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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 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 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>
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