Interstate 80 in New Jersey
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| Interstate 80 Main route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Length: | 68.54 mi[1] (110.3 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1959 | ||||||||
| West end: | Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge in Hardwick Twp | ||||||||
| Major junctions: |
  US 46/NJ 94 in Knowlton US 206 in Mount Olive NJ 15 in Rockaway Township I-287 in Parsippany-Troy Hills I-280 in Parsippany-Troy Hills NJ 23 in Wayne NJ 19 in Paterson NJ 20 in PatersonGSP in Saddle Brook  NJ 17 in Hackensack |
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| East end: |  I-95 in Teaneck |
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| Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs |
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Interstate 80 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States, running from the San Francisco Bay Area east to the New York City area. In the state of New Jersey, it runs 68.54 miles (110.30 km) from the Delaware Water Gap to its eastern terminus at Interstate 95 in Teaneck. I-95 continues compass east from the end of I-80 to the George Washington Bridge for access to New York City; access is also provided via the Interstate 280 spur towards the Holland Tunnel and Route 3 towards the Lincoln Tunnel.
New Jersey Transit provides commuter rail service to many of the towns along Interstate 80 in New Jersey. Plans are in the works to extend services to Delaware Water Gap and Northeast Pennsylvania using the Lackawanna Cutoff to help relieve the ever expanding traffic congestion on I-80.
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[edit] History
I-80 was first planned in 1936 as a replacement for the cross-state U.S. Route 46, considered again in the 1955 Joint Study of Arterial Facilities. Coming off the George Washington Bridge, Route 4 and US 46 already provided high-speed corridors, but they were overloaded, and so a new corridor in between, the Bergen-Passaic Expressway, was planned to run from the bridge to Paterson.
The planned route west to the Delaware Water Gap was designated in 1956 as Federal Aid Interstate Route 101 by the New Jersey State Highway Department, and was designated Interstate 80 in 1959. The easternmost section of the route, leading to the bridge, had become part of Interstate 95.
The section of I-80 through the Delaware Water Gap had already opened on December 16, 1953, running from the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge to Route 94 at Columbia.[2] This road was originally planned as part of U.S. Route 46, but was instead signed as a realignment of U.S. Route 611 until April 1965, receiving the Interstate 80 designation in December 1959. Both I-80 signs and US 611 signs would remain until 1973 where the road would officially become strictly Interstate 80. This section of road was built four lanes wide with lower standards, as it was built prior to the Interstate Highway System.
Actual construction of Interstate 80 began circa 1959 between Route 15 and U.S. Route 46 in western Denville Township; this section was completed in 1961, and was completed west to U.S. Route 206 in Netcong in 1963. The easternmost section between Paterson and the terminus at Interstate 95 in Teaneck was completed in 1964-65.[3][4] The next section was completed in 1967 between U.S. Route 46 in Netcong, New Jersey and Route 15 in Rockaway Township. In 1969, the section between U.S. Route 202 in Parsippany and Route 23 in Wayne was completed. By 1971, the section between Wayne and Paterson was completed.[4] In 1973, the section between U.S. Route 206 in Netcong and U.S. Routes 46 and 611 in Columbia was completed, and that group of roads were realigned into a complex array of ramps. At that point the US 611 tags were removed from the Delaware Water Gap section of the freeway. At the same time, for unrelated reasons, US 611 was decommissioned and became Pennsylvania Route 611. The last section between Route 46 in Denville and Route 202 Parsippany-Troy Hills was opened in October 1973.
The freeway like many other interstates in New Jersey once had solar powered emergency call boxes every 1.0 mile, however with the advent of cell phones the usage of these call boxes became extremely limited. So to save on maintenance costs the NJDOT removed these call boxes in 2005, and with difficulty replacing parts, they are disappearing from many other freeways such as I-195, I-280, I-295, I-78, NJ 55, NJ 208. [1] [2]
[edit] Exit list
| Number | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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 Interstate 80 continues onto the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge |
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| 1 | 0.10 | Millbrook/Flatbrookville | |
| 0.87 | Rest area (Kittatinny Beach Road) | ||
| 2.05 | U-turn (Camp Weygandt Road) | ||
| 3.39 | Hainesburg Road | westbound access only | |
| 4 | 4.58 | U.S. Route 46 EAST/Route 94 NORTH - Columbia/Blairstown/Portland, Pennsylvania/Buttzville |
split into 4A (Columbia), 4B (US 46/Portland) and 4C (Route 94) eastbound |
| 12 | 12.03 |  County Route 521 to  County Route 519 - Blairstown/Hope |
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| 19 | 19.88 |  County Route 517 - Hackettstown/Andover |
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| 25 | 25.25 | U.S. Route 206 NORTH - Stanhope/Newton |
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| 26 | 26.25 | U.S. Route 46 WEST - Budd Lake/Hackettstown |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 27 | 27.19 |  Route 183 NORTH/U.S. Route 206 SOUTH - Netcong/Somerville |
split into 27A (US 206) and 27B (Route 183) westbound |
| 28 | 28.91 | U.S. Route 46 EAST to  Route 10 - Ledgewood/Lake Hopatcong |
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| 30 | 30.61 | Howard Boulevard - Mount Arlington | Future New Jersey Transit Park & Ride |
| 34 | 33.58 | To Route 15 - Wharton/Dover/Sparta |
Eastbound only |
| 34 | 34.02 | Route 15 - Jefferson/Sparta/Wharton |
split into 34A and 34B; no eastbound exit |
| 35 | 35.33 | Mount Hope/Dover | split into 35A and 35B westbound |
| 37 | 37.63 |  County Route 513 - Hibernia/Rockaway |
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| 38 | 38.81 | U.S. Route 46 EAST to  Route 53 - Denville |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance,
NJ Transit Park & Ride |
| 39 | 39.57 | U.S. Route 46 EAST to Route 53 - Denville |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance,
NJ Transit Park & Ride |
| 42 | 42.46 |  U.S. Route 202/U.S. Route 46 - Parsippany-Troy Hills/Morris Plains |
split into 42A (US 202 south), 42B (US 46; westbound only) and 42C (US 202 north; eastbound only) |
| 43 | 43.62 | Interstate 287 to U.S. Route 46 - Morristown/Mahwah |
split into 43A and 43B westbound |
| 45 | 45.34 | Whippany/Lake Hiawatha | eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 47A | 46.36 | Interstate 280 EAST - The Oranges/Newark |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 47B | 46.50 | U.S. Route 46 EAST - The Caldwells/Montclair |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 47 | 46.50 | U.S. Route 46 WEST - Parsippany |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 48 | 47.83 | Montville/Pine Brook | westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 52 | 52.48 | Lincoln Park/Fairfield/The Caldwells | westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 53 | 53.62 | U.S. Route 46 EAST to  Route 3 - Wayne/Clifton/Lincoln Tunnel |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 53 | 53.62 | U.S. Route 46/Route 23 - Wayne/Butler/Verona |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 54 | 54.73 | Minnisink Road - Little Falls/Totowa | eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 55 | 55.21 |  Route 62/Union Boulevard - Totowa/Little Falls |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance; split into 55A and 55B |
| 56 | 57.07 | Squirrelwood Road - West Paterson/Paterson | split into 56A and 56B eastbound |
| 57A-B | 58.22 | Route 19 SOUTH - Clifton/downtown Paterson |
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| 57C | 58.37 | Main Street - Paterson | westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 58A-B | 59.06 | Madison Avenue - Paterson/Clifton | |
| 59 | 60.04 | Market Street - Paterson | westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 60 | 60.41 | Route 20 - Hawthorne/Passaic |
no ramp from I-80 west to Route 20 south (use exit 59) |
| 61 | 60.81 |  County Route 507 - Garfield/Elmwood Park |
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| 62 | 62.34 | Garden State Parkway/Saddle River Road - Saddle Brook | split into 62A (Garden State Parkway) and 62B (Saddle River Road) eastbound |
| splits into local and express lanes eastbound east of here | |||
| 63B | 63.82 | To Route 17 NORTH - Rochelle Park/Paramus |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance; local only (eastbound) |
| 63 | 63.82 | To  Route 17/Route 4 - Lodi/Fair Lawn |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance; local only (eastbound) |
| splits into local and express lanes westbound east of here | |||
| 64 | 64.47 | Route 17 SOUTH to U.S. Route 46 EAST - Hasbrouck Heights/Newark |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance; local only |
| 64A | 65.19 | Route 17 NORTH to Route 4 - Rochelle Park/Paramus |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance; local only |
| 64B | 65.40 | To Route 17 SOUTH - Hasbrouck Heights/Newark |
westbound exit and eastbound entrance; local only |
| 65 | 65.67 | Green Street - Teterboro/South Hackensack | local only |
| 66 | 66.55 | Hudson Street - Hackensack/Little Ferry | local only |
| 67 | 67.22 | Bogota/Ridgefield Park | eastbound exit and westbound entrance; local only |
| 68A | 68.17 | Interstate 95/New Jersey Turnpike SOUTH to U.S. Route 46 |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 68B | 68.54 | Interstate 95 NORTH - George Washington Bridge/New York |
eastbound exit and westbound entrance I-80 terminus in Teaneck |
[edit] Related routes
[edit] References
- ^ Interstate 80 in New Jersey straight line diagram (PDF)
- ^ "NEW SPAN CROSSES DELAWARE RIVER; Fine, Driscoll at Ceremonies for Water Gap Bridge -- Road to Link Poconos and New York", The New York Times, December 17, 1953. p. 51
- ^ The Roads of Metro New York - Interstate 80 (New Jersey)
- ^ a b New Jersey Roads - NJ State Highways: 75-90, Steve Alpert.
| Preceded by Pennsylvania |
Interstate 80 New Jersey |
Succeeded by terminus |
