Editing New Jersey Turnpike (section)

==In popular culture==
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===21st century===
*[[Somerdale, New Jersey|Somerdale]]-based [[Flying Fish Brewing]] currently makes the "Exit Series" of beers, which are named in honor of various New Jersey Turnpike exits, with each beer intended to be reflective of the communities in or near where the relevant exit is located.<ref>{{cite web |title = Exit Series |url = http://www.exitseries.com |publisher = Flying Fish Brewing |access-date = March 9, 2016 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307062720/http://exitseries.com/ |archive-date = March 7, 2016 }}</ref>
*In 2015, lyrics on [[Passenger (singer)|Passenger]]'s song "Riding to New York" on the ''[[Whispers (Passenger album)|Whispers]]'' album describe a man riding a bike from [[Minnesota]] to [[New York City]]: "And fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey Turnpike tolls."<ref>{{cite web |url = https://genius.com/Passenger-riding-to-new-york-lyrics |title = Riding to New York |access-date = September 21, 2020 |work = Genius.com }}</ref>
*From 2009 to 2012, "Jersey Turnpike" was the name of a dance move created by [[Deena Nicole Cortese]] of ''[[Jersey Shore (TV series)|Jersey Shore]]'', which aired on [[MTV]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wetpaint.com/what-is-the-new-jersey-turnpike-dance-675322/ |title = What is the New Jersey Turnpike Dance? |access-date = March 21, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200321070902/http://wetpaint.com/what-is-the-new-jersey-turnpike-dance-675322/ |archive-date = March 21, 2020 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*From 1999 to 2007, the opening credits of every episode of ''[[The Sopranos]]'', which aired on [[HBO]], featured shots of [[Tony Soprano]] driving on the New Jersey Turnpike, including Exits&nbsp;12, 13, 14-14C, and 15W.<ref>{{cite news |last = Abdeljabbar |first = Falasten M. |title = Jersey loves 'The Sopranos' best |url = http://www.nj.com/sopranos/jjournal/index.ssf?/sopranos/stories/081601poll.html |work = The Jersey Journal |access-date = November 19, 2011 |date = August 16, 2001 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023104847/http://www.nj.com/sopranos/jjournal/index.ssf?%2Fsopranos%2Fstories%2F081601poll.html |archive-date = October 23, 2013 }}</ref>
*In 2011, the [[video game]] ''[[Need for Speed: The Run]]'', a racing event starts on the Newark Bay Extension at Exit&nbsp;14B before entering [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Liberty State Park]] and ending in the [[Holland Tunnel]] as the driver, who is the player of the game, is chased by police while driving into New York City.<ref>{{cite AV media |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZRhDLwzTo&t=17s |title= Need for Speed The Run: Walkthrough Part 47 (Hard) Stage 10: New Jersey Turnpike |work= SwissGameGuides |publisher= YouTube |date= November 19, 2011 |access-date= November 5, 2013 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150707063624/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZRhDLwzTo&t=17s |archive-date= July 7, 2015 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
*In 2001, the song "[[Where I Come From (Alan Jackson song)|Where I Come From]]" by country singer [[Alan Jackson]] begins with the lyrics: "Well I was rollin' wheels and shiftin' gears 'round that Jersey Turnpike."
*In 2012, a prehistoric [[crocodylomorph]] ''[[Borealosuchus threeensis]]'' was named in a reference to Exit 3 of the New Jersey Turnpike, the closest highway exit to the fossil locality.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/new-jerseys-turnpike-croc |title = New Jersey's Turnpike Croc |website = [[National Geographic]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230130083734/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/new-jerseys-turnpike-croc |archive-date = January 30, 2023 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

===20th century===
*In 1999, on ''[[The West Wing]]'' episode "[[The State Dinner]]", character [[Leo McGarry]] responds to a truckers union representative who uses inappropriate language: "This is the [[White House]]. It's not the Jersey Turnpike."<ref>{{cite episode |first1 = Aaron |last1 = Sorkin |first2 = Paul |last2 = Redford |title = [[The State Dinner]] |series = [[The West Wing]] |date = November 10, 1999 |network = [[NBC]] |season = 1 |number = 7 |time = 8:40 }}</ref>
*In 1999, in the film ''[[Being John Malkovich]]'', characters are transported into [[John Malkovich]]'s mind and then are suddenly dropped in a ditch beside the New Jersey Turnpike.<ref>{{cite web |last = Bernard |first = Jami |title = Batty, Brilliant 'John Malkovich' Kafka Meets N.J. Turnpike In The Ultimate Head Trip |url = http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-10-29/entertainment/18112531_1_john-malkovich-spike-jonze-craig-schwartz |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120708045531/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-10-29/entertainment/18112531_1_john-malkovich-spike-jonze-craig-schwartz |url-status = dead |archive-date = July 8, 2012 |work = The New York Times |date = October 29, 1999 |access-date = November 19, 2011 }}</ref>
*In 1994, in the [[Seinfeld]] episode "[[The Big Salad]]", character [[Cosmo Kramer]] drives MLB player Steve Gendason, who he met while playing golf, along the New Jersey Turnpike, in a white Ford Bronco, in a low speed chase, with the police following behind. Kramer had angered Gendason in a golfing argument, which possibly caused him to commit murder. The scene satirizes the [[O.J. Simpson chase]].
*In 1988, one of the promotional taglines in the film [[Moving (1988 film)|''Moving'']] is: "On the New Jersey Turnpike, no one can hear you scream."
*In 1986, [[The Dead Milkmen]]'s album ''[[Eat Your Paisley!]]'' includes the song "Vince Lombardi Service Center," the name of a New Jersey Turnpike service center in [[Ridgefield, New Jersey]], as a CD bonus track.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/eat-your-paisley%21-mw0000651187 |title = The Dead Milkmen; Eat Your Paisley |work = All Music Guide |access-date = October 22, 2013 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131201092915/http://www.allmusic.com/album/eat-your-paisley%21-mw0000651187 |archive-date = December 1, 2013 }}</ref>
*In 1982, the [[Bruce Springsteen]] song, "State Trooper" on the ''[[Nebraska (album)|Nebraska]]'' album, mentions the New Jersey Turnpike in its opening lyric: "New Jersey Turnpike, riding on a wet night. 'Neath the refinery's glow, out where the great [[Oil spill|black]] [[Water pollution|rivers]] flow."<ref>{{cite web |title = State Trooper by Bruce Springsteen |url = http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/StateTrooper.html |publisher = brucespringsteen.net |access-date = November 19, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111127212757/http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/StateTrooper.html |archive-date = November 27, 2011 }}</ref>
*In 1981, the character "Paulie Herman" on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', played by [[Joe Piscopo]], was known for an ongoing show segment in which he says: "Are you from Jersey? I'm from Jersey. What exit?," referring to New Jersey Turnpike and [[Garden State Parkway]] exits.<ref>{{cite news |last = Santora |first = Marc |date = November 11, 2014 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/nyregion/lakewood-nj-loses-exit-88-on-garden-state-parkway.html |title = 'What Exit?' For Some in New Jersey, the Answer Has Changed |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180131202751/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/nyregion/lakewood-nj-loses-exit-88-on-garden-state-parkway.html |archive-date = January 31, 2018 |work = The New York Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Rose |first = Lisa |date = January 20, 2014 |url = http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2014/01/joe_piscopo_looks_back_on_the_origins_of_the_immortal_jersey_catchphrase_what_exit.html |title = Joe Piscopo looks back on the origins of the immortal Jersey joke, 'What exit?' |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180131202853/http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2014/01/joe_piscopo_looks_back_on_the_origins_of_the_immortal_jersey_catchphrase_what_exit.html |archive-date = January 31, 2018 |work = [[Newark Star-Ledger]] }}</ref>
*In 1975, the Bruce Springsteen song "[[Jungleland]]" on the ''[[Born to Run]]'' album mentions the New Jersey Turnpike in its lyrics: "Man, there's an opera out on the Turnpike. There's a ballet being fought out in the alley. Until the local cops, cherry tops, rips this holy night."
*In 1968, [[Simon & Garfunkel]]'s song "[[America (Simon & Garfunkel song)|America]]" includes the lyric: "Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike."<ref name=Stars>{{cite news |last = Frassinelli |first = Mike |title = Making unexpected stops along the N.J. Turnpike |url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/making_unexpected_stops_along.html |work = The Star-Ledger |location = Newark, New Jersey |access-date = November 19, 2011 |date = October 2, 2011 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111112225259/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/making_unexpected_stops_along.html |archive-date = November 12, 2011 }}</ref>
*In 1966, the autobiographical [[The Mamas & the Papas|Mamas & Papas]] song "[[Creeque Alley]]" includes the lines: "Standing on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike/Take her to New York right away," referring to a broke [[Cass Elliot|Mama Cass Elliot]] hitching a ride from [[Maryland]] back to New York City via the New Jersey Turnpike.
*In 1956, [[Chuck Berry]]'s song "[[You Can't Catch Me]]" includes the lyrics: "New Jersey Turnpike in the/wee wee hours I was/rolling slowly 'cause of/drizzlin' showers."