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Garden State Parkway
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Route information
Maintained by New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Length 172.40 mi (277.45 km)
Existed 1944–present
Major junctions
South end Route 109 in Lower Township
  A.C. Expressway in Egg Harbor Township
Route 37 in Toms River Township
I-195 in Wall Township
Route 18 / Route 36 in Tinton Falls
US 9 / Route 440 in Woodbridge
I-95 / N.J. Turnpike in Woodbridge Township
I-78 in Union/Hillside Township
I-280 in East Orange
I-80 in Saddle Brook Township
Route 17 in Paramus
North end G.S. Pkwy. Connector to I-87 / I-287 / New York Thruway at Ramapo, NY
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes
Interstate and US
← Route 440 444 Route 445 →

The Garden State Parkway (or Garden State Pkwy) is a toll highway (which means that people must pay to drive on it) that goes through New Jersey from the south end of the state at Cape May to the north end of the state at Montvale, New Jersey. It is 172.4 miles long, and in 2008, was reported to be the busiest toll highway in the United States.

Images for kids

  • 2020-09-02 15 28 18 View south along New Jersey State Route 47 (Wildwood Boulevard) at the exit for the Garden State Parkway NORTH in Middle Township, Cape May County, New Jersey

    Typical entrance sign for the parkway

  • 2020-07-16 15 07 45 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 0 (New Jersey State Route 109 NORTH TO U.S. Route 9, North Cape May) in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway southbound, approaching the southern terminus at Route 109 in Lower Township

  • 2021-08-31 11 15 26 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the pedestrian overpass between Exit 9 and Exit 10 in Middle Township, Cape May County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway southbound in Cape May Court House

  • 2020-07-11 13 19 03 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 38B (Atlantic City Expressway WEST, Camden) in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound in Egg Harbor Township

  • 2020-07-11 13 33 56 View north along U.S. Route 9 and New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 50 (U.S. Route 9 NORTH, New Gretna, Tuckerton) in Bass River Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound in Bass River Township

  • 2021-05-27 11 45 01 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the overpass for Ocean County Route 614 (Lacey Road) in Lacey Township, Ocean County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway southbound at CR 614 in Lacey Township

  • 2020-07-11 14 35 46 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 98 (New Jersey State Route 138 EAST, Interstate 195 WEST, New Jersey State Route 34, Belmar, Trenton) in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound in Wall Township

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    Garden State Parkway northbound at the interchange with Route 18 and Route 36 in Tinton Falls

  • 2020-07-11 15 30 24 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 127 (U.S. Route 9 NORTH, New Jersey State Route 440, TO Interstate 287, Woodbridge, Staten Island) in Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound approaching the Driscoll Bridge

  • 2020-07-16 09 51 31 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 141 (Vauxhall Road) in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway southbound in Union Township

  • 2021-06-05 15 43 04 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the pedestrian overpass at New Street in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound in East Orange

  • 2020-07-11 16 58 30 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 154 (U.S. Route 46 EAST, Clifton) in Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound in Clifton

  • 2020-07-11 17 33 35 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 163 (New Jersey State Route 17 NORTH, Mahwah) in Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound in Paramus

  • 2020-07-11 15 59 31 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 136 (Linden, Roselle) on the border of Clark Township and Cranford Township in Union County, New Jersey

    Stone overpasses on the Garden State Parkway in Union County

  • Old Parkway

    The old alignment at the Beesley's Point Bridge heading southbound with a white center line (instead of yellow)

  • 2020-07-16 08 58 36 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 154 (U.S. Route 46 WEST, Clifton) in Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway southbound approaching exit 154

  • 2020-07-11 15 05 59 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 114 (Holmdel, Middletown) in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey

    Garden State Parkway northbound at exit 114

  • 2020-09-12 10 36 31 View north along New Jersey State Route 109 at the exit for the Garden State Parkway NORTH in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey

    The south end of the parkway at Route 109 in Lower Township, looking north

  • Driscoll-vieser-edison bridges 2002

    Garden State Parkway northbound approaching the Driscoll Bridge in 2002, before the southbound span was built

  • 2020-07-11 16 27 41 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 142C (Maplewood) in Hillside Township, Union County, New Jersey

    Flyover ramp from the GSP northbound to I-78 westbound, opened in 2009

  • GSP NB at Shellbay Avenue

    Former traffic light at exit 9 (Shell Bay Avenue) before construction of overpass in 2014

  • 2020-07-16 14 18 40 View south along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at Exit 30 (Somers Point, Ocean City) in Somers Point, Atlantic County, New Jersey

    Southbound approaching exit 30 in Somers Point

  • 2021-05-27 08 30 41 View south along U.S. Route 9 and New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the overpass for U.S. Route 9 (New Road) in Somers Point, Atlantic County, New Jersey

    Southbound at the Great Egg Toll Plaza

  • Paramus Toll Plaza SB

    Toll plaza on the southbound entrance ramp at exit 165

  • Gsptoken

    Garden State Parkway tokens, which were discontinued after January 1, 2009

  • Garden State Parkway Toll booth

    Historical picture of a Garden State Parkway toll plaza

  • John B Townsend Shoemaker Holly Picnic Area

    The John B. Townsend Shoemaker Holly picnic area

  • 2020-07-11 14 02 18 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at the Forked River Service Area in Lacey Township, Ocean County, New Jersey

    Northbound exit for the Forked River Service Area

  • 2020-07-11 12 43 07 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) at the Ocean View Service Area in Dennis Township, Cape May County, New Jersey

    Assurance sign to the Ocean View Service Area

See also

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