Interstate 80 in New Jersey

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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.

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[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[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.[1] 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, and soon proceeded in both directions. The next section was built between Wayne at Route 23 and Interstate 95 by 1965. The next section was completed in 1967 between U.S. Route 206 in Byram Township and Route 15 in Rockaway Township. In 1969, the section between Parsippany at U.S. Route 202 and Interstate 280 was completed. By 1971, the section between Route 46/Interstate 280 in Parsippany and Route 23/46 Wayne was completed and that whole area of roads were realigned. In 1972, the section between Route 206 in Byram and Routes 46 and 611 in Columbia were completed and that group of roads were realigned into a complex array or 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 became Pennsylvania 611. The last section between Route 46 in Denville and Route 202 Parsippany-Troy Hills was opened in October 1973.

[edit] Exit list

Shields are shown at intersections with other Interstates.

Number Mile Destinations Notes
Interstate 80 continues onto the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge
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
19 19.88 County Route 517 - Hackettstown/Andover
25 25.25 U.S. Route 206 NORTH - Stanhope/Newton
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
30 30.61 Howard Boulevard - Mount Arlington
34 33.58 To Route 15 - Wharton/Dover/Sparta
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
38 38.81 U.S. Route 46 EAST to Route 53 - Denville eastbound exit and westbound entrance
39 39.57 U.S. Route 46 EAST to Route 53 - Denville westbound exit and eastbound entrance
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 WEST 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
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
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] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "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

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Interstate 80
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