Jersey City Jersey City/Liberty State Park, Garfield Avenue, LSP Park and Ride September 15, 1956 On the Newark Bay Extension
14C N5.9 City of Jersey City Holland Tunnel (Toll Plaza), Columbus Drive, Downtown Jersey City, Journal Square September 15, 1956 On the Newark Bay Extension
DIVIDE/
SPUR 		105.6 City of Newark Divides/Splits into Eastern (original) and Western Spurs north of mile 105.6 to E117.2 & W116.81
15E E106.9 City of Newark
U.S. Route 1/9 Truck – Newark/Jersey City 		December 12, 1951 On the Eastern Spur, with access from the southbound Western Spur
15W E108.5 & W108.8 Town of Kearny Interstate 280 - Newark/Kearny January 1970 On the Western Spur, with access from the southbound Eastern Spur and to the northbound Eastern spur
15X E110.7 Town of Secaucus Secaucus Junction December 1, 2005 On the Eastern Spur
16E E112.3 Town of Secaucus File:New Jersey 3.svgFile:New Jersey 495.svg Route 3/Route 495 - Lincoln Tunnel (Toll Plaza) January 15, 1952 On the Eastern Spur; northbound exit and southbound entrance only
18E E112.3 Town of Secaucus U.S. Route 46/Interstate 80/Interstate 95 - George Washington Bridge (Toll Plaza) January 15, 1952 (further north) On the Eastern Spur
17 E112.7 Town of Secaucus File:New Jersey 3.svgFile:New Jersey 495.svg Route 3/Route 495 - Lincoln Tunnel/Secaucus January 15, 1952 (as four ramps at Route 3) On the Eastern Spur; southbound exit and northbound entrance only; exit tolled only for motorists going from Route 495 westbound to Turnpike northbound and from Turnpike southbound to Route 495 eastbound
16W W112.7 Boro of East Rutherford File:New Jersey 3.svg Route 3 - Secaucus/Rutherford/Lincoln Tunnel January 1970 On the Western Spur; to Meadowlands Sports Complex
18W W113.8 Boro of Carlstadt U.S. Route 46/Interstate 80/Interstate 95 - George Washington Bridge (Toll Plaza) January 1970 On the Western Spur; toll plaza equipped with E-ZPass Express
SPUR/
SPLIT 		E117.2
W116.8 		Village of Ridgefield Park Split for Eastern & Western Roadways at mileposts E117.2 & W116.8
Turnpike splits into Express & Local Lanes from milepost 117.2 to George Washington Bridge
68 117.67 & 117.84 Village of Ridgefield Park U.S. Route 46 1970 Stack-like interchange with additional cloverleaf ramps
69 118.9 Teaneck Township Interstate 80 - Delaware Water Gap 1972 Exit number based on proposed Somerset Freeway mileage from Trenton

Gallery

  • Traveling north approaching split for inner car lanes and outer truck lanes in Cranbury Twp
    Traveling north approaching split for inner car lanes and outer truck lanes in Cranbury Twp
  • A northbound view of I-95/New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 8A in Monroe Township
    A northbound view of I-95/New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 8A in Monroe Township
  • A New Jersey Turnpike Toll Gate for Exit 8A in Monroe Township, NJ
    A New Jersey Turnpike Toll Gate for Exit 8A in Monroe Township, NJ
  • Looking south just north of the bridge/overpss for Forsgate Drive in Monroe Township. Note that southbound traffic is congested due to traffic volume.
    Looking south just north of the bridge/overpss for Forsgate Drive in Monroe Township. Note that southbound traffic is congested due to traffic volume.
  • Entering the Turnpike at Exit 8, traveling south in East Windsor Township. Note there are major delays northbound due to hazardous spill in southbound lanes, with northbound rubbernecking
    Entering the Turnpike at Exit 8, traveling south in East Windsor Township. Note there are major delays northbound due to hazardous spill in southbound lanes, with northbound rubbernecking
  • Traveling south on Turnpike south of Int. 8 in East Windsor Township. Major delays northbound continue...
    Traveling south on Turnpike south of Int. 8 in East Windsor Township. Major delays northbound continue...
  • A view of Turnpike northbound, north of Exit 7A in Washington Township. Major delays continue past Exit 7A...
    A view of Turnpike northbound, north of Exit 7A in Washington Township. Major delays continue past Exit 7A...

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Mileage taken from straight line diagrams listed below.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b "New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) (Steve Anderson)"
  4. ^ New Jersey Set to Expand Turnpike, The New York Times, December 1, 2004
  5. ^ Turnpike authory to hold public information centers regarding widening project, November 20, 2006
  6. ^ Pike plan raises concern, The Trenton Times, January 1, 2007

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