Editing New Jersey Turnpike (section)

=== Extensions ===
{{Main|Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 95 in New Jersey}}
[[File:2020-07-12 09 37 27 View south along Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike Pennsylvania Extension) at the exit for U.S. Route 130 (Florence, Burlington) in Florence Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|View south along the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension (I-95) at US&nbsp;130 in Florence]]
[[File:2020-07-12 07 55 46 View south along Interstate 95-U.S. Route 1-U.S. Route 9 and west along U.S. Route 46 (Bergen-Passaic Expressway) at Exit 72B (U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9 SOUTH TO U.S. Route 46, Palisades Park) in Fort Lee, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|I-95 southbound at the north end of NJTA jurisdiction in Fort Lee]]
[[File: Welcome to New Jersey Turnpike Southbound Edgewood Road Bridge 2023.jpg|thumb|Sign welcoming drivers to the New Jersey Turnpike under the [[Edgewood Road Bridge]]]]

The turnpike has three extensions; the first, the {{convert|8.2|mi|km|adj=on}}-long Newark Bay Extension, opened in 1956,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nj.com/jerseyjournal150/2017/04/worlds_most_expensive_road_opened_in_nj_in_1956.html |title = 'World's most expensive road' opened in N.J. in 1956 |date = April 24, 2017 |website = nj.com |access-date = May 2, 2018 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170919235747/http://www.nj.com/jerseyjournal150/2017/04/worlds_most_expensive_road_opened_in_nj_in_1956.html |archive-date = September 19, 2017 }}</ref> and is part of [[Interstate 78|I-78]]. It connects Newark with [[Lower Manhattan]] via the [[Holland Tunnel]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and intersects the mainline near Newark Liberty International Airport. This extension has three exits (exits&nbsp;14A, 14B, and 14C), and due to its design (four lanes with a shoulderless [[Jersey barrier]] divider), has a {{convert|50|mi/h|km/h|adj=on}} speed limit. The extension traverses the [[Newark Bay Bridge]] (officially the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge), which is a steel cantilever bridge spanning [[Newark Bay]] and connecting Newark and [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]]. Dubbed the "world's most expensive road" by ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', it was completed April 4, 1956. Casciano was a state assemblyman and a lifetime resident of Bayonne.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nj.com/jerseyjournal150/2017/04/worlds_most_expensive_road_opened_in_nj_in_1956.html |title = 'World's most expensive road' opened in N.J. in 1956 |website = nj.com |access-date = October 24, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180723125336/https://www.nj.com/jerseyjournal150/2017/04/worlds_most_expensive_road_opened_in_nj_in_1956.html |archive-date = July 23, 2018 |url-status = dead |date = April 24, 2017 }}</ref>

The second extension, known as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension (or Pennsylvania Turnpike Connector), carries I-95 off the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike at exit&nbsp;6 and connects to the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] via the [[Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge]], a continuous truss bridge spanning the Delaware River. This extension, and the Delaware River Bridge, were opened to traffic on May 25, 1956.<ref name="Bridge Will Link Turnpikes Today">{{cite news |title = Bridge Will Link Turnpikes Today |url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/05/25/86593431.html?pageNumber=25 |access-date = January 15, 2022 |work = the New York Times |page = 25 |date = May 25, 1956 }}</ref> A {{convert|6|mi|km|adj=mid|-long|spell=in}}, six-lane highway, it has an exit, designated as 6A, to [[U.S. Route 130|US&nbsp;130]] near [[Florence, New Jersey|Florence]]. The extension was formerly designated as Route&nbsp;700P, but was officially designated as I-95 after the [[Somerset Freeway]] was cancelled, and was signed as such when the first components of the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project]] were completed on September 22, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title = PA Turnpike / I-95 Interchange Project |url = http://www.paturnpikei95.com/construction/ConstructionHome.htm |publisher = Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission |access-date = May 1, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120415174727/http://www.paturnpikei95.com/construction/ConstructionHome.htm |archive-date = April 15, 2012 }}</ref>

The third extension, the {{convert|4|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} stretch of I-95 north of US&nbsp;46 came under NJTA jurisdiction in 1992, as NJDOT sold the road to balance the state budget, and it is not tolled. This section of the road—known as the I-95 Extension—extends the mainline to travel past the interchange for [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|I-80]] in [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]] where the original terminus was, and through a cut in the Hudson Palisades to the [[George Washington Bridge Plaza]] in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]]. The NJDOT originally built a "missing link" in between US&nbsp;46 and I-80, then a connector highway from I-80 to the [[George Washington Bridge]], prior to being sold to the NJTA. Even though it was not constructed when the turnpike first opened, the I-95 Extension is still considered to be a part of the mainline, not just a spur like the Newark Bay or Pennsylvania Turnpike extensions are, despite it not being tolled. It also passes under the [[Edgewood Road Bridge]] in [[Leonia, New Jersey|Leonia]], a high overpass known for its scenery for long-distance travelers entering New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web |title = New Jersey Roads - I-95 (Northern) NB |url = https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/i-95/6n.html |access-date = August 24, 2023 |website = AlpsRoads.net }}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=July 2024}}</ref> The turnpike terminates at [[U.S. Route 9W|US&nbsp;9W]] (exit&nbsp;72), with the final approaches to the George Washington Bridge along I-95 maintained by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Signs saying "Turnpike Entrance" southbound past I-80 mean entering the tolled parts of the turnpike. Exit numbers along this section follow the mile markers I-95 would have had if the Somerset Freeway was built.<ref name="095sld" />
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