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New Jersey 33 (Corlies Avenue) merges with the New Jersey 66 west end nearby on the drive to Freehold and Hightstown. There is no direct access from the Garden State Parkway north onto New Jersey 33; instead drivers must use the Exit 100B loop ramp onto New Jersey 66 west. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Next in line for northbound motorists is the Asbury Park main line toll plaza and the Parkway split into local and express carriageways. A partial interchange (Exit 102 on south) joins the toll road with Asbury Avenue just south of the toll barrier. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Garden State Parkway northbound expands to four lanes in anticipation of the Asbury Park Toll Plaza and carriageway split. The express lanes provide a relatively uninterrupted trip to Woodbridge and last 22 miles overall. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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The roadway split lies beyond the toll plaza. Express lanes travel the inside of the Garden State Parkway with limited departure points through to the Raritan River. Local lanes provide access to all interchanges between here and junction New Jersey 440. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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The Garden State Parkway carriageway split is similar in design to those on Interstate 80 at Patterson and Interstate 76 at Camden. All trucks must use the local carriageway in order to depart the Parkway at Exit 105. A restriction prohibits all trucks from using the Parkway north of Exit 105. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Only EZPass account holders may access to the Garden State Parkway Express lanes initially. Cash paying customers must use the conventional toll booth lanes on the Local roadway side and make a quick lane change to access the Express roadway if that is desired. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Garden State Parkway northbound travelers continues next to the Exit 105 confluence of New Jersey 18, a north-south freeway between Robertsville and Wall Township, and the Eatontown Spur to New Jersey 38 and Long Branch. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Exit 105 consists of a loop ramp onto New Jersey 18 north to Marlboro Township, Old Bridge, and New Brunswick and the Eatontown Connector east to New Jersey 36's eastbound beginning at Hope Road (Monmouth County 51). Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Exit 105 departs the Garden State Parkway northbound for New Jersey 18 north and New Jersey 36 east. New Jersey 36 consists of a loop east to Long Branch, north to Highlands, and west Keyport. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Typical scene along the Garden State Parkway four-carriageway section at the Pine Brook Road under crossing. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Two miles south of the Exit 109 partial-cloverleaf interchange with Monmouth County 520 (Newman Springs Road) on Garden State Parkway north. Monmouth County 520 east leads to nearby Red Bank and Sea Bright on the coast. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Monmouth County 520 (Newman Springs Road) west continues a short distance to Lincroft and Brookdale Community College. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Northbound at the Exit 109 ramp departure to Monmouth County 520 (Newman Springs Road). Use Monmouth County 520 east for Shrewsbury, Little Silver, Fair Haven, and Rumson. This is the last direct exit to the Atlantic beaches as the parkway turns northwest toward Raritan Bay beyond the interchange. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Shifting perspectives to the Express roadway, northbound travelers are provided with their first departure point midway between Exits 114 and 116. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Exit 114 consists of a folded-cloverleaf interchange with Red Hill Road (Monmouth County 52) north of Holmdel and south of Middletown. Monmouth County 52 follows Van Schoick Road and Laurel Avenue north from Red Hill Road into MIddletown. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Garden State Parkway north at the Exit 114 ramp departure to Red Hill Road (Monmouth County 52). Monmouth County 52 turns onto Crawfords Corner Road south toward Monmouth County 520 (Main Street). Both the county road and Middletown Road southwest lead toward Holmdel. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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One quarter mile south of the slip ramp between the northbound Express and Local roadways of the Garden State Parkway. The ramp facilitates access to Exits 116, 177, and 120 from the inside carriageway. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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The aforementioned slip ramp descends under the Local roadway and emerges on the right-hand side ahead of the Exit 116 ramp to Telegraph Hill Park. Exit 116 also serves the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Transit facilities for New York City. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Exit 116 serves the PNCBank Arts Center at Telegraph Hill Park. The partial-cloverleaf interchange provides the only access point to the concert and entertainment venue. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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New Jersey State Police Troop E is also located at Telegraph Hill Park and Exit 116 of the Garden State Parkway. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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In addition to representing the home of the PNCBank Arts Center, Telegraph Hill Park includes a nature area. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Exit 116 departs Garden State Parkway northbound for Telegraph Hill Park. A short access road connects the Arts Center with facilities to the west, but no access to Crawfords Corner Road or other nearby streets is available. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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A second opportunity to access the 22-mile long Garden State Parkway Express roadway lies north of Telegraph Hill Park. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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A loop ramp encircles PNCBank Arts Center and provides return access to the Garden State Parkway north toward Keyport. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Continuing northwest, the Garden State Parkway next meets the Keyport Connector to junction New Jersey 36 and 36 east. New Jersey 36 returns to the parkway by way of Highlands Beach at Gateway National Recreation Area and Sandy Hook. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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The Express roadway slip ramp from the Local roadway departs the Garden State Parkway northbound beyond the Holmdel Road overpass. This is the final high-speed opportunity to access the inside carriageway on northbound. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Exit 117 departs Garden State Parkway northbound in one mile for the Keyport Connector north to New Jersey 35 and 36 east at Keyport. The connector consists of a freeway spur north to an interchange with both state highways. New Jersey 35 ventures northwest from Middletown to Hazlet and Keyport; New Jersey 36 begins and travels east to Keansburg and Atlantic Highlands. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Drivers bound for Sandy Hook and the Raritan Bay communities of Keyport, Union Beach, and Keansburg depart Garden State Parkway north for the Keyport Connector. New Jersey 35 ventures through west Keyport on a parallel alignment to the parkway and Raritan Bay through to Laurence Harbor. Matawan and Aberdeen Township lie southwest of Exit 117 via Monmouth County 516 (Main Street) south. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Turning more westward, northbound Garden State Parkway travelers approach Cheesequake State Park and Exit 120 (Matawan Road). Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Traveling through Cliffwood on the Parkway northbound. Passing overhead are Matawan Avenue and the New York and Long Branch Railroad. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Matawan Road travels north from Cheesequake Morristown Road near Cliffwood to meet the Garden State Parkway at a partial-cloverleaf interchange (Exit 120). Cheesequake State Park lies west of the road and southwest of Laurence Harbor. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Entering Middlesex County on Garden State Parkway northbound. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Exit 120 leaves the Garden State Parkway northbound for Matawan Road. Matawan Road continues a short distance north to Laurence Parkway and New Jersey 36 at Laurence Harbor. Southward, Matawan Road turns into Aberdeen Road on the return trip to Matawan itself. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Garden State Parkway travelers pass by Cheesequake State Parkway on the drive toward South Amboy. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Two miles south of the Cheesequake Service Area. This facility offers a wider array of traveler services than those plazas to the south. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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An example of heavy southbound traffic on the one-mile approach to the Cheesequake Service Area along the Parkway northbound. Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Advance variable message and guide signs advise northbound motorists of the New Jersey 440 connections to New York City well south of the Exit 127 interchange. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Return access from the Cheesequake Service Area carries all drivers onto the Express roadway. It is irrelevant however as the Local and Express carriageways converge north of the half-diamond interchange at Main Street (Exit 124 on southbound). Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Four mile advisory / guide sign for the Exit 129 connection with the New Jersey Turnpike. On-ramps add traffic from both U.S. 9 (Upper Main Street) north and Main Street (Middlesex County 570) in South Amboy ahead. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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New Jersey 35 joins U.S. 9 through South Amboy through to the Raritan River approaches. U.S. 9 splits and follows the Ellis S. Vieser Memorial Bridge while New Jersey 35 turns northeast over the Victory Bridge. A half-diamond interchange (Exit 125) joins the Parkway with Chevalier Avenue, an east-west connector to Main Street Extension and the interchange of U.S. 9 and New Jersey 35 opposite Main Street. Interests to Sayreville take Main Street Extension west to Middlesex County 670 (Main Street). Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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U.S. 9 joins the Garden State Parkway corridor, but not the toll road itself, to cross the Raritan River between South Amboy and Perth Amboy. The parallel routes consist of the Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge for the parkway and the Ellis S. Viesser Memorial Bridge for U.S. 9. The Driscoll Bridge underwent construction between 2002 and 2006 to widen the crossing from ten to 15 overall lanes. Work first focused on expanding the southbound bridge from five to seven lanes, a project that was completed on May 3, 2006.1 Work shifts to rebuild the northbound span to eight overall lanes with completion expected by May 2009. Total costs of the replacement and expansion project is $260 million.2 The original Driscol Bridge carried just six overall lanes. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Garden State Parkway northbound travelers meet New Jersey 440 and U.S. 9 north at a complicated directional-cloverleaf interchange north of the Driscol Bridge. New Jersey 440 travels east-west from Interstate 287 at Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike) to the Outerbridge Crossing onto Staten Island, New York. U.S. 9 departs its Raritan River crossing and briefly parallels the Parkway on a frontage freeway through to Middlesex County 616 (New Brunswick Avenue). Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Ascending the Driscol Bridge northbound on the Garden State Parkway before reconstruction. Exit 127 leaves as a two-lane off-ramp in one mile for New Jersey 440 west to Interstate 287 and New Brunswick and east to State Island and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. U.S. 9 continues to Fords and Woodbridge before merging with U.S. 1 ahead of Rahway. Note the close proximity of U.S. 9's twin spans.
U.S. 9's bridges across the Raritan River were also the site of construction between 1999 and October 21, 2003. Crews first constructed a new span, the Ellis S. Vieser Memorial Bridge, between the existing bridge and the adjacent Driscoll Bridge. Upon completion of the new southbound span, work shifted on upgrading the old bridge (Edison Bridge) for its eventual northbound only role. The result are a pair of three-lane bridges for U.S. 9, an increase from the previous four-lane crossing.3, 4 Photo taken 06/30/05. |
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Crossing the 1954-constructed Driscoll Bridge along the Garden State Parkway northbound. The bridge was originally called just the Raritan Bridge but was renamed in 1974 after former Governor Alfred E. Driscoll, a politician that helped get the Garden State Parkway constructed.1 Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Descending into the Fords and Perth Amboy along the Driscoll Bridge north. Originally the 1954-span carried just four lanes overall. Addition of the southbound bridge occurred in 1972, bringing the Parkway up to ten overall lanes.1 Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Exit 127 carries all traffic to New Jersey 440 and U.S. 9 north in unison from the Driscol Bridge descent. The east-west freeway passes over the Parkway in the foreground between Edison Township and Perth Amboy. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Traveling along the Exit 127 ramp, an additional option to Industrial Avenue south to Keasbey appears. This ramp connects with Industrial Avenue (Middlesex County 656)'s intersection with Industrial Highway. Middlesex 656 follows Smith Street east into Perth Amboy and Industrial Avenue north to Crows Mill Road at the Fords community. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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A slip ramp joins the adjacent U.S. 9 freeway north to Fords and Woodbridge from Exit 127. The exit otherwise loops around toward the next departure point for New Jersey 440 east to the Outerbridge Crossing. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Exit 127 again splits with ramps to New Jersey 440 east and Middlesex County 634 (not signed here). Middlesex County 634 connects the exit with New Jersey 35 (Convery Boulevard) and the Perth Amboy street network. New Jersey 440 east otherwise sees two interchanges with the bay side city before crossing Arthur Kill into New York. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Drivers turn westward and pass over U.S. 9 and the Garden State Parkway ahead of he partition with ramps onto New Jersey 440 west and Industrial Avenue and Middlesex County 656. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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Two lanes continue from Exit 127 onto New Jersey 440 west ahead of Edison Township and Metuchen. The state highway transitions into Interstate 287 beyond the interchange with Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike). Photo taken 08/29/05. |
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An abandoned railroad bridge crosses above Exit 127 at its final partition to Industrial Avenue and New Jersey 440. New Jersey 440 continues 2.5 miles to Interstates 95 & 287. Industrial Parkway stems southwest from Middlesex County 656 (Industrial Avenue) to the Raritan Center Complex. Photo taken 08/29/05. |
Page Updated April 21, 2008.
