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The longest of these is Interstate 95 (I-95), which runs for 89.22 miles (143.59 km) from Florence Township to Fort Lee. The shortest Interstate in New Jersey is I-278, which runs for 2 miles (3.2 km) from Linden to Elizabeth before crossing into Staten Island, New York.
New Jersey Turnpike, 51.0-mile (82.1 km) portion south of exit 6 is unsigned Route 700 while remainder is I-95 Route 700N: 5.90: 9.50 I-95 / N.J. Turnpike in Newark: Exit 14C on the Newark Bay Extension in Jersey City: 1953: 1969 New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension, now I-78: Route 700P: 6.50: 10.46 I-276 in Florence
US 122 at the New York state line near Mahwah: 1926: 1934 Now US 202: US 130: 83.46: 134.32 I-295 / US 40 / Route 49 in Pennsville Township: US 1 / Route 171 in North Brunswick Township: 1927: current US 202: 80.31: 129.25 US 202 on the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge in Lambertville: US 202 in Mahwah: 1934: current
An example of a route beginning with 7 in Camden County, marked with an older square shield design A sign for Middlesex County's pre-600-series numbering. Though historically many counties had their own numbering systems, today most counties in New Jersey follow the 500-series county routes with their own county routes numbered otherwise, typically in the 600-series.
[11] [12] Seven northeastern states from Virginia to Massachusetts including New Jersey proposed a limited-access highway in 1942 called the 7-State Highway; this was never built. [13] The New Jersey State Highway Department proposed Federal Aid Interstate Route 103 in 1956, and it was approved in 1957 by the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR). [14]
The new numbers followed a general geographical pattern from north to south - 1–12 in northern New Jersey, 21-28 roughly radiating from Newark, 29-37 from Trenton, 38-47 from Camden, and 48–50 in southern New Jersey. Every state highway, even those forming parts of U.S. Routes, was assigned a number.
Interstate 80 (I-80) is a major interstate highway in the United States, running from San Francisco, California, eastward to the New York metropolitan area.In New Jersey, I-80 runs for 68.3 miles (109.9 km) from the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge at the Pennsylvania state line to its eastern terminus at the interchange with the New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck, Bergen County.
Interstate 78 (I-78) is an east–west route stretching from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, to New York City.In New Jersey, I-78 is called the Phillipsburg–Newark Expressway and the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike.