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Route 75
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| Newark-Midtown Freeway |
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Never built – 1973 |
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Route 75 was a proposed freeway in the U.S. State of New Jersey in the Newark area in 1960s and 1970s. It was designed to connect the existing Route 21 freeway north of Newark with Interstate 78, U.S. Route 1/9, and Newark Airport. The state of New Jersey applied for interstate status for the route in 1970, but construction of the road remained stalled in courts throughout the 1970s. In 1973, the state of New Jersey and the Federal Highway Administration shelved plans for the route, and in 1997, the state of New Jersey officially removed the route from its route logs. Despite its removal, vestiges of Route 75 still remain. The first example is Exit 13 on Interstate 280 eastbound in Newark. The exit is an enormous three lane ramp, while through traffic on I-280 has only two lanes. The ramp comes to a stop at a traffic light on First Street just south of Orange Street.[1] Also, at Exit 56 off Interstate 78, large flyover ramps meant for a freeway diverge from the roadway, but terminate at city streets.[2]
[edit] Route description
New Jersey Route 75 was proposed to have begun at U.S. Routes 1 and 9 in the city of Newark. The 75 freeway's first interchange (only southbound) was to be at State Route 27. The second interchange was for U.S. Route 22, but that was only southbound. The first full interchange would have been with Interstate 78. The next 8 interchanges, spread between the northbound and southbound directions, were to be for local streets in Newark. The second full interchange was to be at Interstate 280 in Newark. Park Avenue was the final interchange before coming to an end at State Route 21 in Newark.
[edit] Proposed interchanges
The following list shows the interchanges that were to be built on NJ 75.[3]
- Route 21 - Northern Terminus
- Park Avenue - (Northbound exit only)
- Interstate 280 - (Southbound and Northbound exits)
- Central Avenue - (Northbound exit only)
- Market Street - (Southbound exit only)
- Court Street - (Northbound exit only)
- Kinney Street - (Southbound exit only)
- Waverly Avenue - (Northbound exit only)
- Avon Avenue - (Southbound exit only)
- Alpine Street - (Northbound exit only)
- Runyon Street - (Southbound exit only)
- Interstate 78 - (Southbound and Northbound exits)
- U.S. Route 22 - (Southbound exit only)
- Route 27 - (Southbound exit only)
- U.S. Route 1/9 - Southbound Terminus (May have tied into or included the Route 81 connection to the Turnpike)
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