It is designated Route 700, an unsigned route, from exit 1 ( Delaware Memorial Bridge) to exit 6, and as I-95 from exit 6 ( Mansfield Township) to exit 18 ( Secaucus– Carlstadt). The mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike splits from I-295 in Carneys Point Township and runs along a north-northeast route to Ridgefield Park, where the road continues as I-95. The turnpike is considered iconic in popular culture having been referenced in music, film, and television.ĭetailed map of the New Jersey Turnpike including interchange locations and other surface highways in New Jersey The Interstate Highway System took some of its design guidelines from those for the turnpike. The turnpike has 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) lanes, 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) shoulders and 13 rest areas named after notable New Jersey residents. The inner lanes are normally restricted to carrying only cars, with the outer lanes for cars, trucks, and buses. The route is divided into four roadways between exit 6 and exit 14. All segments except for the I-95 Extension are tolled. There are three extensions and two spurs, including the Newark Bay Extension at exit 14, which carries I-78 the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension (officially the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension) at exit 6 which carries I-95 off the mainline turnpike the Eastern Spur and the Western Spur which split traffic between Newark and Ridgefield and the I-95 Extension which continues the mainline to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. South of exit 6, it has the unsigned Route 700 designation. The northern part of the mainline turnpike, along with the entirety of its extensions and spurs, is part of the Interstate Highway System, designated as I-95 between exit 6 in Mansfield Township and its northern end. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the turnpike is the nation's sixth-busiest toll road and is one of the most heavily traveled highways in the United States. The toll road provides a direct bypass southeast of Philadelphia for long distance travelers between New York City and Washington, D.C. The turnpike is a major thoroughfare providing access to various localities in New Jersey, as well as Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York. It was officially opened to traffic on November 5, 1951, between its southern terminus and exit 10. Construction of the mainline from concept to completion took 23 months, from 1950 to 1952.
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Its northern terminus is at another complex interchange with US 1/9, US 46, US 9W, Route 4, and the Palisades Parkway just west of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, Bergen County. Route 130 (US 130), Route 49, Interstate 295 (I-295), and US 40 near the border of Pennsville and Carneys Point townships in Salem County, one mile (1.6 km) east of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The 117.20-mile (188.62 km) mainline's southern terminus is at a complex interchange with U.S. state of New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA). The New Jersey Turnpike ( NJTP) is a system of controlled-access highways in the U.S.