Interstate 95 in New Jersey

Interstate 95 In New Jersey

New Jersey State Highway Routes
Interstate and US

Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major Interstate Highway that traverses nearly the full extent of the East Coast of the United States, from Florida to Maine, with the exception of a small gap in New Jersey. In New Jersey, it runs along much of the main line of the New Jersey Turnpike, as well as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Extension (formerly and still commonly known as the Pennsylvania Turnpike Connector) and the New Jersey Turnpike's northern continuation to the George Washington Bridge, also maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, for a total of 77.96 mi (125.46 km). Located in the northeastern part of the state near New York City, the 11.03-mile (17.75 km) Western Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike, considered to be Route 95W by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, is also part of I-95. There is also a segment of I-95 to the north of Trenton that is 8.77 mi (14.11 km) and connects the Scudder Falls Bridge to I-295 and U.S. Route 1 (US 1); this is officially Route 95M.

Yet I-95 is discontinuous within New Jersey. From the Pennsylvania direction, I-95 enters New Jersey on the Scudder Falls Bridge and halts at the US 1 interchange, where the freeway turns south as I-295. From the New York direction, I-95 enters New Jersey from the George Washington Bridge and continues south on the New Jersey Turnpike and Pearl Harbor Memorial Extension, where it becomes I-276 at the Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge into Pennsylvania. This discontinuation was caused by the cancellation of the Somerset Freeway in 1983, which would have run from the Trenton segment of I-95 in Hopewell Township northeast to I-287 in Piscataway Township. Here, I-95 would follow present-day I-287 to the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison. In order to fill the gap, the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project has started construction of an interchange between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-95 in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, with I-95 being rerouted to use the Pennsylvania Turnpike to the Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge. The current I-95 and I-295 around the north side of Trenton will become an extension of I-195. This interchange is expected to open in 2017.