Interstate 95 in New Jersey
Route information | ||
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Maintained by NJTA and PANYNJ | ||
Length | 97.76 mi[1][2][3] (157.33 km) | |
Existed | 1959–present | |
NHS | Entire route | |
Main section | ||
Length | 77.96 mi[2] (125.46 km) | |
South end | ||
Major intersections |
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North end | ||
Western Spur | ||
Length | 11.03 mi[3] (17.75 km) | |
South end |
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Major intersections |
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North end |
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Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | New Jersey | |
Counties | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Union, Essex, Hudson, Bergen | |
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Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major
I-95 enters the state from the Pennsylvania Turnpike on the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge, following the length of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension to exit 6 on the New Jersey Turnpike mainline, continuing north along the remainder of the latter road to U.S. Route 46 (US 46), where it continues as the turnpike's I-95 extension to the George Washington Bridge, on which it enters New York. All of I-95 in New Jersey is maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) except for the George Washington Bridge, which is maintained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
Until 2018, I-95 had been discontinuous within New Jersey. From
In order to fill the gap, the
Route description
Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension
I-95 enters New Jersey at the
New Jersey Turnpike mainline
Mansfield Townships to Newark
At this point, I-95 continues northeast on the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike, with 12 lanes featuring six inner lanes exclusively for cars separated from six outer lanes for cars, trucks, and buses.
Kearny to Ridgefield Park
After both the western and eastern spurs cross the
George Washington Bridge approach
In Ridgefield Park, I-95 continues north as a toll-free highway cosigned with the New Jersey Turnpike and maintained by the NJTA.
Here, US 1/9/US 46 all join I-95 and the road continues southeast containing four local lanes and four express lanes in each direction, passing numerous highrise buildings through Fort Lee.
History
What became I-95 and
In the 1960s, the I-95 approach to the George Washington Bridge was completed, connecting to I-80 in Teaneck.[18] The portion of I-95 between the north end of the New Jersey Turnpike and I-80 opened in 1971.[19] Originally maintained by NJDOT, ownership of I-95 north of US 46 in Ridgefield Park was transferred to the NJTA in 1992 in order to balance the state budget, thus incorporating it as an extension of the turnpike.[9][20]
Routing through Central New Jersey: Somerset Freeway
The location of I-95 in the Trenton area had not been finalized when the route was first designated. The BPR preferred using the
From the I-95/I-295 loop around Trenton, the free routing of I-95 in New Jersey, was to divert from the loop between the
At this point, the freeway would have continued northeastward through the western parts of Elizabeth and Newark, then terminate at the northern terminus of the New Jersey Turnpike at Ridgefield, but it was instead decided to route I-95 along the New Jersey Turnpike through North Jersey.[18][25]
The truncated route, known as the Somerset Freeway, was intended to terminate in Piscataway at I-287, and I-95 would have continued east along present day I-287 until it intersected with the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison Township.
In 1995, increasing truck traffic on US 206 and Route 31 motivated officials in Mercer County to have the state reconsider building the Somerset Freeway as a way to alleviate traffic on area roads. This option was ruled out due to a $700-million (equivalent to $1.28 billion in 2023[26]) pricetag.[32] Also around this time, I-95 was extended east along I-295 between the site of the Somerset Freeway interchange and US 1 in Lawrence Township.[33]
Filling the I-95 gap
Due to the cancelation of the Somerset Freeway in 1983, a gap existed on I-95 within New Jersey for roughly 35 years.[13] Northbound I-95 ended at US 1 in Lawrence Township where the road became I-295.[34] Meanwhile, southbound I-95 entered New Jersey on the George Washington Bridge and continued along its present-day routing down the New Jersey Turnpike and across the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge, where the road became I-276 at the Pennsylvania state line.[2] Until this gap was filled, traffic from Pennsylvania was directed along I-95 northbound (to the Scudder Falls Bridge), then on its continuation as I-295 southbound until its interchange at I-195, which leads eastward to the New Jersey Turnpike.[35]
In order to close the gap, an interchange was constructed between I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in
Exit list
County | Location | mi[2][3] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Pearl Harbor Extension begins | Continuation into Pennsylvania; western end of Pearl Harbor Extension | |||||
Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge (southbound toll in Pennsylvania) | ||||||
Florence, Burlington | Tolled southbound entrance; exit number not signed | |||||
3.17 | 5.10 | Exit 6 Toll Plaza (southern end of ticket system) | ||||
Pearl Harbor Extension ends | South end of overlap with NJ Turnpike mainline; exit number not signed southbound | |||||
6.50 | 10.46 | Southern end of dual carriageways (inner roadway for cars only and outer roadway for cars, trucks, and buses) | ||||
US 206 – Bordentown, Trenton | ||||||
Mercer | Robbinsville Township | 15.15 | 24.38 | 7A | I-195 – Trenton, Shore Points | Exit 6 on I-195 |
East Windsor Township | 22.12 | 35.60 | 8 | Route 33 / Route 133 – Hightstown, Freehold | Eastern terminus of Route 133 | |
CR 612 not signed; eastern terminus of Route 32 | ||||||
East Brunswick Township | 38.07 | 61.27 | 9 | Route 18 (CR 527) to US 1 – New Brunswick | ||
Basilone Bridge | ||||||
Southern termini of I-287 and Route 440; CR 514 not signed | ||||||
Woodbridge, Shore Points | Exit 129 on Garden State Parkway | |||||
CR 602 | ||||||
Exit 3A on I-278; Route 439 not signed | ||||||
56.33 | 90.65 | 13A | Elizabeth Seaport | Access via Route 81 | ||
Signed as exits 14 (west) and 14A-C (east) | ||||||
61.10– 61.30 | 98.33– 98.65 | – | I-95 north / | Southern terminus of Route 95W (Western Spur); northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
61.52 | 99.01 | 15E | US 1-9 Truck north – Newark, Jersey City | Signed for US 1-9 southbound, US 1-9 Truck northbound | ||
Hudson | Kearny | 63.18 | 101.68 | 15W | I-280 west – Newark, Kearny | Southbound exit and northbound entrance |
Secaucus | 65.30 | 105.09 | 15X | Secaucus | Access to Secaucus Junction | |
67.23 | 108.20 | 16E | Route 495 east – Lincoln Tunnel | Western terminus of Route 495; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
Exit 18E Toll Plaza (northern end of ticket system) | ||||||
67.64 | 108.86 | 17 | Route 3 / Route 495 east – Lincoln Tunnel, Secaucus | Tolled southbound exit; no northbound access to Route 495; exit number not signed northbound | ||
Vince Lombardi Service Area | ||||||
71.33 | 114.79 | – | I-80 west – Paterson | Northbound left exit and southbound entrance; eastern terminus and exit 68A on I-80 | ||
– | I-95 south / Route 95W south) to Route 3 | Northern terminus of Route 95W (Western Spur); southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
ends | Exit number not signed northbound; no northbound entrance; last southbound exit before toll | |||||
72.48 | 116.65 | Challenger Road | Northbound exit and entrance | |||
Teaneck Township line | 73.07 | 117.59 | – | I-95 north (Express Lanes) – George Washington Bridge Upper Level | Southern terminus of Express lanes; left exit and entrance; all trucks to New York | |
Teaneck Township | 73.59 | 118.43 | 69 | I-80 west to G.S. Parkway – Hackensack, Paterson | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; eastern terminus and exit 68B on I-80 | |
74.10 | 119.25 | 70 | CR 56 | |||
Englewood | 75.58 | 121.63 | 71 | Englewood | Via local lanes only; northbound exit and southbound entrance; access via Broad Avenue | |
Fort Lee | – | I-95 north (Express Lanes) – George Washington Bridge Upper Level | Northbound exit only; all trucks to New York | |||
– | I-95 south to N.J. Turnpike south / I-80 west / G.S. Parkway – Paterson | Southern terminus of Upper Level lanes, northern terminus of southbound Express Lanes; southbound exit only | ||||
76.2– 76.53 | 122.6– 123.16 | 72A | Route 4 west – Paramus | Eastern terminus of Route 4; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
76.62– 76.66 | 123.31– 123.37 | 72B | US 46 west – Palisades Park | South end of US 1-9 / US 46 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of NJ Turnpike | ||
76.66 | 123.37 | South end of PANYNJ jurisdiction | ||||
77.02 | 123.95 | 72 | US 9W north to Palisades Parkway north – Fort Lee | No southbound exit; US 1-9/US 46 not signed | ||
77.18 | 124.21 | 73 | Signed only as "Route 67 (Lemoine Ave.) – Fort Lee" northbound; signed as exits 73-74 southbound | |||
– | US 9 north to Upper Level | North end of US 9 overlap; northbound exit only; northern terminus of Express Lanes, southern terminus of northbound Upper Level lanes; all trucks must exit here | ||||
Toll by Mail ) | ||||||
US 46 ends | Continuation into New York at the river's center; eastern terminus of US 46 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Western Spur
County | Location | mi[3] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Route 95W ) | ||||||
0.70 | 1.13 | 14-14C | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exits 14 (west) and 14A-C (east) | |||
1.15 | 1.85 | 15E | US 1-9 Truck north – Newark, Jersey City | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 1-9 Truck not signed | ||
Hudson | Kearny | 3.08 | 4.96 | 15W | I-280 west – Newark, Kearny | Eastern terminus of I-280 |
Bergen | East Rutherford | 7.02 | 11.30 | 16W | Route 3 / Route 120 north – Secaucus, Rutherford | Access to MetLife Stadium; Route 120 not signed |
Carlstadt | 7.18 | 11.56 | Exit 16W Toll Plaza (northern end of ticket system) | |||
8.47– 8.95 | 13.63– 14.40 | 19W | Meadowlands Complex, American Dream | No northbound exit; E-ZPass-only toll on southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
Vince Lombardi Service Area | ||||||
11.01 | 17.72 | — | I-80 west – Paterson | Northbound left exit and southbound entrance; eastern terminus and exit 68A on I-80 | ||
11.26 | 18.12 | I-95 north / Route 95W ) | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Express Lanes and G.W. Bridge Upper Level Lanes
The entire route is in Bergen County.
Location | mi[2] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Teaneck Township line | 73.07 | 117.59 | I-95 south / N.J. Turnpike south to US 46 – Newark | Southern terminus of Express lanes | ||
Teaneck Township | 73.59 | 118.43 | 69 | I-80 west (Express Lanes) to G.S. Parkway – Paterson | Eastern terminus of I-80 Express; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
Fort Lee | 76.2– 76.53 | 122.6– 123.16 | 72A | Route 4 west – Paramus I-95 south (Local Lanes) to N.J. Turnpike south To I-80 west / G.S. Parkway – Hackensack | Southern terminus of Upper Level lanes, northern terminus of southbound Express Lanes; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
76.62– 76.66 | 123.31– 123.37 | 72B | US 46 west – Palisades Park | South end of US 1-9 / US 46 overlap southbound and US 1 / US 46 overlap northbound; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
76.66 | 123.37 | South end of PANYNJ jurisdiction | ||||
77.18 | 124.21 | 73 | US 9W / Palisades Parkway north – Fort Lee | Signed for US 9W southbound, Lemoine/Palisades northbound; last eastbound exit before toll | ||
US 9 north | Northbound entrance only; south end of US 9 overlap northbound; northern terminus of Express Lanes, southern terminus of northbound Upper Level lanes | |||||
77.53 | 124.77 | 74 | Palisades Parkway north | Southbound exit and northbound entrance from express lanes | ||
Toll by Mail ) | ||||||
US 46 ends | Continuation into New York at the river's center; eastern terminus of US 46 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- New Jersey portal
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External links
- I-95, N.J. Turnpike - West Alignment straight line diagram (PDF)
- Rose, Joel. "At Last, I-95's Missing Link Hits The Road". NPR, 2010-08-21.
- History of the Interstate 95 "Missing Link" of central New Jersey
- The Roads of Metro New York - New Jersey Turnpike (I-95)
- The Roads of Metro New York - Interstate 95 (Trenton Section)
- Speed Limits for New Jersey State Roads: Interstate 95