Driscoll Expressway
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The Driscoll Expressway was a proposed 36-mile long tolled limited-access highway in Central Jersey that would have connected the New Jersey Turnpike with the Garden State Parkway in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
[edit] History
Originally envisioned as the 45-mile long Garden State Thruway, the proposed highway was designated in 1971 for Alfred E. Driscoll former Governor of New Jersey. The entire tollway would have been under the control of the Turnpike Authority. The highway stayed proposed on maps throughout the 1970's, but was eventually dropped and removed by the 1980's.
[edit] Proposed interchanges
- EXIT D1: Garden State Parkway and U.S. Route 9 in Toms River
- EXIT D2: Route 37 Freeway in Toms River
- EXIT D3: Route 70 in Lakehurst
- EXIT D4: Interstate 195 in Jackson Township
- EXIT D5: Route 33 Freeway in Manalapan Township
- EXIT D6: CR 520 in Old Bridge Township (then called Madison Township)
- EXIT D7: New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) in South Brunswick Township
As on the Garden State Parkway, tolls would have been collected at plazas located at the NJ 70, I-195, NJ 33 and Middlesex CR 520 interchanges.
