Garden State Parkway

Garden State Parkway
Route information
Maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Length: 172.40 mi[1] (277.45 km)
Existed: 1947 – present
Restrictions: No commercial vehicles north of exit 105[2]
Major junctions
South end: Route 109 in Lower Township
  US 40 / US 322 in Egg Harbor Township
A.C. Expressway in Egg Harbor Township
US 30 in Galloway
I-195 in Wall
US 9 / Route 440 in Woodbridge
I-95 / N.J. Turnpike in Woodbridge
US 1 in Woodbridge
I-78 in Union/Hillside
I-280 in East Orange
I-80 in Saddle Brook Township
North end: G.S. Pkwy. Connector to I-87 / I-287 / New York Thruway at Ramapo
Location
Counties: Cape May, Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Union, Essex, Passaic, Bergen
Highway system

New Jersey State Highway Routes

← Route 440444Route 445 →

The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a 172.4-mile (277-km)[1] limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York line at Montvale to Cape May at the state's southernmost tip. Its name refers to New Jersey's nickname, the "Garden State." Most New Jerseyans refer to it as simply "the Parkway" or "the Garden State". The Parkway's official, but unsigned, designation is Route 444. At its north end, the Parkway becomes the Garden State Parkway Connector, a component of the New York State Thruway system that connects to the Thruway mainline in Ramapo. The Parkway has been ranked as the busiest toll highway in the country based on the number of toll transactions.[3][4] The parkway is the longest highway in the state.

Route description

Garden State Parkway northbound at mile marker 6 in Middle Township

The Garden State Parkway begins in Lower Township at an interchange with Route 109 (traffic light at the southbound terminus).[1]

For the first three and a half miles, the Parkway crosses over streams. At 3.48 miles (5.60 km), the Parkway crosses over Taylor Creek and enters Middle Township. Exit 4 (signed 4A/4B southbound) is for Route 47 North to Rio Grande and Wildwoods.[1] At 6.54 miles (10.53 km), Parkway exit 6, for Route 147 and North Wildwood, leaves to the right of the southbound lanes; there is no northbound exit, only an entrance, and no southbound entrance.

There used to be three old at-grade interchanges (traffic lights) for Exits 9 to 11 which no longer exist. Instead they were replaced with overpasses. The first is at Exit 9 to Shellbay Avenue. The second is Exit 10 to County Route 657, also known as Stone Harbor Blvd. The Cape Regional Medical Center, the county's only hospital, is at this exit. Exit 11 is for U.S. Route 9 at the Cape May County Park & Zoo. An unsigned southbound exit/entrance at East Mechanics Street was removed in August 2011, between Exits 9 and 10. In May 2009, guardrails were installed in between the northbound and southbound lanes from mile markers 7 to 11.5, due to the previous year's many fatal head-on crashes resulting from cars crossing the median. The at-grade interchanges were reconstructed to put the Parkway on overpasses above those roads, completed in July 2015. Because this work is finished, there are no longer any traffic lights or other intersections on the entire length of the Parkway.

Exit 13 is for Avalon Boulevard. At 14.85 miles (23.90 km), the Parkway enters Dennis Township after crossing Uncle Aaron's Creek. At 17.5 miles (28.2 km), exit 17 leaves to the right for County Route 625.[1] At milepost 19.38, the Parkway enters its first toll, the Cape May Toll Plaza. A little more than 20 miles (32 km) in, exit 20 leaves for Route 50. In Upper Township, exit 25 leaves for County Route 623. At 27.77 miles (44.69 km), the Parkway enters Atlantic County.[1]

Just before exit 29 (northbound only) for U.S. Route 9, the Parkway enters the Great Egg Toll Plaza.[1] Exit 30 (southbound only) leaves to the right at milepost 30 for Laurel Road in Somers Point which leads to Ocean City via the Route 52 causeway. Now in Egg Harbor Township, exit 36 opens onto County Route 563 southbound and County Route 651 northbound. The northbound exit 36 serves as (indirect) access to the Black Horse Pike (US 40/322). Exit 37 (southbound) is the Parkway's interchange with County Route 608. This exit serves as (indirect) access from the southbound Parkway to the Black Horse Pike (US 40/322) and the northbound direction of County Route 563. Exit 38 interchanges with the Atlantic City Expressway. Eastbound travelers on the expressway take the last few miles to Atlantic City. Westbound travelers head for Camden and Philadelphia. Now entering Galloway Township, U.S. Route 30 interchanges with the Parkway at exit 40.[1] Exit 41 is next, connecting to County Route 561. Exit 44 follows after Exit 41, leading to County Route 561 Alternate and County Route 575. Just after exit 48 for U.S. Route 9 near the Mullica River and Bass River State Forest, the Parkway enters Burlington County. Exit 50 is for Route 9 as well, while exit 52 is for Burlington County Route 654.

Picture of exit 67 sign in Barnegat, New Jersey

Now in Ocean County, exit 58 is for County Route 539, exit 63 is for Route 72, and exit 67 is for County Route 554. Exit 69 leaves to the right in both directions at milepost 70.45. Exit 74 leaves to the right, which heads to Forked River. Exit 77 is for Bayville. Exits 80 (southbound only) is for county roads and U.S. Route 9. Route 9 then merges in for a few miles.[1]

Between exits 80 and 83, the Parkway has a concurrency with U.S. Route 9 just south of the Toms River Toll Plaza. It was from here that the Driscoll Expressway was to start (south of exit 83) and run to the New Jersey Turnpike.

CR 527 interchanges with the Parkway at exit 81. Route 37 interchanges with the Parkway at exits 82 and 82A in Toms River.[1] At exit 83 (northbound only), U.S. Route 9 leaves the Parkway and heads north. Exit 89 comes at 89.4 miles (143.9 km) for Route 70 and County Route 528. In Brick Township, exit 90 (northbound) and exit 91 (southbound), leave for County Route 549. At this point the road is in Monmouth County. Exit 98 leads to Interstate 195, Route 34 and Route 138. Exit 100 leaves southbound for Route 33. Route 66 also exits northbound. Exit 102, a southbound only exit leaves for Neptune Township.[1]

Heavy traffic on the Parkway in Wall
Vietnam Memorial sign (exit 116)

Exit 105 for Route 18 (northbound only) and Route 36 leading to Long Branch is the point at which all trucks are forced to leave the Parkway.[2] At Exit 105, the Parkway divides into a local and express lanes configuration.[1] The express lanes have no direct access to any exits, except for exit 105 in Tinton Falls (southbound only) and exit 117 in Hazlet. Exits 109 and 114 are for Red Bank and Holmdel. The next exit, exit 116, is for the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Exit 117 is for Routes 35 and 36. Exit 117A (southbound only) is for Lloyd Road in Aberdeen. Exit 120 is for Laurence Harbor Road and Cheesequake State Park.

At this point, the road enters Middlesex County in Old Bridge Township. Southbound exits 123 and 124 leave to the right, but only on the local lanes. The express and local lanes merge and become one highway again shortly after. Northbound exit 125 makes a sudden exit for Route 35.[1] Afterwards, the route crosses the Driscoll Bridge over the Raritan River. After the bridge, exit 127 leaves for Routes 9, 440 and Interstate 287. At milepost 129.5, the New Jersey Turnpike leaves to the right at exit 129. Southbound exits 127 and 129 are merged into one exit, which is marked as exit 129. A southbound only exit, exit 130 is for U.S. Route 1. The next three exits are marked 132 (complete), 131A (complete), and 131B (northbound only). The lettered ones are for Metropark, while exit 132 is for Route 27.

The Garden State Parkway in Iselin

Exit 135 is for Clark Township in Union County.[1] Exits 136 and 137 are for Cranford Township and Route 28. Exit 138 is in Kenilworth for County Route 509. Exits 139A and 139B are northbound exits only for a local road (Chestnut Street) and U.S. Route 22. Exits 140 and 140A are for U.S. Route 22 and NJ Route 82. Exit 141 is for Vauxhall Road and exit 142 is for Interstate 78.[1] The 143s are for Lyons Avenue, exit 144 is for Irvington and 145 is for Interstate 280. Exit 147 is for Springdale Avenue in East Orange, and exit 148 is for Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield. Exits 149, 150, and 151 are for Essex County roads.[1] Exits 153A and 153B are for Route 3 and U.S. Route 46 in Passaic County.

As the Parkway leaves Clifton, it heads into Elmwood Park by crossing the Passaic River. Exit 156, which comes before the river, is for U.S. Route 46 and New Jersey Route 20. There is also access to New Jersey Route 21 just south of the interchange. Cedar Lawn Cemetery is also located northbound along 20 from exit 156. As the Parkway continues to the northeast, it interchanges with Route 46 again in Garfield. Riverside Cemetery is accessible off exit 157 by going east along 46. At exit 159, the Parkway interchanges with Interstate 80 in Saddle Brook. Going southbound, there is also access to Bergen County Route 67 (Midland Avenue). The Bergen Toll Plaza is next, before crossing over Saddle River County Park.

Exit 160 comes next, as the Parkway enters Paramus and interchanges with West Passaic Street, which heads to New Jersey Route 208. Not far afterwards, at exit 161 (northbound) is New Jersey Route 4. Westfield Garden State Plaza is visible from the Parkway and is off exit 161. Exit 163 is for New Jersey Route 17 in Paramus, which heads north to Ridgewood, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Ramsey and Mahwah before entering Rockland County, New York (on the southbound side of the Parkway, the exit is for New Jersey Route 17 south toward the Meadowlands area and Hudson County). The Parkway goes between Paramus Park Mall and Bergen Regional Medical Center as it heads north. Just after, exit 165 intersects for Bergen County Route 80 (Oradell Avenue and East Ridgewood Avenue) in Paramus. The Parkway turns to the northwest and heads into the Pascack Valley Toll Plaza going northbound. There is a plaza southbound along the Parkway as well as exit 166 for Bergen County Route 110 (Linwood Avenue).

Signage at the end of the Parkway thanking drivers for using it

As the Parkway inches closer and closer to New York, exit 168 comes along, interchanging for County Route 502, which heads towards Ho-Ho-Kus and Alpine. 3 miles (4.8 km) later, at exit 171, the Parkway interchanges with Glen Road, which terminates soon after at Chestnut Ridge Road (CR 73). The Parkway's Montvale Service Area comes at milepost 171 after exit 172 which is for Bergen County Route 94. There is also access to CR 94 from the Montvale Service Area's service road. At 172.4 miles (277.5 km), the Parkway becomes the Garden State Parkway Connector at the New York state line.[1]

Spur routes

Two short spurs are given numbers by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Route 444R is the connector at exit 117 (in Hazlet) to Route 35 at the north end of Route 36 in Keyport. Route 444S is the connector at exit 105 to the south end of Route 36 at Hope Road (CR 51) near Eatontown.

Emergency assistance

On the Garden State Parkway, the emergency assistance number is #GSP, which is #477 in number form. New Jersey State Police are the primary police agency that handles calls for service on the Parkway. Other emergency services such as fire and first aid are usually handled by the jurisdictions in which that section of the Parkway passes through.

History

The old alignment at the Beesley's Point Bridge heading southbound. Notice the white center line (instead of yellow).
The old alignment where it meets U.S. Route 9

Route S101 was a northern extension of Route 101 planned from Hackensack through Paramus to the New York state line near Montvale. The section from Hackensack to Paramus was never built; the section from Paramus to the state line would become part of the Garden State Parkway.

The Parkway was originally designated as the Route 4 Parkway when it was started in 1947 in Union County, but, due to lack of funds, only 11 miles (18 km) were completed by 1950. The solution was for the state to establish the New Jersey Highway Authority in 1952 to oversee construction and operation as a self-liquidating toll road.[5] Much of the original section, between exits 129 and 140, was long administered by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and has always been untolled. The segment can be distinguished by the stone facing on the overpasses.

The Parkway was constructed between 1946 and 1957 to connect suburban northern New Jersey with resort areas along the Atlantic coast and to alleviate traffic on traditional north–south routes running through each town center, such as US 1, US 9, and Route 35. Unofficially, it has two sections: the "metropolitan section" north of the Raritan River and the "shore section" between the Raritan River and Cape May. Only 18 miles (29 km) had been constructed by 1950, but taking a cue from the successful New York State Thruway, on April 14, 1952, the New Jersey Legislature created the New Jersey Highway Authority, empowered to construct, operate, and maintain a self-sufficient toll parkway from Paramus to Cape May.

The landscape architect and engineer in charge of the newly named "Garden State Parkway" was Gilmore David Clarke, of the architectural firm of Parsons, Brinkerhof, Hall and MacDonald,[5] who had worked with Robert Moses on the parkway systems around New York City. Clarke's design prototypes for the Parkway combined the example of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, a model of efficiency with parallels in the German Autobahn routes of the 1930s, with the Merritt Parkway model that stressed a planted "green belt" for beauty. Both design models featured wide planted medians to prevent head-on collisions and mask the glare of on-coming headlights. The Garden State Parkway was designed to have a natural feel. Many trees were planted, and the only signs were those for exits—there were no distracting billboards. Most of the signs were constructed from wood, or a dark-brown metal, instead of the chrome bars used on most other highways. The guardrails were also made from wood and dark metal. Most early overpasses were stone, but then changed to concrete, with green rails and retro etchings, popular around the 1950s and 1960s. These are now in decay and being replaced by sleek, new bridges. The Parkway was designed to curve gently throughout its length so that drivers would remain alert and not fall asleep at the wheel.

Most of the metropolitan section is like any other expressway built in the 1950s through heavily populated areas. The shore section parallels U.S. Route 9 and runs through unspoiled wilderness in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. In Cape May County, the Parkway had three traffic lights (at exits 9, 10, and 11 respectively), but these were eliminated in 2015, with construction of an overpass at exit 10 in Cape May Court House and Stone Harbor.

The Parkway had an old alignment before the Great Egg Harbor Bridge was completed. It was detoured onto U.S. Route 9 and over the Beesley's Point Bridge. Beesley's Point Bridge is currently under demolition.

The Garden State Parkway was off-limits to motorcycles until Malcolm Forbes pushed successfully for legislation to allow them.[6]

On July 9, 2003, Governor of New Jersey Jim McGreevey's plan to merge the operating organizations of the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike into one agency was completed.[7]

Literature from the time of the Parkway's construction indicates that the Parkway would become toll-free once bonds used for its construction were paid off. However, additional construction projects, plus the expectation that the Parkway will pay for its own maintenance and policing (and the massive E-ZPass project) make it unlikely it will become toll-free in the foreseeable future.

The Parkway was also planned to be the southern terminus for NJ 55 at milemarker 19. This was cancelled after the conclusion that the highway ran through too many wetland areas. The idea is still being revisited after frequent traffic jams on NJ 47.

On July 22, 2014, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority filed a federal lawsuit against Jersey Boardwalk Pizza, a pizza chain in Florida, for using a logo too similar to the signs for the Garden State Parkway.[8]

Later construction

Usage

Typical entrance sign for the parkway

The speed limit on the parkway is 65 mph (105 km/h) with the following exceptions: 55 mph (89 km/h) between mileposts 123.5 and 163.3, 55 mph (89 km/h) between mileposts 80.0 and 100.0, 50 mph (80 km/h) between mileposts 8.0 and 11.5, and 45 mph (72 km/h) between mileposts 27 and milepost 29, approaching and traversing the Great Egg Harbor Bridge, and between milepost 126.7 and 127.7, approaching and traversing the Driscoll Bridge.

Commercial trucks with a registered weight of over 7,000 pounds (3.18 metric tons) are not allowed to use the northern parts of the parkway. All trucks must exit at exit 105, just past the Asbury Park toll plaza. From Tinton Falls to the southern end of the parkway at Cape May, trucks are allowed, but must pay additional tolls. Buses are allowed for the entire length of the parkway.[14] The "truck" ban includes all vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (the vehicle's maximum fully loaded weight including fuel, passengers and cargo) over 7000 pounds, which encompasses dozens of large passenger vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Suburban, which can weigh in at 8,500 pounds, though in practice police do not ticket such vehicles.[15] In April 2011, New Jersey Transportation Commissioner James Simpson announced the NJTA was looking into the possibility of allowing trucks on the northern portion of the Garden State Parkway.[16] However, the idea was quickly abandoned after the agency found the road had engineering concerns that would make the consideration of allowing trucks on this segment impossible.[17]

Toll collection

Garden State Parkway tokens, no longer in use after January 1, 2009

Whereas the New Jersey Turnpike uses a system of long-distance tickets, obtained once by a motorist upon entering and surrendered upon exiting at toll gates (a "closed" system), the Garden State Parkway uses no tickets but collects tolls at toll plazas at somewhat regular intervals along its length and at certain exits (an "open" system). As of 2014, the standard car toll is $0.75 on the main road at two-way toll plazas and $1.50 at one-way toll plazas. Some individual exits require a toll of either $0.50, $0.75, or $1.50.

The Parkway has implemented the E-ZPass electronic toll collection system, with the first plaza opening in December 1999 and the system completed September 19, 2000.[18] Parkway tokens continued to be available until January 1, 2002,[19] and were invalidated effective January 1, 2009.[20] Drivers using exact change lanes are now required to pay with coins only in all toll baskets. The Union Toll Plaza was the first to use an automated toll-collection machine. A plaque commemorating this event includes the first quarter collected at its toll booths.[21]

Tokens originally cost $10 for a roll of 40 tokens (the toll was 25 cents when tokens were introduced), but when the toll was increased to 35 cents, rolls were 30 tokens for $10. Before invalidating the tokens, the NJHA gave several months' warning and gave motorists the opportunity to redeem tokens. Tokens were originally brass, but were changed to a bimetallic composition with an outer silver-colored ring and a brass core. There were also larger bus tokens that existed in each composition, primarily for the use of Atlantic City-bound buses. These were sold in rolls of 20 for $20.

Historical picture of a Garden State Parkway toll booth

To reduce congestion, some toll plazas on the roadway were converted into one-way plazas between September 2004 and February 2010, dubbed "one-way tolling".[22] Under this program, a $1.50 toll (70 cents or two tokens when first implemented from September 2004 to November 2008 and $1.00 was implemented from December 2008 to December 2011 which was the first phase of the toll increase) is collected in one direction, and the other direction is toll-free. The Cape May (in Upper Township), Great Egg (in Somers Point), New Gretna (in Bass River Township), Barnegat (in Barnegat Township), Asbury Park (in Tinton Falls), Raritan (in Sayreville), Union (in Hillside Township), Essex (in Bloomfield Township), Bergen (in Saddle Brook Township), and Pascack Valley (in Washington Township) Toll Plazas had been converted to one-way toll plazas. The Toms River (in Toms River Township) Toll Plaza is the only $0.75 toll barrier plaza that is collected in both directions.

Beginning on November 19, 2001, E-Z Pass customers were charged the approximate token rate, that is 33 cents (peak travel) or 30 cents (off-peak travel), instead of 35 cents.[19] Due to tremendous cost overruns in implementing the E-ZPass system on New Jersey's toll highways the discount was eliminated the next year.[23] NJHA E-ZPass customers were charged a $1-per-month account fee,[23] causing many customers to turn in their NJHA E-ZPass transponders in favor of a transponder from an out-of-state authority which did not charge a monthly fee.

Northbound Cape May mainline toll plaza, with Express E-ZPass lanes.

On January 8, 2008, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine proposed increases of fifty percent in tolls on the Parkway and Turnpike effective in 2010, to be followed by similar fifty percent increases every four years through 2022. Each time tolls increased, there would be an additional increase for inflation since the last toll increase (for the first, since 2006). This increase in tolls, which would take place on all three of New Jersey's toll roads, would, according to Corzine, help pay the state's debt. The roads would be maintained by a nonprofit "public benefit corporation" which would pay back bonds to the state. Without considering inflation, the proposal would have increased the standard 35-cent toll on the Garden State Parkway to approximately $1.80 by 2022, with tolls for the entire length of the northbound Garden State Parkway rising from $4.55 to $30.10 in 2022.[24] It was considered possible that commuters will receive discounts from the higher toll rates.[25] The proposal was not enacted due to fierce opposition from the state of New Jersey. On September 5, 2008, a proposal to increase Parkway tolls substantially was reported. The first phase of the toll increase on the Garden State Parkway went into effect on December 1, 2008. As of January 1, 2012, toll rates on the Garden State Parkway are $0.50 for ramp tolls, $0.75 for two-way toll barriers, and $1.50 for one-way toll barriers.[26][27]

There are three types of toll lanes at the toll plazas, however not all plazas have every type of lane at all times. The first are "E-ZPass only", which only accept vehicles with E-ZPass tags. The speed limit in these lanes is 15 mph, or 55-65 mph for Express E-ZPass lanes, depending on the Parkway's actual speed limit. The E-ZPass lanes were increased from 5 mph to 15 mph since August 2001.

The second type of lane is "exact change". Although they previously accepted both Parkway tokens and/or exact change, the tokens were no longer in used after January 1, 2002 and were no longer accepted on the Parkway on January 1, 2009. Drivers using exact change lanes are now required to pay with coins only. In these lanes, motorists deposit coins in a toll basket and each coin is mechanically counted. Payment of tolls is enforced by photo, a system that went into effect on October 17, 2011.[28]

The third type of toll lane is "cash receipts". These lanes are manned; toll collectors can provide change and receipts to drivers. E-ZPass is also accepted.

Picnic areas

The northbound two lanes of a limited access highway with a sign on the left reading Picnic Area 1 mile keep left rest rooms closed
The Garden State Parkway with an advance sign for the John B. Townsend Shoemaker Holly picnic area

One of the objectives of the Parkway was to become a State Park its entire length and its users would enjoy parklike aesthetics with minimal intrusion of urban scenery. Along the ride, users were permitted to stop and picnic along the roadway to further enjoy the relaxation qualities the Parkway had to offer. All picnic areas had tall trees that provided shade and visual isolation from the roadway. Grills, benches, running water and restrooms were provided. Over time as the Parkway transformed into a road of commerce, the picnic areas were being closed for a variety of reasons. Their ramp terminals became insufficient to accommodate the high-speed mainline traffic and in addition to the decreasing amount of users, the picnic areas were becoming more effective as maintenance yards and were converted as so or closed altogether.

The history of the picnic areas includes an infamous story in the murder of Maria Marshall orchestrated by her husband Robert O. Marshall in the Oyster Creek picnic area on the night of September 7, 1984.[29] The story was made into a novel and television movie on NBC.

The three remaining picnic areas are closed from dusk to dawn. Posted signs within the picnic area prohibit fires and camping.

There were ten operational picnic areas:

Service areas

All service areas are located in the center median, unless otherwise noted.

The first service area to open was Cheesequake on May 1, 1955. Prior to that grand opening, the New Jersey Highway Authority had constructed and operated two temporary service areas that offered only gasoline and other vehicular essentials.

Park-ettes

In the 1950s, four petroleum companies were hired to provide gasoline and vehicular necessities - Esso, Texaco, Atlantic and Cities Service. The Cities Service company was the petroleum provider at Monmouth, Forked River, Atlantic City (Absecon at the time) and Ocean View (Seaville at the time) and offered a service where female employees were hired for those service area showrooms, wore uniforms and were known as the Park-ettes. Their duties included providing directions and other information to motorists as well as rendering odd bits of service such as sewing a missing button on a patron's coat.[31]

Recent developments

Future developments

Exit list

Many entrances and exits have tolls. In general, exits have tolls when they precede a barrier toll, and exits are free when they follow a barrier toll. Conversely, entrances that precede a barrier toll are free; and tolls are paid at entrances just beyond a barrier toll. This avoids double tolling (e.g., paying a barrier toll and then immediately paying again to exit) and under-tolling (e.g., driving a long distance and then exiting for free just before a barrier toll).

There are no tolls between exits 127 and 141, inclusive, as this was the original road segment that predates the New Jersey Highway Authority.

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes[43]
Cape MayLower Township0.000.000 Route 109 to US 9 – Cape May, North Cape May, Cape May – Lewes FerryAt-grade intersection
Middle Township3.906.284 Route 47 – Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Rio GrandeToll (northbound exit and southbound entrance); signed as exit 4A (north) and 4B (south) southbound
6.5410.536North Wildwood, Whitesboro, BurleighAccess via Route 147, southbound exit and northbound entrance
8.4013.529 To US 9 / Shell Bay AvenueFormer at-grade intersection, removed 2014
9.9015.9310Cape May Court House, Stone HarborAccess via CR 657, former at-grade intersection, removed 2014[40]
11.0417.7711 To US 9 / Crest Haven Road (CR 609)Former at-grade intersection, removed 2015[40]
11.8018.9912 US 9Southbound entrance only, no exit
13.6021.8913 US 9 (CR 601) – Swainton, Avalon
Dennis Township17.5028.1617Sea Isle City, Dennis Township, WoodbineAccess via CR 625, southbound exit and northbound entrance
Upper Township19.3831.19Cape May Toll Plaza (northbound only)
20.2532.5920 Route 50 north / US 9 – Upper TownshipNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
25.3440.7825 CR 623 / US 9 south – Ocean City, MarmoraSouthern terminus of concurrency with US 9;
access to Corson's Inlet State Park
Great Egg Harbor Bay27.7744.69Great Egg Harbor Bridge
AtlanticSomers Point28.7846.32Great Egg Toll Plaza (southbound only)
28.9046.5129 US 9 north – Somers Point, Ocean CityNorthern terminus of concurrency with US 9;
northbound exit and southbound entrance
30.0048.2830Somers Point, Ocean City DowntownAccess via North Laurel Drive, southbound exit and northbound entrance, toll on southbound exit
Egg Harbor Township35.8257.6536 US 40 / US 322 (CR 563 / CR 651) – Northfield, Pleasantville, Atlantic CityNo southbound exit, northbound exit only
36.0858.07 CR 563 south – Northfield, MargateNo northbound exit, southbound exit only
36.2858.3937N US 40 / US 322Northbound entrance only, no exit
36.5958.8937 US 40 / US 322 (CR 608) – Pleasantville, Atlantic CitySouthbound exit and northbound entrance, access to CR 563 north
37.2359.9238 A.C. Expressway – Atlantic City, Camden, PhiladelphiaSigned as exits 38 (east) and 38A (west), Exit 38A provides access to Atlantic City International Airport and the FAA Tech Center
Galloway Township40.0464.4440 US 30 east – Absecon, Brigantine, Atlantic CitySouthbound exit and northbound entrance
41.7067.1141 CR 561 – Galloway Township, PomonaOpened March 13, 2015; Access to AtlantiCare Medical Campus and Stockton University
43.9870.7844
CR 575 / CR 561 Alt. – Pomona, Port Republic, Smithville		Northbound exit and southbound entrance opened August 2015; Access to Stockton University, Atlantic City International Airport and the FAA Tech Center
Port Republic48.2977.7248 US 9 south – Port Republic, SmithvilleSouthern terminus of concurrency with US 9;
southbound exit and northbound entrance
BurlingtonBass River Township50.6781.5550 US 9 north – New Gretna, TuckertonNorthern terminus of concurrency with US 9;
northbound exit and southbound entrance
52.7084.8152 CR 654 – New GretnaSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
53.5486.16New Gretna Toll Plaza (northbound only)
OceanLittle Egg Harbor Township58.6994.4558 CR 539 – Little Egg Harbor, Tuckerton, Whiting
Stafford Township64.11103.1863 Route 72 – Long Beach Island, PembertonSigned as exits 63A (east) and 63B (west) northbound
Barnegat Township67.81109.1367 CR 554 – Barnegat, PembertonSigned as exits 67A (east) and 67B (west) southbound
68.61110.42Barnegat Toll Plaza (southbound only)
Ocean Township70.45113.3869 CR 532 – WaretownToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
Lacey Township75.34121.2574 CR 614 – Forked RiverToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
Berkeley Township77.40124.5677BerkeleyAccess via CR 618 / CR 619, toll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
South Toms River80.85130.1280 US 9 south / CR 619 south / CR 530 – Beachwood, South Toms RiverSouthern terminus of concurrency with US 9;
southbound exit and northbound entrance
Toms River81.85131.7281Lakehurst Road (CR 527) – Toms River
82.35132.5382 Route 37 – Seaside Heights, LakehurstSigned as exits 82 (east) and 82A (west);
access to Island Beach State Park
84.10135.3583 US 9 north / CR 571 / Route 166 south – LakewoodNorthern terminus of concurrency with US 9;
no southbound exit
84.72136.34Toms River Toll Plaza
Lakewood Township89.36143.8189 Route 70 – Lakehurst, Lakewood, Brick TownshipSigned as exit 89A northbound for Route 70 east and west; 89A (east) and 89B (west) southbound; toll on all ramps
90.18145.13 CR 528 – Lakewood, BrickSigned as exit 89B northbound and 89C southbound; toll on all ramps
Brick Township91.10146.6190 CR 549 south – Brick Township, Lakewood, Point PleasantNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
92.62149.0691 CR 549 – Lakewood, Brick Township, Herbertsville, Point PleasantSouthbound exit and northbound entrance, signed as exits 91B (south) and 91A (north) southbound; toll on southbound exit and northbound entrance Northbound exit and southbound entrance to open July 2016
MonmouthWall Township98.23158.0998 I-195 west / Route 138 east / Route 34 – Belmar, Point Pleasant Beach, TrentonToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
Tinton Falls101.24–
101.60		162.93–
163.51		100 Route 33 / Route 66 east – Ocean Grove, Bradley Beach, Freehold, Asbury ParkNo direct access from Route 33 west to Parkway south
or from Parkway south to Route 66 east
103.15166.00102Neptune, Asbury ParkAccess via CR 16, southbound exit and northbound entrance
103.96167.31Asbury Park Toll Plaza (northbound only)
104.20167.69South end of local-express lanes split
106.12–
106.39		170.78–
171.22		105 Route 18 north / Route 36 east to Route 35 – New Brunswick, Eatontown, Long BranchToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance); southbound exit and northbound entrance from express lanes; commercial vehicles must exit here
Middletown Township110.14177.25109 CR 520 – Red Bank, LincroftToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
Middletown–Holmdel Townships113.88183.27114Holmdel, MiddletownAccess via CR 52, toll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
Holmdel Township115.85186.44116 PNC Bank Arts Center
117.00188.29Crossover ramps between express and local lanes
Hazlet Township118.50190.71117 Route 35 / Route 36 – Hazlet, Keyport, AberdeenToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance);
southbound exit and northbound entrance from express lanes
Aberdeen Township118.79191.17117AAberdeenAccess via CR 3, southbound exit and entrance, toll
MiddlesexOld Bridge Township121.13194.94120Laurence Harbor, MatawanAccess via CR 689, access to Cheesequake State Park
Sayreville124.64200.59123 US 9 south – Sayreville, Old BridgeSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
124.99201.15124Main Street (CR 670) – Sayreville, South AmboySouthbound exit and northbound entrance
125.28201.62North end of local-express lanes split
125.68202.26Raritan Toll Plaza (southbound only)
126.36203.36125 US 9 south / Route 35 – Sayreville, South AmboyNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Raritan River127.33204.92Driscoll Bridge
Woodbridge Township128.0206.0127 US 9 north / Route 440 to I-287 – Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Staten IslandSigned as exit 129 southbound;
southbound exit via New Brunswick Avenue
129.50208.41129 I-95 / N.J. Turnpike – New York City, Trenton, CamdenExit 11 on I-95 / Turnpike
129.50208.41 US 9 / Route 440 to I-287 – Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Staten IslandSouthbound exit only, northbound exit via exit 127
130.63210.23130 US 1 – Trenton, NewarkSouthbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exit 130B (south/Trenton) and 130A (north/Newark)
131.33211.36131AWood Avenue South (CR 649)Signed as exit 131 southbound
131.83212.16131B MetroparkAccess via CR 657, northbound exit and southbound entrance
131.97212.39132 Route 27 – Rahway, MetuchenFormerly exit 131 until March 2015[44]
UnionClark136.22219.22135Clark, WestfieldAccess via CR 613
Cranford137.59221.43136Linden, Roselle, Winfield ParkAccess via CR 607 / CR 615
138.74223.28137 Route 28 – Roselle Park, Elizabeth, Cranford
Kenilworth140.34225.86138 CR 509 – Kenilworth, Roselle Park, Elizabeth
Union Township141.10227.08139AChestnut Street (CR 619)Northbound exit and entrance
139B Route 82 – Union, MorristownSigned as exit 140 southbound
141.70228.04140A US 22 / Route 82 east – Elizabeth, Somerville, HillsideSigned as exit 140 northbound
142.10228.69141Vauxhall Road (CR 630) – UnionSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Hillside142.66229.59Union Toll Plaza (northbound only)
142.80229.81142A I-78 east to N.J. Turnpike – Newark Airport, Newark, Holland TunnelToll (northbound exit and entrance); southbound exit to I-78 east opened December 10, 2010
142.90229.98142B I-78 west – SpringfieldToll (northbound exit and entrance); northbound exit ramp to I-78 west opened September 16, 2009
143.00230.14142CHillside, MaplewoodAccess via North Union Avenue, northbound exit and southbound entrance
EssexIrvington144.0231.7143Springfield Avenue (CR 603) / Lyons Avenue (CR 602) – Irvington, Maplewood, HillsideSigned as exits 143A (Maplewood) and 143B (Hillside) southbound
145.98234.93144 CR 510 (South Orange Avenue)Toll (northbound exit and southbound entrance)
East Orange146.93–
147.15		236.46–
236.81		145 I-280 / CR 508 to N.J. Turnpike – The Oranges, Newark, HarrisonToll (northbound exit and southbound entrance)
148.44238.89147Springdale Avenue – East OrangeSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Bloomfield149.2240.1148 CR 506 (CR 506 Spur / Bloomfield Avenue)Toll (northbound exit and southbound entrance)
150.22241.76149Belleville Avenue (CR 506) – Belleville, Glen RidgeSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
150.66242.46Essex Toll Plaza (southbound only)
151.1243.2150Hoover Avenue (CR 651) – Bloomfield, BellevilleNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
152.45245.34151Watchung Avenue (CR 655) – Nutley, MontclairToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
PassaicClifton154.06–
154.45		247.94–
248.56		153 Route 3 to US 46 west – Lincoln Tunnel, Meadowlands Sports ComplexToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance); signed as exits 153A (east) and 153B (west) northbound; no southbound access to Route 3 west
155.91250.91154 US 46 – CliftonToll (southbound exit and northbound entrance)
156.4251.7155P Route 19 to I-80 west – PatersonNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
156.68252.15155Hazel Street (CR 702)Northbound exit and southbound entrance
158.19254.58156 US 46 / Route 20 / River DriveNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
BergenElmwood Park158.87255.68157 US 46 to Route 20 – Garfield, Elmwood ParkSame directional movements only
Saddle Brook160–
160.35		257–
258.06		159 I-80 – Saddle Brook, Paterson, George Washington BridgeToll (northbound exit and southbound entrance); no direct northbound access to I-80 west
160.46258.24Bergen Toll Plaza (northbound only)
Paramus161.53259.96160 To Route 208 (CR 62) – Fair Lawn, HackensackNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
161.88260.52161 Route 4 east – ParamusNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
163.06262.42163 Route 17 south to Route 4 – Paramus, George Washington BridgeSouthbound exit and northbound entrance, access to Meadowlands Sports Complex
163.29262.79 Route 17 north – MahwahNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
164.94265.45165Ridgewood, OradellAccess via CR 80, toll (northbound exit and southbound entrance)
165.93267.04166Washington, WestwoodAccess via CR 110, southbound exit and northbound entrance
Washington Township166.25267.55Pascack Valley Toll Plaza (southbound only)
167.46269.50168 CR 502 – Washington, Westwood, Ho-Ho-KusNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Woodcliff Lake170.15273.83171Chestnut Ridge Road (CR S-73) – Woodcliff LakeNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Montvale171.52276.03172Grand Avenue (CR 94) – Montvale, Park RidgeNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
172.40277.45– To I-87 / I-287 / New York ThruwayContinuation into New York via the GSP Connector
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Garden State Parkway straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "TITLE 16. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - CHAPTER 32. TRUCK ACCESS" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ Samuel, Peter (January 6, 2003). "15-lane bridge for Garden State Parkway". Tollroads News. Retrieved September 23, 2008. "The Garden State Parkway is America's busiest single tollroad in terms of toll transaction numbers - 609m in 2001 or 1.67m/day average."
  4. ↑ Samuel, Peter (January 29, 2008). "USA Today reports dramatically more expensive tolls - lousy data". Tollroads News. Retrieved September 23, 2008.
  5. 1 2 Laurie, Maxine N.; Mappen, Marc (2004–2005). Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. p. 305.
  6. ↑ Pierson, Melissa Holbrook (1998). The perfect vehicle: what it is about motorcycles. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 82. ISBN 0-393-31809-5.
  7. ↑ "Governor McGreevey Announces Planned Improvements from Turnpike Authority Consolidation" (Press release). New Jersey Turnpike Authority. July 10, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  8. ↑ "New Jersey Sues Florida Pizza Shop". Philadelphia, PA: WCAU-TV. Associated Press. July 24, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ Photo of Exit 171
  10. ↑ Travel Center Opens on Parkway
  11. ↑ Garden State Parkway Interchange 89
  12. ↑ Garden State Parkway Interchange 69
  13. ↑ Garden State Parkway Interchange 100
  14. ↑ Garden State Parkway Regulations, State of New Jersey, dated October 23, 1987. Accessed October 17, 2007. "19:8-1.9(b)15: All vehicles except cars, campers, omnibuses, and vehicles entitled to toll-free passage under N.J.A.C. 19:8-3.2 (Toll-free passage) are prohibited from the Parkway north of Interchange 105."
  15. ↑ Biederman, Marcia (October 7, 2007). "Motoring; Behind the Beauty of the Parkways Is a Maze of Rules". The New York Times. Retrieved October 17, 2007. In New Jersey, the Garden State Parkway has different rules depending on where you are. There are no truck restrictions south of exit 105 because trucks need to use the parkway to service the commercial needs of the area. North of the exit, vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings (including passengers and cargo) more than 7,000 pounds are banned.... He said officers who patrolled the area had presented to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority a list of 70 passenger vehicles that exceed the weight limit, hoping the agency would update the rules. He said most troopers applied the rules mainly to commercial vehicles.
  16. ↑ "N.J. to consider allowing trucks on Garden State Parkway north of exit 105". The Star-Ledger. Associated Press. April 18, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  17. ↑ "N.J. won't allow trucks on Garden State Parkway north of exit 105". The Star-Ledger. Associated Press. April 18, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  18. ↑ "E-ZPass open from N.Y. State to Cape May" (Press release). New Jersey Highway Authority. September 19, 2000.
  19. 1 2 "Parkway to Discontinue Token Sales" (Press release). New Jersey Highway Authority. December 26, 2001.
  20. ↑ Strauss, Robert (July 20, 2008). "Soon, Token Non Grata on the Garden State". The New York Times. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  21. ↑ "Union Watersphere". lostinjersey.wordpress.com. March 19, 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  22. ↑ NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway Project. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  23. 1 2 "E-ZPass: A plan that works for NJ" (PDF). July 11, 2002. pp. 9–10. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  24. ↑ McCoy, Craig R. (January 9, 2008). "Corzine calls for 50% toll increase". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  25. ↑ Nussbaum, Paul (January 11, 2008). "Corzine: Toll-hike breaks are likely". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  26. ↑ Samuel, Peter (September 5, 2008). "Threatened by debt default New Jersey Turnpike proposes big toll increases". Tollroads News. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
  27. ↑ Toll increase in effect on January 1, 2012 on the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  28. ↑ PAY TOLL Photo Enforced to all exact change lanes Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  29. ↑ Sheppard, R.Z. (January 2, 1989). "Books: Serpents in The Garden State". Time. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  30. ↑ Cape May County Points of Interest
  31. ↑ "The First Five Years of the Garden State Parkway" published by the New Jersey Highway Authority, page 29.
  32. ↑ Higgs, Larry (2015-03-13). "What exit? Parkway exit numbers officially change today as new exit opens". NJ star Ledger. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  33. ↑ Barnegat's interchange to open Wednesday May 20, 2009
  34. 1 2 NJDOT's 2007–2010 Road Improvements PDF (1.53 MB)
  35. ↑ Driscoll Bridge opening May 20, 2009
  36. 1 2 3 4 NJTPA Online Transportation Information System -- Project Detail
  37. ↑ "NJDOT to begin reconstruction of Route I-280/Garden State Parkway Interchange 145" (Press release). New Jersey Department of Transportation. September 15, 2006. Retrieved June 14, 2007.
  38. ↑ Pascack Valley One Way Toll
  39. ↑ "New ramp linking I-78 and the Garden State Parkway opens today". New Jersey Department of Transportation. December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  40. 1 2 3 "Advisory – Mechanic Street Exit from Garden State Parkway To Close Permanently". Middle Township New Jersey. Middle Township Municipality. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  41. ↑ NJDOT's 2005–2007 Road Improvements PDF (80.9 KB) accessed June 18, 2007
  42. ↑ "Garden State Parkway construction project focuses on new exits". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  43. ↑ Garden State Parkway Exits & Toll Barriers
  44. ↑ "What Exit? New Jersey Question Gets a Bit Trickier". Philadelphia, PA: WCAU-TV. March 13, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.

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