Interstate 195 (New Jersey)

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Interstate 195 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	34.17 mi[1] (54.99 km)
Formed:	1968
West end:	I-295 in Hamilton Twp
Major junctions:	US 206 in White Horse US 130 in Hamilton Twp I-95/NJTP in Washington Twp CR 537 in Jackson Twp US 9 in Howell Twp
East end:	NJ 34 in Wall Twp (continues as NJ 138 to GSP)
New Jersey State Highway Routes < NJ 187 US 202 >
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Interstate 195 (abbreviated I-195) is an auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its western end is at I-295 just south of Trenton, New Jersey; its eastern end is at Route 34 in Wall Township. I-195 measures 34.17 mile (55.0 km) in length.

I-195 is occasionally known as the Central Jersey Expressway. On April 6, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed H.R. 4263 naming Interstate 195 in New Jersey the James J. Howard Interstate Highway, in honor of the late James J. Howard.^[2]

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Future developments 4 Exit list 5 Related routes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Route description

Major cities
Trenton, New Jersey Belmar, New Jersey

Interstate 195's western terminus is at a complex interchange with Interstate 295 and Route 29 in Hamilton Township, located southeast of the city of Trenton. From there it heads almost due east towards the Jersey Shore, straddling the boundary between Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

The eastern end of Interstate 195 is located at Exit 35, its junction with Route 34. I-195 does not end at the Garden State Parkway, but stops about ⅓-mile (½ km) short of it, due it being built to connect with Route 38 (now Route 138), which ended at Route 34. At the exit for Route 34, Interstate 195 ends and Route 138 begins, but the exit numbering continues onto Route 138, marking the interchange with the Garden State Parkway as Exit 36. Route 138 continues east to Belmar, making connections with Route 18 and Route 35.

Much of the traffic on the highway is due to its proximity to Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park, located just off the freeway on County Route 537 (Exit 16). I-195 used to be a somewhat desolate rural freeway, but traffic counts have been increasing each year, and with the new commercial and residential development planned in Jackson Township at Exit 21 (County Route 527), the rural freeway is becoming more like other congested freeways in New Jersey.

[edit] History

Construction on Interstate 195 began in 1968 on an isolated stretch east of the New Jersey Turnpike. Following the beginning of construction, the highway was completed on the following dates:

• 1972: Washington Township to Jackson Mills (between milepost 8.5 and milepost 21.9)
• 1974: White Horse to Washington Township (between milepost 1.8 and milepost 8.5)
• 1979: Jackson Mills to Squankum (between milepost 21.9 and milepost 29.9)
• 1981: Squankum to Wall Township (between milepost 29.9 and milepost 35.0)
• 1987: White Horse (between milepost 0.3 and milepost 1.8)
• 1990: I-295 / NJ 29 interchange (between milepost 0.0 and milepost 0.3) ^[3].

As shown, Interstate 195 once terminated at (present) Exit 21 before it was extended to meet U.S. Route 9 near Squankum in Howell. The line that forced drivers onto the exit ramp can still be made out along the pavement (even though it was scraped off). Also, the pavement noticeably changes right after the ramp. This is due to the fact that I-195 was not completed in a single stage. The remainder of the freeway was financed mainly with funds returned from the cancellation of never-completed portions of Interstate 278.

When it was planned, Interstate 195 did not intersect its "parent" (Interstate 95) at all; it instead connected to Interstate 295. When I-95 was re-routed to the New Jersey Turnpike in 1985 as a result of the Somerset Freeway not being built, I-95 and the Turnpike became I-195's proverbial parent, as the interchange there served as a direct connection.

The expressway (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 highways such as I-280, I-295, I-78, I-80, NJ 55, NJ 208. [1] [2]

[edit] Future developments

This article contains information about a planned or expected future road. It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the road's construction and/or completion approaches and more information becomes available.

• When the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project (the interchange between I-95 and I-276 near Bristol, Pennsylvania) is completed circa 2009, I-195 is currently slated to be extended from its current western terminus to continue counterclockwise to the north replacing sections of the current Interstate 295 and Interstate 95 to end at that new interchange,^[4]. I-295 would be truncated to the current interchange with I-195, and I-95 would be rerouted onto current I-276 to the New Jersey Turnpike. Though there are other numbering alternatives – such as the original design choice of an I-295 extension into Pennsylvania – officials from New Jersey and Pennsylvania have agreed to submit the I-195 request to AASHTO, as no route designation is official until approved by them.

• Additionally, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has studied proposals to expand I-195 from Exit 16 near Six Flags to the Turnpike from 4 to 6 total lanes, which would eliminate the grass median in the process. Exit 16 would be reconfigured to allow better movements before such an expansion were implemented.

• With the New Jersey Turnpike being widened between Mansfield Township and Monroe Township, the bridges carrying I-195 over the Turnpike will be widened.

• Pavement resurfacing will be performed from milepost 34.17 to 27.2 (eastbound) and 34.17 to 32.0 (westbound) in Wall Township. Also resurfacing will be done from milepost 0.0 to 2.0 (westbound) and 0.0 to 0.9 (eastbound) in Hamilton Township. [3]

• Pavement resurfacing will be performed late in 2007 and into 2008 on stretches of I-195 from about Exit 16 to Exit 32. When complete more then half of the interstate will be new pavement. [4]

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Mercer	Hamilton Township	0.00	60	I-295 / Route 29 – Trenton	Partial cloverleaf interchange with a fly-over ramp opened in 1990 as the connector to Interstate 295. Access to Route 29 was under construction in 1990, and was completed in 1995. Exit numbered for I-295.
		0.92	1	U.S. Route 206	Provides access to the White Horse Circle
		1.55 1.67	2	Arena Drive / South Broad Street	Stack-like interchange
		3.37	3	Yardville-Hamilton Square Road
		4.90	5	U.S. Route 130 – New Brunswick / Bordentown / To Hightstown and Hamilton Marketplace	Alternate route to NJ 32 and US 1
	Washington Township	6.25	6	Interstate 95 / New Jersey Turnpike	Interchange opened in the 1970s
		7.31	7	CR 526 – Robbinsville, Allentown	No access from CR 526 westbound to I-195 eastbound; access provided by Exit 8
Mercer / Monmouth	Washington Township / Upper Freehold Township	8.54	8	CR 539 / CR 524 – Allentown / Hightstown / To Atlantic City and GSP	While passing this exit heading east, Kingda Ka is briefly visible over the trees directly ahead.
Monmouth	Upper Freehold Township	11.79	11	CR 43 – Imlaystown
Monmouth / Ocean	Millstone Township / Jackson Township	16.71	16	CR 537 – Freehold / Mount Holly / Six Flags Great Adventure
Ocean	Jackson Township	21.04	21	CR 527 – Siloam / Jackson Mills	This exit has a newly built Park & Ride located just north of it
		22.99	22	CR 638 – Georgia / Jackson Mills
Monmouth	Howell Township	27.17	28	U.S. Route 9 – Lakewood / Freehold
		31.49 31.57	31	CR 547 – Farmingdale / Allaire State Park / Lakewood
	Wall Township	34.17	35	Route 34 to Garden State Parkway south – Brielle / Matawan / Point Pleasant	Eastern terminus of Interstate 195, western terminus of Route 138 Route 34 used for connections to/from GSP southbound
		0.28, 0.36 (34.45, 34.53)	36	Garden State Parkway north	Cloverleaf interchange with additional ramps

[edit] Related routes

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	Florida - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - New Jersey - Virginia
	Delaware/New Jersey - District of Columbia/Maryland - Florida - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Maine - New York - North Carolina - Virginia
	Connecticut/Massachusetts - District of Columbia/Virginia - Florida - Maryland - Maine
	Delaware - District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia - Maine - Massachusetts - New York	New Jersey - Pennsylvania
	Florida - Maryland	Virginia
	District of Columbia - Maryland - New York	Massachusetts - New Jersey - Pennsylvania
	Florida (F) - Maryland	Virginia
	Maryland - New York	Delaware - New Jersey/Pennsylvania - Rhode Island/Massachusetts - Virginia

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Interstate 195 (Steve Anderson)
• New Jersey Roads: Interstate 195