Interstate 95 / New Jersey Turnpike North - Edison to Newark


The Garden State Parkway converges with the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 11 in Woodbridge Township between Perth Amboy and Menlo Park.
Serving such cities as Union, Irvington, Orange, Bloomfield and Clifton among others, the Parkway travels 172 miles north from Cape May to the New York state line.
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Reassurance markers for I-95 and the New Jersey Turnpike preceding the dynamic messages signs by the Grandview Avenue overpass.
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One mile southwest of the two-wye interchange (Exit 11) with the Garden State Parkway at Woodbridge. The Garden State Parkway is tolled from Route 440 southward and U.S. 22 northward. The segment between Perth Amboy and Union is free to all travelers.
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The left lane of the Outer Roadway transitions into an HOV restricted lane beyond the Garden State Parkway.
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Interstate 95 northbound at the crossover of the Garden State Parkway (upper level) and Middlesex County Route 514 (Main Street).
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Exit 11 leaves the Outer Roadway of Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike) north to the access road leading to the Garden State Parkway, Route 184 and CR 501. 1.37 miles in length, Route 184 links the Parkway with adjacent U.S. 9 and Route 440 at Perth Amboy.
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Two lanes leave the New Jersey Turnpike Inner Roadway for the Garden State Parkway at Exit 11.
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One lane departs the Outer Roadway of Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike) north for the Garden State Parkway. Commercial truck traffic is prohibited from using the Parkway north of Exit 105 in Tinton Falls due to low bridge clearances.
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One mile from the beginning of the HOV lane along the northbound New Jersey Turnpike Outer Roadway.
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The New Jersey Turnpike advances one mile northeast through Woodbridge Township to the Grover Cleveland Service Plaza.
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The Outer Roadway northbound expands to four lanes where the left lane becomes HOV-3 restricted.
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Woodbridge Avenue (CR 652) passes over the New Jersey Turnpike ahead of the Grover Cleveland Service Plaza on Interstate 95 northbound.
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I-95/New Jersey Turnpike northbound at the Grove Cleveland Service Area. Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, Grover Cleveland served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
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Two miles south of the trumpet interchange (Exit 12) with Roosevelt Avenue (CR 602) and Peter J. Sica Industrial Highway at West Carteret. I-95 enters Carteret, a borough bound by the Rahway River and Arthur Kill between Port Reading and Linden.
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Carpool lanes in New Jersey were determined to be an overall failure after implementation during the 1990s. Then-governor Christie Whitman signed legislation for the removal of all freeway HOV lanes by 1999. However the New Jersey Turnpike was exempt and therefore retained this HOV-3 lane.
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Roosevelt Avenue (CR 602) travels west from Exit 12 and West Carteret into Woodbridge Township as Randolph Avenue to the Rahway city line.
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Roosevelt Avenue (CR 602) loops east from Washington Avenue (CR 604) through Carteret while Peter J. Sica Industrial Highway stems east from the Turnpike by a number of refineries and the industrial waterfront of the Arthur Kill.
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Roosevelt Avenue (CR 602) passes over Interstate 95 at Exit 12 for Rahway and Carteret. Roosevelt Avenue links Carteret and I-95 with Middlesex County Route 514 (Woodbridge Road) and U.S. 1/9 at Rahway.
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I-95 continues north across the Rahway River into Union County and the city of Linden ahead of Interstate 278 at Elizabeth.
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One mile south of Exit 13 on the Turnpike Outer Roadway. East from I-95, Interstate 278 crosses the tolled Goethals Bridge onto the Staten Island Expressway at Staten Island, New York.
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I-278 travels just two miles in the Garden State from the Goethals Bridge west to U.S. 1/9 (Edgar Road) in Linden. A canceled proposal extended the route northwest from Linden to I-78 in Union.
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Interstate 278 crosses the Verrazano Narrows Bridge 9.5 miles to the east between Staten Island and Brooklyn. The suspension bridge is tolled.
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The Turnpike Outer Roadway loses a northbound lane beyond the trumpet interchange (Exit 13) with Interstate 278 and Route 439 (Bayway).
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Brooklyn and the Gowanus Expressway section of Interstate 278 are 11.5 miles to the east of Exit 13.
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Interstate 278 loops through Brooklyn, Queens, and Bronx before returning to I-95 at the Bruckner Interchange with I-295, I-678 and Hutchinson River Parkway.
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Exit 13 for I-278 west includes access to adjacent Route 439 (Bayway Avenue), a 3.95 mile loop through Elizabeth.
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A cable-stayed bridge, the Goethals Bridge along Interstate 278 fully opened to traffic on May 21, 2018.
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Interstate 278 passes over the New Jersey Turnpike two miles south of Exit 13 A for the Elizabeth Seaport and Route 81 (North Avenue). Route 81 spurs 1.18 miles northwest from Interstate 95 to the freeway along U.S. 1/9 at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).
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Continuing through the city of Elizabeth to the directional T interchange (Exit 13 A) with Route 81. Exit 13 A also Jersey Gardens Boulevard and North Avenue for the Elizabeth Seaport and The Mills at Jersey Gardens retail center.
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The passenger terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) lies 2.5 miles to the north of Exit 13 A via Route 81 north and U.S. 1/9. U.S. 1/9 continue from there to meet the east end of U.S. 22, I-78 and the Pulaski Skyway.
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Exit 13 A leaves the New Jersey Turnpike northbound for Route 81 north, North Avenue, and Jersey Gardens Boulevard south. North Avenue travels west from the Elizabeth Seaport area to U.S. 1/9, Route 27 (Newark Avenue), Route 82 (Morris Avenue) and Elmora Avenue.
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Continuing northward on Interstate 95 alongside Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) into Newark and Essex County.
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The NJ Turnpike meets Interstate 78 (Newark Bay Extension) at Exit 14 in 1.5 miles. I-78 enters the turnpike system east from the adjacent exchange with U.S. 1/9 (Pulaski Skyway) and U.S. 22 west in Newark.
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I-78 travels west from the NJ Turnpike to Newark and Union while U.S. 1/9 tie into the freeway from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). U.S. 22 stems west from the interchange joining U.S. 1/9 with Route 21 to parallel I-78 from the EWR Airport to Hillside, Union and Mountainside.
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Interchanges along I-78/Newark Bay Extension are numbered as suffixes of Exit 14. I-78 is part of the ticketed system of the turnpike from I-95 east to 12th/14th Streets through Jersey City. Exit 14 is assigned to the westbound off-ramp for Interstate 78 to Clinton.
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Interstate 78 travels east across the Newark Bay into Bayonne and then north into Jersey City. The Newark Bay Extension concludes at the three block long couplet of 12th/14th Streets preceding the Holland Tunnel to Lower Manhattan in New York.
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A directional cloverleaf interchange joins I-95 with Interstate 78 at Exit 14. The Newark Bay Extension interchanges are Exit 14 A with Route 440 for Bayonne, Exit 14 B for Jersey City and Liberty State Park, Exit 14 C Holland Tunnel / Liberty State Park.
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Interstate 78 travels west from the North Jersey urban area to Easton, Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania. I-78 east to Route 440 south leads motorists to the Bayonne Bridge and Staten Island.
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The east end of Interstate 78 ties into the Lower Manhattan street grid between Ericsson Place and Laight, Hudson and Varick Streets.
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North from Newark, the New Jersey Turnpike partitions into the West Spur (I-95W) to East Rutherford and the East Spur (I-95) to Secaucus.
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The Turnpike West Spur connects I-95 north with Interstate 280 west to Harrison and Route 3 at the Meadowlands. The East Spur links with U.S. 1/9 Truck to Jersey City and Route 495 east to the Lincoln Tunnel at Secaucus.
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Dynamic signs are used to route through traffic interests to Interstate 80 west onto the East Spur and the George Washington Bridge onto the West Spur. A renumbering of the East Spur to I-695 was approved by AASHTO.
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The New Jersey Turnpike East and West Spurs converge to the north beyond Ridgefield at U.S. 46 in Ridgefield Park Village.
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The Turnpike Spurs diverge northeast from Kearny. Exit 15 W joins the West Spur (I-95W) with Interstate 280 west through Harrison, Newark and the Oranges. 17.85 miles in length, I-280 travels northwest to I-80 at Parsippany-Troy Hills Township.
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 12/17/17, 08/19/21, 04/24/26
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Page Updated Friday May 01, 2026.


