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History[change | change source]

Hackensack Run bridge under construction in 1951

Precursors and planning[change | change source]

Route 100
Location:New Brunswick–Fort Lee
Existed:1938–1953

Route 300
Location:Deepwater–New Brunswick
Existed:1938–1953

Route 100 and Route 300 were two state highways proposed in the 1930s by the New Jersey State Highway Department as precursors to the New Jersey Turnpike.

The road that is now the New Jersey Turnpike was first planned by the State Highway Department as two freeways in 1938. Route 100 was the route from New Brunswick to the George Washington Bridge, plus a spur to the Holland Tunnel, now the Newark Bay Extension of the Turnpike. Route 300 was the southern part of the turnpike from the Delaware Memorial Bridge to New Brunswick. However, the State Highway Department did not have the funds to complete the two freeways, and very little of the road was built under its auspices.[1][2] Instead, in 1948, the NJTA was created to build the road, and the two freeways were built as a single toll road.

Route S100 was a proposed spur of Route 100 in Elizabeth. It was never built, although Route 81 follows a similar alignment.

Construction of the New Jersey Turnpike

According to a letter to the editor written by Kathleen Troast Pitney, the daughter of Paul L. Troast, the first chairman of the NJTA:

Governor Driscoll appointed three men to the turnpike authority in the late 1940s—Maxwell Lester, George Smith and Paul Troast, my father, as chairman. They had no enabling legislation and no funding. They were able to open more than two-thirds of the road in 11 months, completing the whole (project) in less than two years ... When the commissioners broached the subject of landscaping the road ... the governor told them he wanted a road to take the interstate traffic ... off New Jersey's existing roads. Since 85 percent of the traffic at that time was estimated to be from out of state, why spend additional funds on landscaping?[3]

A brochure Interesting Facts about the New Jersey Turnpike, dating from soon after the road's opening, says that when the turnpike's bonds are paid off, "the law provides that the turnpike be turned over to the state for inclusion in the public highway system". Due to new construction, and the expectation that the turnpike pays for policing and maintenance, this has never come to pass.

Construction[change | change source]

New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) northbound in Linden

The project of building the turnpike had its challenges. 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 engineers decided to go through the residential area, since they considered it the grittiest[source?] and the closest route to both Newark Airport and the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal seaport.

When construction finally got to Newark, there was the new challenge of 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 turnpike was ultimately built to pass under.[4][5] As part of a 2005 seismic retrofit project, the NJTA lowered its roadway to increase vertical clearance and allow for full-width shoulders, which had been constrained by the location of the skyway supports.[6] Engineers replaced the bearings and lowered the bridge by four feet (1.2 m), without shutting down traffic. The work was carried out by Koch Skanska in 2004, under a $35 million contract (equivalent to $50 million in Template:Inflation year). The project's engineers were from a joint venture of Dewberry Goodkind Inc. and HNTB Corp. Temporary towers supported the bridge while bearings were removed from the 150 piers and the concrete replaced on the pier tops. The lowering process for an 800-foot (240 m) section of the bridge was done over 56 increments, during five weeks of work.[7]

New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) southbound at the Route 33/Route 133 interchange in East Windsor Township

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, the mud was filled with crushed stone, and the roadway was built above the water table. In the deeper mud, caissons were sunk down to a firm stratum and filled 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, construction of the two major bridges over the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers was completed. The bridges were built to give motorists a clear view of the New York City skyline, but with high retaining walls to create the illusion of not being on a river crossing.[8] The 6,955 ft (2,120 m) Passaic River (Chaplain Washington) Bridge cost $13.7 million to build; the 5,623 ft (1,714 m) Hackensack River Bridge cost $9.5 million.

After the turnpike was built in 1951, the NJTA and the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) proposed a 13-mile (21 km) extension of the New Jersey Turnpike that would run from its end (at US 46 in Ridgefield Park at the time) up to West Nyack, New York, at I-87 (New York State Thruway). The section through New Jersey was to be constructed and maintained by the NJTA, while the section in New York was to be built and maintained by the NYSTA.

The purpose of this extension was to give motorists a "more direct bypass of the New York City area" to New England, by using the Tappan Zee Bridge. The extension was to parallel New York State Route 303 (NY 303) and the present-day CSX River Subdivision, and have limited interchanges. It was to have an interchange with the Palisades Interstate Parkway and at I-87 (New York State Thruway) in West Nyack. This project did not survive; by 1970, it became too expensive to buy right-of-way access, and community opposition was fierce. Therefore, the NJTA and the NYSTA cancelled the project.[8]

1950s to 1990s[change | change source]

Approaching the Exit 11 tollbooths at night in 1992, prior to the installation of E-ZPass
Typical sign at non-freeway entrances to the turnpike; this one is at Exit 3. This sign was replaced by a generic entry sign in 2024.

The entire 118-mile length of the New Jersey Turnpike took 25 months to construct, at a total cost of $255 million. The first 44-mile-long stretch, from Exit 1 in Carneys Point Township north to Exit 5 in Westampton Township, opened on November 5, 1951. A second 49-mile-long stretch from Exit 5 north to Exit 11 in Woodbridge opened on November 30, 1951, followed by a third 16-mile-long stretch from Exit 11 north to Exit 15E in Newark on December 20, 1951. The fourth and final nine-mile-long stretch, from Exit 15E north to Exit 18 in Ridgefield, opened on January 15, 1952, completing the turnpike.[8]

With the turnpike completed, traffic began to increase, which prompted the NJTA's first widening project. In 1955, the authority began to widen the turnpike from four lanes to six lanes (three in each direction) between exit 4 in Mount Laurel Township and exit 10 in Woodbridge Township, and from four lanes to an eight-lane, dual-dual setup (2-2-2-2, two express carriageways and two local carriageways in each direction) between exit 10 and exit 14 in Newark.

In April 1956 , exit 14 was rebuilt into the 8.2-mile (13.2 km)-long Newark Bay Extension; previously it was a standard exit that served US 1-9.[9]  By May 25 of that year, the 6 mile (9.7 km) Pearl Harbor Memorial extension, along with mainline exit 6, was opened to traffic.[10]

In 1958, a part of the turnpike was designated as Interstate 95.[11][12]

As part of construction on Route 3, the original interchange 17 was permanently closed in 1963.[13]In 1964, a replacement interchange was completed.[14]

On February 14, 1966, exit 8A was opened to traffic.[15]

I-278 was opened near exit 13 in 1969, this resulted in its reconstruction.[16]

On January 14, 1970, a widening project from Edison to  Newark was completed, with truck traffic required on the outer roadway for its entire length (including the already built part) and cars on either.[17]

By June 1970, the Western spur and its interchanges with the mainline were completed. It carries through traffic between the George Washington Bridge and points south, and accommodates traffic bound for the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The original mainline was subsequently renamed the "eastern spur," and signed for the Lincoln Tunnel.[18]

Within Ridgefield Park, the Bergen-Passaic Expressway was built on the north side of the borough, and left a mile gap to the Turnpike. This gap was closed on October 20, 1971, when the cloverleaf with US 46 was almost entirely eliminated.[19]

On June 13, 1972, the turnpikes northern terminus was linked to the Gerge Washington Bridge.[20]

In 1973, work on widening the roadway between exit 9 and exit 10 began. By November 13, the new roadway was opened..[21] The old one was then closed for a refurbishment, it reopened on January 13.[22]

A series of roadway accidents occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike in the town of Kearny, on October 23 and 24, 1973. The first collision occurred at 11:20 p.m. EDT on the 23rd. Further accidents continued to occur until 2:45 a.m. the next day as cars plowed into the unseen accident ahead of them. Sixty-six vehicles were involved, and nine people died as a result. Thirty-nine suffered non-fatal injuries. The primary cause of the accident was related to a fire consisting of burning garbage, aggravated by foggy conditions.[23] This produced an area of extremely poor visibility.

In the mid-1970s, exit 7A was opened to traffic.[8]

In 1971, the NJTA proposed building the Alfred E. Driscoll Expressway. It was to start at the Garden State Parkway south of exit 80 in Dover Township (now Toms River) and end at the turnpike approximately three miles (4.8 km) north of exit 8A in South Brunswick. As a proposed part of the turnpike system, its seven interchanges would have included toll plazas except at the northern end of the turnpike. By 1972, the proposed road met fierce opposition from Ocean, Monmouth, and Middlesex counties with quality of life being the main concern. The NJTA proceeded anyway and began selling bonds. But by December 1973, Governor-elect Brendan Byrne decided to stop the project altogether. Despite this, the authority continued with its plan. It was not until February 1977 that the authority abandoned its plan to build the road.[24] The rights-of-way were sold in 1979, shelving the project indefinitely.[25]

In 1980, the authority opened exit 15W.[26]

On June 10 1982, exit 13A was opened.[27]

On June 23, 1987, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a project to construct the dual-dual roadway between exit 8A and exit 9, and widening the northern end.[28] This created some problems in the East Brunswick area in the late 1980s during the widening. Analysis of noise (Shadely, 1973)[full citation needed] 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 examples of environmental scientists playing a role in the design of a major highway in the US. The computer models allowed the court to understand the effects of roadway geometry, in this case width, 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. The project was ultimately completed on October 23, 1990, with the reopening of  the newly renovated .[29] Exit 8A was rebuilt, replacing the t-intersection with a trumpet interchange, and exit  7 had a new intersection constructed that contained a 12 lamed toll plaza 1⁄2 miles away from the original.[8]

In 1992, the turnpike was extended by four miles (6.4 km) to current exit 72B; NJDOT had sold this segment of roadway to balance the state budget.[30]

In 1996, a HOV lane was constructed between exits 11 and exits 14. The cost of this widening project was $361 million, more than the cost of the original turnpike. It is reserved for use during peak hours.[8]

In 1997, improvements were made to a 1.5-mile stretch between exits 14 and exits 15E in Newark. The project cost $148 million.[8]

In the late 1990s, a project to improve Exit 13A in Elizabeth was started. It was completed in 1999, at the cost of $140 million. It was funded by the developers of  Jersey Gardens, its construction was why the upgrade was carried out.[31]

2000s to present[change | change source]

New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) northbound in Robbinsville Township

On September 30, 2000, NJTA began using E-ZPass for electronic toll collection. With this, new EZ-Pass only lanes were configured.[32]

In January 2004, the authority opened the new 18W toll gates E-ZPass express lanes; witch are available in both directions.[8]

In July 2004, the Turnpike Authority completed the new exit 1in Carneys Point Township. The new 23-lane toll plaza, which provides four high-speed EZ-Pass lanes (two in each direction), was built approximately 1.2 miles north of the old 15-lane toll plaza, which had not been altered since the turnpike opened in 1951. The plaza features a glass-enclosed overhead walkway for use by toll collectors, and a concrete lighthouse to serve as a "gateway" to the state as well as to the turnpike. First planned during the early 1990's, and begun in early 2001, the $44 million project included the construction of a temporary mainline detour, along with other incidental grading, drainage and pavement work to prepare the site for the new interchange.[8]

In mid-2005, new EZ-Pass express lanes were opened at exit 18W and exit 18E.[8]

On December 1,[8] 2005, the authority opened exit 15X to allow access to the newly built Secaucus Junction train station.[33]

In February 2006, the authority opened a new two lane ramp at exit 7A to carry traffic onto the previously extended County Route 535 (CR 535)  in South Brunswick Township. This resulted in the closing of a former exit ramp that allowed traffic onto Route 32 westbound; despite redundancy, the eastbound ramp remained.[34]

In May 2006, hybrid vehicles were permitted to use the HOV lanes during peak periods.[8]

The authority planned to build Route 92, an east–west spur from US 1 and Ridge Road in the township of South Brunswick to the mainline of the turnpike at exit 8A in Monroe Township. This proposition was cancelled on December 1, 2006.[34]

The authority rebuilt exit 16W in the Borough of East Rutherford. Several new ramps were built, and old ones were destroyed. One major modification was destroying the old ramp from the tollgate to Route 3 west and having a new ramp swing around in the opposite direction and merge with Route 3 west, thereby completing the double trumpet-like interchange. This project was completed by March 2010.[35]

In April  2010, the NJTA finished a project that rebuilt exit 12 in the Borough of Carteret in order to reduce truck traffic. A new grade separated interchange was constructed from Roosevelt Avenue east to the toll gate. In addition, the seven-lane toll booth was replaced by a 17-lane one. It was initially planned to be completed in November or December of  2009, though was delayed five to six months behind schedule.[36]

The NJTA began accepting E-ZPass on all toll lanes at plazas on March 5, 2011.[37]

On April 28, 2011, attempts to privatize toll collection on the New Jersey Turnpike were thwarted as a deal between the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and two unions to reduce toll collector salaries was made instead.[38]

The Authority reconstructed Route 495 westbound across the turnpike at exit 16E in Secaucus. This was finished in mid-2011.[39]

Safety improvements were made at exit 2 in Woolwich Township, when the NJTA installed a traffic signal at the entrance to the turnpike with US 322, and the intersection was widened with turn lanes on all approaches. Construction was completed in late 2012.[40][41]

Widening from 6 to 12 lanes in Robbinsville. Top, July 2012. Bottom, November 2014.
File:NJTP (I 95) IC 8 options.jpg
Three proposals for new Exit 8 in East Windsor. Alternative 1 was chosen (with a few changes)

In November 2004, Governor Richard Codey advocated a plan to widen the turnpike by extending the dual-dual configuration 20.1 miles (32.3 km) south from exit 8A in Monroe Township to exit 6 in Mansfield Township. This was to be completed by 2014 when Pennsylvania was supposed to finish an interchange, that would connect its turnpike to the existing I-95 in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania. Finances were to be supplied by rerouting money from the planned Route 92 Turnpike extension.[42] On January 1, 2007, the NJTA released its plan for exit 8 in East Windsor Township. The old interchange, located west of the turnpike, was demolished and replaced with a new one located to the east of the turnpike. The new interchange configuration opened in January 2013, featuring a new toll plaza consisting of 10 lanes, with direct access to Route 133 (Hightstown Bypass) without going through any traffic lights, as well as to Route 33 by using a grade-separated interchange.[43] Construction of a realigned Milford Road, near the interchange, was open to traffic in October 2011.[44] Milford Road was converted into an overpass crossing over the new interchange 8 ramp. The junction with the realigned Milford Road, Route 33 and Monmouth Street was also modified.[45]

As part of this project, the NJTA expanded the turnpike by changing the dual-dual configuration (from 2-3-3-2 to 3-3-3-3) between exit 9 in East Brunswick Township and exit 8A in Monroe Township. Minimal construction was needed since overpasses were already built with future expansion in mind. Only final preparation and paving of an outer lane in the outer roadways were required to accommodate the extra lane. New signage and lighting were installed as part of the widening project. It was thought that some transmission towers that ran near the turnpike would have to be reconfigured to make room for the newly constructed roadways. However, this idea was dismissed because it would have been cost prohibitive, and the towers, in fact, did not need to be relocated.[46] The widened turnpike features six lanes in each direction (3-3-3-3), double the previous capacity.[47][48] The following interchanges were upgraded with this widening project: exit 6 (Mansfield), exit 7 (Bordentown Township), exit 7A (Robbinsville), exit 8 (East Windsor), and exit 8A (Monroe).[49]

Project outline
Exit Interchange/Toll Gate Location Mile Ramp

Modifications

Expansion to toll gate Notes Start of Construction
6 Mansfield Township 50.9 Build two-lane high-speed ramps to/from inner and outer roadways No Southern end of "dual–dual" setup late 2009
7 Bordentown Township 53.7 Build single lane ramps to/from inner and outer roadways No mid-2009
6N & 6S Hamilton Township 57.8 Build single lane inner and outer roadway exit/entrance ramps — Woodrow Wilson Service Area (6N) & Richard Stockton Service Area (6S) late 2009
7A Robbinsville Township 60.5 Build new ramps to inner and outer roadways Yes—add three more lanes to gate Two-lane ramps to be built to enter northbound lanes and exit southbound lanes and single lane ramps to enter southbound lanes and exit northbound lanes mid-2009
8 East Windsor Township 67.6 Build new interchange with single lane ramps to/from inner and outer roadways, and ramp to maintenance shed Yes—new 12-lane toll gate New exit 8 was constructed east of the Turnpike, connecting directly to the Hightstown Bypass and Route 33 mid-2009
7S Cranbury Township 71.5 Build single-lane southbound ramps to/from inner & outer roadways — Molly Pitcher Service Area on the southbound side early 2010
8A South Brunswick/Monroe Township 73.9 Build single-lane entrance ramp to southbound inner car lanes No early 2010

On July 2, 2009, a ceremonial groundbreaking took place near exit 8 to initiate the widening of the turnpike.[50] On January 28, 2014, the last two of the project's 31 construction contracts was awarded.[51] On May 17–18, 2014, the NJTA switched traffic from the inner roadway for the new outer roadway to do repairs and resurfacing of the inner roadway.[52] A total of six northbound lanes between exits 6 and 9 opened on October 26, 2014, while the southbound lanes opened a week later on November 3, 2014. The final cost reported to be $2.3 billion.[53][54] The project employed 1,000 workers a day, and at one point was the largest active road construction project in the Western Hemisphere.[55]

On March 31, 2014, the NJTA began a new lane control system on the eastbound lanes of the Newark Bay–Hudson County Extension, using the shoulder as a travel lane between exit 14 to 14C.[56] This system was discontinued on May 20, 2019, as part of a bridge redecking project.[57]

An older variable-message sign displaying a warning. These signs have since been replaced.
A modern variable message sign displaying a warning about congestion ahead

All of the turnpike's original variable-message signs (VMS) were replaced and made more common by 2015. The replacement signs, which feature full graphic color matrix technology, are more up-to-date and feature travel times to major routes when not otherwise in use.[58]

In late October 2015, the southbound inner roadway exit ramp at exit 7A was closed to make repairs to the overpass crossing over the truck lanes. Steel plates beneath the deck of the exit ramp overpass "were not built to specification" when it was originally constructed. The ramp was reopened in late November 2015.[59]

To reduce congestion, the NJTA has widened Route 18 and reconstructed all the associated ramps at exit 9 (except the ramp to Route 18 north,  though that still had more minor alterations) in East Brunswick Township. Construction began in late 2012 and was completed in mid-2016.[60][61][62][63]

The authority planned to improve exit 14A in Jersey City and connecting roads in Bayonne because the current interchange was in "poor condition" and suffered from chronic congestion. This was part of a bigger project that addresses future congestion along Route 440. Official groundbreaking occurred on March 11, 2015, with an expanded toll plaza and connector bridge targeted for completion in late 2018 with a $310 million budget.[64][65] The newly expanded exit 14A reopened in May 2018 ahead of its anticipated opening later in the year.[66]

Signage for I-95 was extended from  I-195 in Robbinsville Township to exit 6 in September 2018, the Pearl harbor Memorial Extension was also signed.[67]

On March 24, 2020, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority suspended cash toll collection due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drivers without E-ZPass transponders had their license plates photographed at the toll plazas and were sent bills in the mail. Cash collection resumed on May 19 of that year.[68]

NJTA announced in january 2020 that it would build E-ZPass express lanes at exit 18E;[69] the lanes opened by November 2021.[70]

On June 9, 2023, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved designating the Eastern Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike as I-695.[71]

Future[change | change source]

Due to traffic congestion outside exit 8A, the NJTA plans to improve Route 32 from its intersection at US 130 in South Brunswick to the exit 8A tollgate in Monroe Township. Named the "Interchange 8A to Route 130 Connection", plans and dates have yet to be determined.[72]

The authority is planning a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) roadway and bridge, called the "Tremley Point Road Connector", from Industrial Highway in the Borough of Carteret to Tremley Point Road in the City of Linden. The purpose of this project is to increase truck access to the Tremley Point industrial area in Linden while moving trucks off local streets in residential neighborhoods. The authority chose this access road rather than a full interchange with Tremley Point Road from the turnpike mainline because of its proximity to both exits 12 and 13.[73] The estimated completion date of the connector has yet to be determined,[74] but as of October 2019, a construction contract has been awarded.[75]

The NJTA plans to add an additional lane in each direction between exits 1 and 4. Construction is planned to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2032.[76]

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