Interstate 80 in New Jersey
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East end | I-95 / N.J. Turnpike in Teaneck | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | New Jersey | |||
Counties | Warren, Sussex, Morris, Essex, Passaic, Bergen | |||
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Interstate 80 (I-80) is a major
A freeway along the I-80 corridor had been planned in 1936 and again in 1955 to provide relief along US 46 between the George Washington Bridge and the
Route description
Warren and Sussex counties
I-80 enters
Upon crossing into Blairstown, the eastbound direction narrows down to three lanes.[4] In Hope Township, I-80 reaches an interchange with County Route 521 (CR 521) that also provides access to CR 519 and the Land of Make Believe amusement park.[4][6] The highway widens to eight lanes briefly after this interchange before narrowing to six lanes. In Frelinghuysen Township, the freeway carries four lanes eastbound and three lanes westbound. Upon coming into Allamuchy Township, I-80 has six lanes before gaining a fourth eastbound lane as it comes to the CR 517 exit,[4] providing access to Allamuchy Mountain State Park.[6] Following this, the road runs through densely forested areas of the park, coming to two pairs of rest areas with no facilities in both directions. The eastbound direction becomes three lanes again before the road passes through Byram Township in Sussex County.[4][6]
Morris and Essex counties
Upon crossing the
The highway continues back into Rockaway Township as it widens to eight lanes and comes to the CR 661 exit near the Rockaway Townsquare shopping mall. Suburban development near the highway becomes more dense at this point as I-80 briefly passes through a corner of Rockaway borough before coming to the interchange with CR 513 in Rockaway Township.[4][6] The freeway passes over the Dover and Rockaway River Railroad's Dover and Rockaway Branch and turns southeast here into Denville Township. In the center of Denville Township, it has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance serving US 46 that also provides access to Route 53. There is a westbound exit and eastbound entrance serving both US 46 and Route 53 as the road begins to turn more to the east. I-80 turns south and crosses the Montclair-Boonton Line for a third time before it enters Parsippany–Troy Hills.[4] The highway makes a turn east as it comes into an area of business parks, with the median widening before an interchange serving US 202 and CR 654.[4][6] The median narrows again before I-80 reaches the I-287 interchange that also has movements to US 46 and Smith Road to and from the east.[4]
Past I-287, I-80 gains local–express lanes with a 2-3-3-2 configuration.[4] The road continues past more commercial areas, with the local lanes having an eastbound exit and westbound entrance at CR 637.[4][6] After this, there is a large interchange with US 46 and the western terminus of I-280, at which point the local–express lanes end.[4] From this point, I-80 continues east through wooded areas as a six-lane freeway, crossing into Montville,[4][6] where there is a partial interchange providing access to Hook Mountain Road.[4] After a turn to the northeast, the highway comes into Fairfield Township, Essex County, continuing through wooded surroundings as it heads north before turning east. Development near the road increases as it comes to the westbound exit and eastbound entrance with CR 613.[4][6]
Passaic and Bergen counties
After crossing the Passaic River again, I-80 enters Wayne in Passaic County.[4] Here, the road passes under the Montclair-Boonton Line before coming to the spaghetti junction with Route 23 and US 46 near the Willowbrook Mall. At this point, the freeway widens to eight lanes and continues into Totowa, passing near more commercial areas and over a Norfolk Southern Railway railroad line as it comes to an interchange with CR 642 that has access to and from the west.[4][6] A short distance later, there is a westbound exit and eastbound entrance serving Route 62 and CR 646.[4] I-80 crosses the Passaic River a third time and enters Woodland Park, where it turns to the northeast past suburban neighborhoods and reaches an interchange serving CR 636.[4][6] Passing to the north of Garret Mountain Reservation, the freeway enters Paterson and turns east into urban areas as it comes to the interchange at the Route 19 freeway. After Route 19, I-80 runs above Paterson on a viaduct, crossing over NJ Transit's Main Line before coming to the exit for CR 649 (Madison Avenue). The road returns to ground level near urban neighborhoods as it comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance serving Market Street before reaching an interchange with Route 20.[4][6]
After a fourth crossing of the Passaic River, I-80 comes into Elmwood Park in Bergen County and reaches the CR 507 exit.[4] It continues near suburban neighborhoods, coming to a bridge over New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway's (NYSW) New Jersey Subdivision line, and passes over NJ Transit's Bergen County Line as it comes to an interchange with the Garden State Parkway on the border of Elmwood Park and Saddle Brook that also has connections to CR 67.[4][6] At the Garden State Parkway, I-80 gains a 2-2 local–express lane configuration eastbound while the westbound direction carries four lanes. The next interchange along the road is with CR 79 and is a westbound entrance and an eastbound exit accessible from the local lanes. The freeway passes over the NYSW line again and turns south along the west bank of the Saddle River, eventually crossing it into Lodi.[4] Immediately after, there is a diamond interchange at Riverview Avenue that provides access to Route 4 and Route 17. Heading southeast, I-80 passes over NYSW's Lodi Branch line and comes to an interchange at Route 17, which provides access to US 46 to the south, Route 4 to the north, and various local roads. At this point, I-80 runs between the travel lanes of Route 17 as it continues into Hackensack. Past Route 17, I-80 gains a 3-2-2-3 local–express lane configuration and crosses NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line before passing through industrial parks and running through a small part of South Hackensack.[4][6] Here, there is an interchange to Green Street before the highway comes into Teterboro. Turning east, the freeway runs through South Hackensack before entering Hackensack, where an exit provides access to CR 124 (Hudson Street).[4] The road passes near neighborhoods before crossing the Hackensack River into Ridgefield Park, where it passes over NYSW's New Jersey Subdivision line and CSX Transportation's River Subdivision line before there is an exit for 2nd Street.[4][6] The freeway passes through a corner of Bogota before it continues into Teaneck.[4][6] In Teaneck, I-80 reaches its eastern terminus at the interchange with I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike). From here, one can head southbound on I-95 on the turnpike toward Newark or head northbound toward the George Washington Bridge and New York City.[6]
History
A freeway along the I-80 corridor was first planned in 1936 as a replacement for the cross-state
The section of I-80 through the Delaware Water Gap had already opened on December 16, 1953, running from the
In 1982, two rest areas along I-80 were closed due to chronic use for illegal activities. The rest area in Lodi, next to westbound exit 63, closed on June 30,[21] and the rest area at Roxbury in Morris County closed in October.[22][23] However, the latter reopened on August 14, 1991, for trucks only.[24]
In the 1990s,
In 1994, NJDOT adopted and began using the Rockfall Hazard Rating System for evaluating and ranking highway rock-cut slopes. The segment of I-80 between mileposts 1.04 and 1.45, has been continually characterized as having the highest rockfall hazard rating scores in the state.[27] Nine rockfall incidents and one fatality have been reported between 2001 and 2016. In June 2019, NJDOT held a public meeting regarding a proposed rock wall along I-80 in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The $60-million project, dubbed the "Jurassic Park fence", would involve the construction of a 60-foot (18 m) metal fence between milemarker 1.04 and 1.05 to prevent rocks from falling onto the highway.[28]
On June 22, 2001, a tanker crashed on a westbound bridge on I-80 in Denville, causing a fiery explosion that damaged the bridge and forced its demolition.[29] A temporary bridge had to be built, and traffic on this part of I-80 as well as adjacent roads was snarled; in addition, a state of emergency had been declared for Morris County.[30] The new I-80 bridge opened in September 2001.[31]
I-80, like many other highways in New Jersey, once had solar powered emergency
In August 2012, NJDOT announced a $73-million (equivalent to $92.4 million in 2023[25]) project will completely rehabilitate and improve I-80 eastbound between US 202 and the Beverwyck Road interchange, a very busy part of highway with an average of 159,000 vehicles traveling it daily.[33]
Exit list
County | Location | mi[4] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Continuation into Pennsylvania | ||||||||
Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge (westbound toll in Pennsylvania) | ||||||||
Warren | Hardwick Township | 0.10 | 0.16 | 1 | Millbrook, Flatbrookville | Via Old Mine Road; last westbound exit before toll | ||
Knowlton Township | 2.05 | 3.30 | Weigh station | |||||
3.39 | 5.46 | – | Hainesburg Road | Westbound exit and entrance | ||||
4.20 | 6.76 | 4A | Columbia | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; via Decatur Street | ||||
4.58 | 7.37 | 4B-C | Signed as exits 4B (east) and 4C (north); western terminus of US 46; southern terminus of NJ 94 | |||||
Hope | ||||||||
Allamuchy, Andover | ||||||||
Sussex |
No major junctions | |||||||
Western terminus of US 206 concurrency | ||||||||
US 46 west – Budd Lake, Hackettstown | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||||
Signed as exits 27A (south) and 27B (north); eastern terminus of US 206 concurrency | ||||||||
28.91 | 46.53 | 28 | ||||||
CR 615) – Mount Arlington | Access to Mount Arlington station | |||||||
Wharton | 33.58 | 54.04 | 34 | Route 15 – Wharton, Dover, Sparta | Eastbound exit only; formerly exit 33 | |||
34.02 | 54.75 | Jefferson, Sparta | No eastbound exit; signed as exits 34A (south) and 34B (north) | |||||
CR 661 | ||||||||
37.63 | 60.56 | 37 | CR 513 – Hibernia, Rockaway | |||||
Denville station | ||||||||
39.57 | 63.68 | 39 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; to Denville station | |||||
Parsippany–Troy Hills | 42.46 | 68.33 | 42A | US 202 south – Morris Plains | ||||
42B | To Parsippany | No eastbound exit | ||||||
42C | Parsippany | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||||
43.62 | 70.20 | 43 | Signed as exits 43A (south) and 43B (north) westbound; no eastbound access to US 46 / Smith Road; exits 41A-B on I-287 | |||||
Western terminus of local-express lanes | ||||||||
45.34 | 72.97 | 45 | CR 637 | |||||
46.36 | 74.61 | 47A | I-280 east – The Oranges, Newark | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
Eastern terminus of local-express lanes | ||||||||
46.50 | 74.83 | 47B | Parsippany, The Caldwells, Montclair | Same-directional access only; signed as exit 47 westbound | ||||
Montville | 47.83 | 76.97 | 48 | Montville, Pine Brook | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Hook Mountain Road | |||
CR 613 | ||||||||
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access to Meadowlands Sports Complex | ||||||||
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||||||
CR 642) – Little Falls, Totowa | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||||
55.21 | 88.85 | 55 | CR 646) – Little Falls, Totowa | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 55A (south) and 55B (north) | ||||
CR 636) – Woodland Park, Paterson | Signed as exits 56A (south) and 56B (north) eastbound | |||||||
Paterson | 58.22 | 93.70 | 57A-B | Route 19 south – Clifton, Downtown Paterson | Signed as exits 57A (Route 19) and 57B (Downtown Paterson) | |||
58.37 | 93.94 | 57C | Main Street (CR 509) – Paterson | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
59.06 | 95.05 | 58 | Madison Avenue ( | Signed as exits 58A (south) and 58B (north) | ||||
60.04 | 96.63 | 59 | Market Street – Paterson | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
60.41 | 97.22 | 60 | No westbound access to Route 20 south | |||||
Bergen | Elmwood Park | 60.81 | 97.86 | 61 | CR 507 – Garfield, Elmwood Park | |||
Saddle Brook | 62.34 | 100.33 | 62A | G.S. Parkway / Midland Avenue – Saddle Brook | Signed as exit 62 westbound; no eastbound access to GSP south; commercial vehicles prohibited on the parkway | |||
Western terminus of eastbound local-express lanes | ||||||||
62B | Saddle River Road ( | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||||
Lodi | 63.82 | 102.71 | 63 | To Route 4 / Route 17 – Rochelle Park, Paramus, Lodi, Fair Lawn | ||||
Western terminus of westbound local-express lanes | ||||||||
Hackensack | 65.05– 65.40 | 104.69– 105.25 | 64 | Route 17 to Route 4 – Rochelle Park, Paramus, Hasbrouck Heights, Newark | Signed as exits 64A (north) and 64B (south) westbound; no eastbound access to Route 17 north; Route 4 not signed eastbound | |||
Teterboro–South Hackensack line | 65.67 | 105.69 | 65 | Green Street – Teterboro, South Hackensack | ||||
CR 124) – Hackensack, Little Ferry | ||||||||
Ridgefield Park | 67.22 | 108.18 | 67 | Bogota, Ridgefield Park | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance via 2nd Street | |||
US 46 – Meadowlands Sports Complex | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 69 on I-95; northern terminus of NJ Turnpike | |||||||
68.54 | 110.30 | 70 | CR 56 | |||||
– | I-95 north – George Washington Bridge, New York City | Eastern terminus | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Auxiliary routes
- I-280, known locally as the Essex Freeway
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- New Jersey portal
References
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- ^ "I-80 Rockfall Mitigation Project - Rockfall Hazards Overview".
- ^ Cassi, Sarah (June 14, 2019). "Controversial I-80 project in Delaware Water Gap, dubbed the 'Jurassic Park fence,' goes before the public". lehighvalleylive.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
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- ^ "New Jersey: Trenton: Route 80 Emergency Declared". Metro Briefing. The New York Times. July 4, 2001. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
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