A mostly rural route, Interstate 195 originates at White Horse in Hamilton Township, extending east from the ending Route 29 to the New Jersey Turnpike at Robbinsville Township. Until 2018, this seven mile segment acted as the defacto continuation of I-95 between the Trenton Belt Line and Turnpike to North Jersey.
East from the Turnpike near Allentown, I-195 heads to Upper Freehold Township and Millstone Township north of the Six Flags Great Adventure. The theme park lies just south of Exit 16 in Jackson Township, with I-195 serving as the main route to the park. Continuing through the Pine Barrens, the freeway enters Howell Township to Wall Township and its conclusion at Route 34 and Route 138 east.
Interstate 195 New Jersey Guides
Interstate 195 arose out of scuttled plans for the 7.7 mile alignment of Interstate 278 between I-78 at Springfield and U.S. 1/9 at Linden. Costs for the North Jersey route of I-278 were $40 million higher than those projected for the 34.2 mile long Central Jersey Expressway (Route 37), an east-west route between Trenton and Belmar. Funding was allocated for the new Interstate route in 1968.1
Work on the route kicked off in October 1968, with the first portion open between Washington Township and Jackson Mills in 1972. Completion of I-195 followed when a 0.3 mile segment tying into I-295 and Route 29 as part of the Trenton Complex interchange opened to traffic in 1990.1
2007-2013 plans to realign Interstate 95 onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike east from the new interchange at Bristol called for extending Interstate 195 west over I-295 to U.S. 1 at Lawrence Township and over I-95 southwest to Yardley and Bristol, Pennsylvania. This changed in 2014 with the the stretch referenced as future Interstate 395, and again in 2015 as an extension of I-295. The new I-95 connection with the PA Turnpike opened on September 23, 2018.
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 | Arena Drive (CR 620) meanders southeast from I-295 (Exit 61) to Interstate 195 (Exit 2) through the community of White Horse. This scene looks at a reassurance marker for CR 620 east posted after CR 533 (White Horse Avenue). 09/26/09 |
 | CR 620 (Arena Drive) turns more southerly on the approach to Interstate 195 from Gropp Avenue. 09/26/09 |
 | CR 620 east defaults onto CR 524 (Broad Street) west underneath Interstate 195. A U-turn is required at Hempstead Road for CR 524 east for the eastbound on-ramp to I-195 for the NJ Turnpike and Belmar. 09/26/09 |
 | A left entrance ramp joins Interstate 195 west from CR 524 (Broad Street) west just after CR 620 (Arena Drive). 12/27/18 |
 | CR 524, signed here erroneously as CR 526, intersects Hempstead Road north and the U-turn ramp onto Broad street east for Interstate 195 east and Yardville. Broad Street continues west a short distance to become U.S. 206 north. 06/10/00 |
 | Mercer County 526 (Robbinsville Allentown Road) westbound at the loop ramp onto Interstate 195 west near Allentown. A trumpet interchange joins I-195 with the New Jersey Turnpike one mile to the west at Exit 6. 04/25/04 |
 | Several trailblazers are posted at the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park service center exit onto CR 537 (Monmouth Road). The theme park lies approximately two miles south of Interstate 195 (Exit 16) in Millstone Township. The freeway provides the fastest route to the park from the Garden State Parkway (Exit 35) and New Jersey Turnpike (Exit 6). 12/23/01 |
- Interstate 195 (New Jersey), NYCRoads.com.
Photo Credits:
06/10/00, 12/23/01, 04/25/04, 09/26/09, 12/27/18 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 95
Interstate 295
U.S. 9
U.S. 130
U.S. 206
Route 34
Route 138
Page Updated 12-13-2022.