Interstate 78 East - Newark Bay Bridge to Holland Tunnel

The entrance ramps from Port Street west and U.S. 1/9 south to Interstate 78 east joins the New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension leading into the Newark Toll Plaza. The unnumbered exit to I-95 and the Turnpike mainline follows.

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Interstate 78 follows the Newark Bay Extension across Newark Bay Bridge into Bayonne and Jersey City.

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The exit for I-95 and the New Jersey Turnpike mainline part ways with I-78 east beyond the Newark Toll Plaza. I-95 follows the toll road southwest to Woodbridge, New Brunswick and Mansfield Township. Northward the Turnpike splits with the Western Spur to East Rutherford and the Eastern Spur to Secaucus.

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A trumpet interchange (Exit 14 A) joins the Newark Bay Extension with Route 440 just east of the Newark Bay Bridge.

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Interstate 78 travels across Newark Bay over a steel arch bridge. Constructed as part of the Newark Bay Extension between the Turnpike mainline and the Holland Tunnel, the bridge opened on April 4, 1956 at a cost of $40 million (Anderson, n.d.).

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The Newark Bay Bridge provides 135 feet of clearance for vessels below (Anderson, n.d.).

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Interstate 78 east crosses the Hudson County line near the midpoint of the Newark Bay Bridge.

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Viewing the Manhattan skyline in New York City from the Newark Bay Bridge.

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Exit 14 A links with Avenue E east to Port Jersey Boulevard and Chosin Few Way to Route 440. Route 440 continues NY 440 north across the Bayonne Bridge from Staten Island, New York.

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Route 440 follows the original alignment of NY 169 between Interstate 78 and the Bayonne Bridge across Kill Van Kull onto Staten Island. The state route was renumbered as part of Route 440 when plans for a freeway between the Bayonne Bridge and I-78 were dropped.

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Route 440 is a varying arterial and expressway from the Bayonne Bridge northward through Bayonne to Jersey City and U.S. 1/9 Truck at Lincoln Park.

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Interstate 78 eastbound at Exit 14 A for 53rd Street in Bayonne and Port Jersey Boulevard to Route 440.

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Interstate 78 turns northeast toward Downtown Jersey City and the Holland Tunnel into Lower Manhattan. Goldman Sachs Tower anchors the Jersey City skyline.

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Exit 14 B departs from I-78 (Newark Bay Extension) east in 1.5 miles to Bayway Avenue east to Morris Pesin Drive and Freedom Way to Liberty State Park.

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An eastbound Interstate 78 shield assembly posted near the Chapel Avenue underpass by Caven Point.

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Part of Exit 14 C, the exit to Jersey City Boulevard connects I-78 east with the adjacent Liberty Science Center in 1.25 miles.

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Service areas formerly lined both sides of the Newark Bay Extension a half mile south of Exit 14 B to Bayview Avenue. Now used for storage and maintenance operations, the eastbound John Stevens Service Area and westbound Peter Stuyvesant Service Area closed in the early 1970s (AARoads Wiki, 2026).

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Bayview Avenue runs west from the trumpet interchange at Exit 14 B into the Jersey City street grid at Garfield Avenue.

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East from Exit 14 B, Bayview Avenue ties into a roundabout with Morris Pesin Drive east and Burma Road north. A ferry service links Liberty State Park with Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

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I-78 continues northward a half mile to the Jersey City Toll Plaza and Exit 14 C to Jersey City Boulevard.

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Open road tolling options are not available at the Jersey City Toll Plaza. Several lanes are dedicated to E-ZPass account holders however, but with a 15 mile per hour speed limit.

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A half diamond interchange connects the Newark Bay Extension with Jersey City Boulevard to the Liberty Science Center and parallel Phillip Street to Liberty State Park.

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Interstate 78 navigates through an S-curve along a viaduct north to a half diamond interchange with Center and Merseles Streets at Montgomery Street.

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Center Street extends north from Montgomery Street to become Christopher Columbus Drive east from I-78 to the Jersey City business district and the Hudson Riverfront.

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The unnumbered exit to Columbus Drive parts ways with I-78 east. Montgomery Street parallels Columbus Drive three blocks to the south toward the Hudson River. West of I-78, Montgomery Street continues to McGinley Square.

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The viaduct along the Newark Bay Extension rises to pass over Newark Avenue and 7th Street north between the Hilltop and Hamilton Park neighborhoods.

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The Empire State Building and the Mid Manhattan skyline to the northeast of Interstate 78 and Jersey City.

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The Jersey City skyline to the east of I-78 along the Hudson River.

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Interstate 78 curves eastward into a wye interchange with the east end of Route 139 ahead of the transition onto 12th Street.

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Route 139 and Interstate 78 east converge at the signalized intersection of 12th Street and Jersey Avenue. With six lanes, I-78 eastbound follows 12th Street through four signalized intersections to the Holland Tunnel.

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Interstate 78 (12th Street) eastbound at the intersection with Erie Street. Gas stations and other businesses line the four-block stretch of 12th Street between the Newark Bay Extension and Holland Tunnel. I-78 westbound follows 14th Street one block to the north.

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I-78 (12th Street) advances east to Manila Avenue / Grove Street. Grove Street flows south while Erie Street flows north across 12th Street.

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Interstate 78 intersects Marin Boulevard ahead of the west portal into the Holland Tunnel. Marin Boulevard leads north to the city of Hoboken and south by the Newport Centre mall.

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The Port Authority of NY & NJ transitioned the Holland Tunnel to all electronic toll (AET) collection on December 23, 2020 (Kwan, 2020).

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Opened on November 13, 1927 (Port Authority of NY & NJ, n.d.), the Holland Tunnel carries four lanes across the Hudson River to the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan, New York.

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The eastbound portal to the Holland Tunnel of Interstate 78. Passing is prohibited through the 8,371 foot long eastbound tube (Port Authority of NY & NJ, n.d.).

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Interstate 78 eastbound through the south tube of the Holland Tunnel. The roadway is just 20 feet wide (Port Authority of NY & NJ, n.d.).

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