New Jersey Turnpike

The New Jersey Turnpike, also known as The Turnpike is one of the busiest roads in the United States. The toll road is 197 km (122 mi ) long and part of the interstate highway system (mainly as Interstate 95).

History

Initial plans for the construction of a highway, there were already in the late 1940s, however, the outbreak of the Second World War prevented a rapid realization of the project. Therefore, the Turnpike was first built 1950-1952 in just 23 months. Some of the standards used, such as the 3.7 m ( 12 feet ) wide lanes, were taken during the construction of Interstate highways.

Course

The New Jersey Turnpike begins in the northeast on the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects New York City with Jersey City, and then performs - sometimes split into two separate highways - through Jersey City. Shortly before Jersey City, he crossed the marshy area of the New Jersey Meadowlands over a long bridge. Between exits 14 and 15, near the Newark airport, he has up to 18 ( with turn lanes up to 22) lanes. From Jersey City (exit 15) of the Turnpike consists of four separate tracks, each with 2-4 lanes, which are separated in truck and car lanes. At the southern end of the metropolitan area New Jersey ( Exit 11 ) to cross the Garden State Parkway, also a toll highway, and is back as a normal highway built at Junction 8, ie it has 2 lanes with 3 lanes.

He continues on Trenton, where also the leading westward Pennsylvania Turnpike ( Interstate 276/76 ) begins. From here there is also Interstate 295, which runs largely parallel as toll-free alternative. At the same time the award ends as Interstate 95 He continues past Philadelphia and rejoins the parallel Interstate 295 Shortly thereafter, ending at the south-western border with New Jersey's Delaware Turnpike to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Here then begins the further South ( toward Washington, DC) leading Delaware Turnpike.

Toll system

The New Jersey Turnpike has a closed toll system, ie at each connection point is a toll gate where the driver at the entrance draws a toll card and the user fee in cash settles at the exit. The distance traveled recognizes the official reference to the perforation of the toll card. Credit cards are not accepted.

Since 2002, the toll can be paid with an electronic system that is called E- ZPass. The user affixed to the windshield of a battery-powered RFID tag, which is read at the points when driving slowly. The user must make a prepayment on an account afford, from which the toll fee will be charged. The E- ZPass account can be paid by credit card.

In popular culture

  • In the film Being John Malkovich in 1999, it is possible some of the figures to penetrate for 15 minutes in the brain John Malkovich. Then the people on the New Jersey Turnpike are back " spat ".
  • At the end of the movie The Wanderers, the protagonists drive on the New Jersey Turnpike.
  • The New Jersey Turnpike is seen in the opening credits of the American hit series The Sopranos.
  • Bruce Springsteen's song State Trooper describes the trip on the New Jersey Turnpike.
  • Simon and Garfunkel song America mentioned the New Jersey Turnpike.
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