INTERSTATE 80 IN NEW JERSEY

Major cities 'Bolded cities' are officially-designated control cities for signs
★ 'Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania' ★ Netcong ★ Paterson ★ 'New York City, New York' (via I-95)

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 US 46 to Route 3 towards the Lincoln Tunnel.
New Jersey Transit provides commuter rail service to many of the towns along Interstate 80 in New Jersey. Plans are in the works to extend services to Delaware Water Gap and Northeast Pennsylvania using the Lackawanna Cutoff to help relieve the ever expanding traffic congestion on I-80.

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History

Exit list

Related routes

References

External links

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.^[2] 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; this section was completed in 1961, and was completed west to U.S. Route 206 in Netcong in 1963. The easternmost section between Paterson and the terminus at Interstate 95 in Teaneck was completed in 1964-65.The Roads of Metro New York - Interstate 80 (New Jersey)New Jersey Roads - NJ State Highways: 75-90, ''Steve Alpert''. The next section was completed in 1967 between U.S. Route 46 in Netcong and Route 15 in Rockaway Township. In 1969, the section between U.S. Route 202 in Parsippany and Route 23 in Wayne was completed. By 1971, the section between Wayne and Paterson was completed. In 1973, the section between U.S. Route 206 in Netcong and U.S. Routes 46 and 611 in Columbia was completed, and that group of roads were realigned into a complex array of 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 was decommissioned and became Pennsylvania Route 611. The last section between Route 46 in Denville and Route 202 Parsippany-Troy Hills was opened in October 1973.
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-195, I-280, I-295, I-78, NJ 55, NJ 208. [1] [2]

Exit list

Number	Mile	Municipality	Destinations	Notes
Interstate 80 continues onto the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge
1	0.10	Hardwick Twp	Millbrook/Flatbrookville
(2)	0.87	Hardwick Twp	''Parking Lot'' & ''U-turn''
(3)	2.05	Knowlton Twp	''U-turn''
	3.39	Knowlton Twp	Hainesburg Road	westbound entrance/exit only
4	4.58	Knowlton Twp	U.S. Route 46 EAST/Route 94 NORTH - Columbia/Blairstown/Portland, Pennsylvania/Buttzville	splits into 4A (Columbia), 4B (US 46/Portland) and 4C (Route 94) eastbound
12	12.03	Hope Township	County Route 521 to County Route 519 - Blairstown/Hope
19	19.88	Allamuchy Twp	County Route 517 - Hackettstown/Andover
25	25.25	Mt. Olive Twp	U.S. Route 206 NORTH - Stanhope/Newton
26	26.25	Mt. Olive Twp	U.S. Route 46 WEST - Budd Lake/Hackettstown	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
27	27.19	Roxbury Twp	Route 183 NORTH/U.S. Route 206 SOUTH - Netcong/Somerville	split into 27A (US 206) and 27B (Route 183) westbound
28	28.91	Roxbury Twp	U.S. Route 46 EAST to Route 10 - Ledgewood/Lake Hopatcong
30	30.61	Mt. Arlington	Howard Boulevard - Mount Arlington	Future New Jersey Transit Park & Ride
34	33.58	Wharton	To Route 15 - Wharton/Dover/Sparta	Eastbound only
34	34.02	Wharton	Route 15 - Jefferson/Sparta/Wharton	split into 34A and 34B; no eastbound exit
35	35.33	Rockaway Twp	Mount Hope/Dover	split into 35A and 35B westbound
37	37.63	Rockaway Twp	County Route 513 - Hibernia/Rockaway
38	38.81	Denville	U.S. Route 46 EAST to Route 53 - Denville	eastbound exit and westbound entrance,NJ Transit Park & Ride
39	39.57	Denville	U.S. Route 46 EAST to Route 53 - Denville	westbound exit and eastbound entrance,NJ Transit Park & Ride
42	42.46	Parsippany-Troy Hills	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	Parsippany-Troy Hills	Interstate 287 to U.S. Route 46 - Morristown/Mahwah	split into 43A and 43B westbound
45	45.34	Parsippany-Troy Hills	Whippany/Lake Hiawatha	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
47A	46.36	Parsippany-Troy Hills	Interstate 280 EAST - The Oranges/Newark	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
47B	46.50	Parsippany-Troy Hills	U.S. Route 46 EAST - The Caldwells/Montclair	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
47	46.50	Parsippany-Troy Hills	U.S. Route 46 WEST - Parsippany	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
48	47.83	Montville	Montville/Pine Brook	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
52	52.48	Fairfield Twp	Lincoln Park/Fairfield/The Caldwells	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
53	53.62	Wayne	U.S. Route 46 EAST to Route 3 - Wayne/Clifton/Lincoln Tunnel	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
53	53.62	Wayne	U.S. Route 46/Route 23 - Wayne/Butler/Verona	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
54	54.73	Totowa	Minnisink Road - Little Falls/Totowa	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
55	55.21	Totowa	Route 62/Union Boulevard - Totowa/Little Falls	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; split into 55A and 55B
56	57.07	West Paterson	Squirrelwood Road - West Paterson/Paterson	split into 56A and 56B eastbound
57A-B	58.22	Paterson	Route 19 SOUTH - Clifton/downtown Paterson
57C	58.37	Paterson	Main Street - Paterson	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
58A-B	59.06	Paterson	Madison Avenue - Paterson/Clifton
59	60.04	Paterson	Market Street - Paterson	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
60	60.41	Paterson	Route 20 - Hawthorne/Passaic	no ramp from I-80 west to Route 20 south (use exit 59)
61	60.81	Elmwood Park	County Route 507 - Garfield/Elmwood Park
62	62.34	Saddle Brook	Garden State Parkway/Saddle River Road - Saddle Brook	split into 62A (Garden State Parkway) and 62B (Saddle River Road) eastbound; toll gate at exit
splits into local and express lanes eastbound east of here
63B	63.82	Saddle Brook	To Route 17 NORTH - Rochelle Park/Paramus	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; accessible only from eastbound local roadway
63	63.82	Saddle Brook	To Route 17/Route 4 - Lodi/Fair Lawn	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; accessible only from eastbound local roadway
splits into local and express lanes westbound east of here
64	65.05 & 65.19	Hackensack	Route 17 SOUTH to U.S. Route 46 EAST - Hasbrouck Heights/Newark	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; accessible only from eastbound local roadway
64A	65.19	Hackensack	Route 17 NORTH to Route 4 - Rochelle Park/Paramus	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; accessible only from westbound local roadway
64B	65.40	Hackensack	To Route 17 SOUTH - Hasbrouck Heights/Newark	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; accessible only from westbound local roadway
65	65.67	Hackensack/Teterboro	Green Street - Teterboro/South Hackensack	accessible only from local roadways
66	66.55	Hackensack	Hudson Street - Hackensack/Little Ferry	accessible only from local roadways
67	67.22	Ridgefield Park	Bogota/Ridgefield Park	eastbound exit and westbound entrance; accessible only from westbound local roadway
68A	68.17	Teaneck	Interstate 95/New Jersey Turnpike SOUTH - To U.S. Route 46	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
68B	68.54	Teaneck	Interstate 95 NORTH (New Jersey Turnpike) - To George Washington Bridge/New York	eastbound exit and westbound entrance I-80 terminus in Teaneck

Related routes

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Interstate 280

References

1. Interstate 80 in New Jersey straight line diagram (PDF)
2. "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

External links

★ Speed Limits for New Jersey State Roads: Interstate 80