New Jersey Turnpike - Future

Future

The Turnpike Authority is planning to widen the Turnpike from the Exit 1 toll gate in Carney's Point Township to Exit 4 in Mount Laurel Township. Wider overpasses are currently being constructed to accommodate one extra lane in each direction (which would change the Southern Turnpike configuration from 2-2 to 3-3). However, this project is on hold due to the Exit 6-8A widening.

Due to traffic congestion outside Exit 8A, the Turnpike Authority plans to improve Route 32 from its intersection at U.S. 130 in South Brunswick to the Exit 8A tollgate in Monroe Township. Named the Interchange 8A to Route 130 Connection, plans and dates have yet to be determined.

The Turnpike Authority plans to widen Route 18 and redo all the associated ramps at Exit 9 (except the ramp to Route 18 north) in East Brunswick Township. This is all in part to reduce congestion on Route 18. This is planned to start in late 2012 and take about two years to complete.

The Authority is constructing a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) connector, called the "Tremely Point Road Connector," between Industrial Way in the Borough of Carteret to Tremely Point Road in the City of Linden. The purpose of this connector is to "help meet the fast-growing commercial needs of the New York/New Jersey metropolitan region and ensure the continued efficiency and competitiveness of the numerous cargo loading/unloading facilities that operate within the Port of New York and New Jersey (Port)". The estimated completion date of the connector has yet to be determined.

With the Port Authority of NY and NJ planning to replace the Goethals Bridge, improvements are being studied at Exit 13 in Elizabeth and Linden.

The Authority plans to improve Exit 14A in Jersey City and connecting roads in Bayonne since the current interchange is in "poor condition" and suffers from chronic congestion. This is part of a bigger project that addresses future congestion along Route 440. Plans and dates have yet to be announced.

Several variable message signs are being replaced from 2010 to 2013. The replacement signs will be more up to date, easier to read, and will feature travel times to major routes.