Garden State Parkway - Recent Developments

Recent Developments

• Exit 67 received a newly constructed southbound entrance ramp, and a northbound exit ramp. On March 27, 2008, it was revealed that the new ramps would not have toll gates. Construction began in the summer of 2008 and opened on May 20, 2009.
• Exit 69 (in Ocean Township) was completely reconstructed. The old ramps were demolished, and a partial cloverleaf was constructed in its place. It now features a southbound exit ramp and a northbound entrance ramp. Toll gates were constructed at the southbound exit and northbound entrance ramps. This was finished in March 2007.
• A new diamond interchange, exit 77 (in Berkeley Township) was constructed in 2006. Toll gates exist at the southbound exit ramp and the northbound entrance ramp. To avoid destroying part of the Double Trouble State Park, the southbound interchange was constructed approximately ½ mile north of the northbound interchange.
• At exit 98 in Wall Township, the overpasses carrying NJ 138 and I-195 over the Parkway have been replaced with newly constructed ones. This project was finished in late 2006. However, this project did not improve 195's exit 35 for NJ 34.
• The Driscoll Bridge received a new southbound parallel span just west of the original span. This new southbound bridge boasts seven southbound lanes and emergency shoulders (currently the seventh lane is used as a northbound lane during rehab of the old spans). By 2010, a new northbound span will be constructed, consisting of eight northbound lanes and emergency shoulders. On May 20, 2009, the Driscoll Bridge project was completed.
• New overpasses and ramps were built at exit 145 in the City of East Orange to connect to I-280. New EZ-Pass lanes were also built at the interchange toll gate.
• The Parkway was widened in Wall Township from 3 to 4 lanes in the vicinity of Interchange 98 in both directions.
• On February 20, 2010, the Pascack Valley Toll Plaza in Washington Township began the one-way tolling program. With the northbound tolls being eliminated, the southbound tolls were doubled from $0.50 to $1.00.
• Exit 142 (in Union Township and Hillside Township) was upgraded with new ramps that now supply what were then missing movements between the Parkway and I-78, since I-278 was canceled between US 1–9 in Linden and the interchange for NJ 24/I-78. On September 17, 2009, a new exit ramp (from the Parkway north to Interstate 78 west) was opened. On December 10, 2010, the ramp between the southbound Garden State Parkway and eastbound I-78 opened.