New Jersey Turnpike
The New Jersey Turnpike comprises a 122-mile long toll road linking the Delaware Memorial Bridge (Interstate 295 & U.S. 40) with the New York City metropolitan area. The four to sixteen-lane highway was built in a typical turnpike design with high speed lanes and limited interchanges. New Jersey Turnpike travelers also are provided with service plazas to provide on-site gas, food, and tourist information.
Interstate 95 follows the turnpike from Interstate 195 (Exit 7A) northward to the end at junction Interstate 80 and the George Washington Bridge approach. The New Jersey Turnpike provides a major link between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City. From Exit 8A (New Jersey 32) northward, the turnpike divides to four carriageways with two inside car-only roadways and two outside roadways for cars, trucks, and busses.
Two extensions are apart of the New Jersey Turnpike network. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension provides a direct link between the north-south toll road (Exit 6) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike mainline (Interstate 276) at Bristol, Pennsylvania. This east-west roadway is touted as future Interstate 95 when the connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95 in Bucks County opens by 2012. The "New Jersey Turnpike Extension" comprises Interstate 78 from Exit 14 east to Jersey City and Hobocken, providing direct access between the Turnpike (Interstate 95) and the Holland Tunnel.
Highway Guides
Since Interstate 95 follows the New Jersey Turnpike from Exit 7A northward to Interstate 80, and future Interstate 95 follows the toll road's Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension and the north-south road from Exit 6 to Interstate 195, the guides for the New Jersey Turnpike double as the guides for Interstate 95.
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