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74-759: Interstate 78 ( I-78 ) is an east–west route stretching from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania , to New York City . In New Jersey , I-78 is called the Phillipsburg–Newark Expressway and the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike . The highway runs for 67.8 miles (109.1 km) in the northern part of the state of New Jersey from the I-78 Toll Bridge over the Delaware River at

148-538: A one-way pair that follows six-lane 12th Street eastbound and six-lane 14th Street westbound. This segment of the route is under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and is also known as Boyle Plaza . It runs on surface streets with traffic lights, an example of a surface section of the interstate highway. The first intersection is with Jersey Avenue ( CR 631 ), which heads to Downtown Jersey City and Hoboken . It intersects with

222-749: A bridge over Norfolk Southern Railway's Central Running Track line and has rest areas in both directions before it passes over Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line and turns southeast to cross the Musconetcong Mountain . As the freeway crosses the Jugtown Mountain, there is an automatic deicing spray, the first such to be installed in New Jersey. The freeway turns east again and enters Union Township , coming to an interchange with Pattenburg Road ( CR 614 ) and Route 173. From here, I-78/US 22 continue east directly to

296-489: A corner of Bridgewater , where there is a westbound scenic overlook , before coming into Bernards Township . The eastbound direction narrows back to three lanes before the interchange with Martinsville Road ( CR 525 ), at which point the freeway crosses into Warren . The road heads east along the southern bank of the Dead River , coming to exit 36 for King George Road ( CR 651 ). I-78 heads farther south of

370-468: A due east course. In Tewksbury , there is an interchange with Oldwick Road ( CR 523 ) that also provides access to CR 517 . After this exit, the highway crosses back into Readington. After crossing the Lamington River , I-78 comes into Bedminster , Somerset County , continuing east through more woods and farms with some suburban residential areas. Upon entering Somerset County, there

444-755: A more northerly alignment along present day US 22 through Phillipsburg was rejected due to community opposition. This led to I-78 being rerouted to the south of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The additional length of roadway that resulted from this rerouting is the reason exit numbers 3 through 52 (which were assigned before this westernmost section opened) are mismatched by approximately one mile (1.6 km) when compared to their corresponding milemarker. I-78, like many other highways in New Jersey, once had solar powered emergency callboxes every one mile (1.6 km), however, with

518-593: A section of a continuous Highway 403, the new link was designated as a western extension of the tolled Highway 407, with the Mississauga section of Highway 403 planned to be renumbered as Highway 410. The renumbering to 410 never came to pass, and consequently Highway 403 was signed concurrently along the Queen Elizabeth Way in 2002, remedying the discontinuity. Nonetheless, many surface street signs referring to that section of freeway with

592-433: A single mountain crossing or over a bridge, or through a major city, it is often economically and practically advantageous for them all to be accommodated on a single physical roadway. In some jurisdictions, however, concurrent numbering is avoided by posting only one route number on highway signs; other route numbers disappear at the start of the concurrency and reappear when it ends. However, any route that becomes unsigned in

666-423: A single numbered route across each province (an exception being the switching of the designation between Nova Scotia Highways 104 and 105 ), or has branches that are signed exclusively as TCH routes. In Ontario and Quebec, The TCH follows a series of provincial highways, and also has branches that follow sections of others that have concurrencies with it, signed with TCH shields alongside the provincial number. In

740-529: A six-lane freeway that is maintained by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission , entering Pohatcong Township a short distance after the river. The freeway makes a turn to the east as it briefly passes through a corner of Alpha before coming back into Pohatcong Township. Bypassing the center of Alpha to the south, I-78 passes under Norfolk Southern Railway 's Lehigh Line and has two more segments that enter

814-554: A variety of concurrences which can occur. An example of this is the concurrency of Interstate 70 (I-70) and I-76 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in western Pennsylvania . I-70 merges with the Pennsylvania Turnpike so the route number can ultimately continue east into Maryland; instead of having a second physical highway built to carry the route, it is combined with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and

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888-566: Is an eastbound exit and entrance that also provides access to parallel Glenside Avenue ( CR 527 ). At this point, I-78 runs between Second Watchung Mountain to the northwest and the Watchung Reservation to the southeast. Along the reservation border, the road passes under Nikesite Road before coming into Summit , where there is an overpass that serves as a wildlife crossing . There is an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Glenside Avenue (CR 527) as it heads away from

962-560: Is an exit for Rattlesnake Bridge Road ( CR 665 ) (signed as CR 523 Spur ). The next interchange, exit 29, is called the Vincent R. Kramer Interchange. It is at I-287 , which serves as a bypass around New York City . At this point, I-78 carries four eastbound lanes and three westbound lanes as the median widens. The road enters wooded suburban areas and crosses the Second Watchung Mountain , running through

1036-528: Is in downtown Athens, Georgia , between exits 4 and 8 of SR 10 Loop , where the highway is concurrent with US 29 , US 78 , US 129 , US 441 , SR 8 , SR 15 , and SR 422. In the United States, concurrencies are simply marked by placing signs for both routes on the same or adjacent posts. The federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices prescribes that when mounting these adjacent signs together that

1110-554: Is officially designated " Daniel Interchange ", providing half of the possible interchange directions. It is a one-mile (1.6 km) segment consisting of eight lanes providing high-speed access between the two highways. Access from Highway 1 west to Highway 6 south and Highway 6 north to Highway 1 east is provided via Route 431 , while access between Highway 1 east to Highway 6 north and Highway 6 south to Highway 1 west are provided at Ben Shemen Interchange. The other movements are provided through

1184-570: Is part of the Lebanon, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area . The population was 2,925 at the 2020 census. Waterville Bridge in the township was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 29.9 square miles (77.5 km ), 29.9 square miles (77.5 km ) of which is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km , (0.07%) of which

1258-600: Is signed) and Interstate 81 (which runs primarily northeast–southwest, but is also signed north–south). A vehicle might simultaneously be on I-77 northbound and I-81 southbound, while actually traveling due westbound. An unusual example of a three-directional concurrency occurs southeast of Rhinelander, Wisconsin , where US 8 westbound (the actual compass direction) converges with southbound Wisconsin Highway 17 and northbound Wisconsin Highway 47 , and vice-versa. Often when two routes with exit numbers overlap, one of

1332-475: Is water. Part of Fort Indiantown Gap occupies the western part of the township. Lickdale is in the eastern section of the township next to Swatara Creek . Portions of the Appalachian Trail , Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 80 , and Swatara State Park are located along the northern part of the township. At the 2000 census there were 2,590 people, 1,017 households, and 733 families in

1406-589: The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for permission to truncate US 27 at Fort Wayne, Indiana . In 2002, Michigan removed the US ;27 designation from I-69 and extended the US ;127 designation from Lansing to Grayling. MDOT's stated reason for the modification was to "reduce confusion along the US 27/US 127 corridor". After US 27's signage

1480-822: The Hudson River , which carries two lanes in each direction. Route 139 ends at the New Jersey– New York state line within the tunnel and I-78 continues into the New York City borough of Manhattan . The oldest section of I-78, the Holland Tunnel , was built in September 1927. The tunnel pre-dated the Interstate Highway System, as a commuter route linking Jersey City, New Jersey and Lower Manhattan . Six months after it

1554-569: The Lehigh Valley . In the 2000s, I-78 was completely rebuilt between Route 24 and the Garden State Parkway . In addition, missing movements between the parkway and I-78 were completed in 2010. I-78 enters New Jersey from Pennsylvania on the I-78 Toll Bridge over the Delaware River and the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway , heading into Phillipsburg , Warren County . The highway heads south into agricultural areas as

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1628-593: The Oklahoma – Arkansas state line. At the northern end of this border Oklahoma State Highway 20 runs concurrently with Arkansas Highway 43 and the two highways run north–south along the boundary. Concurrencies are also found in Canada. British Columbia Highway 5 continues east for 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) concurrently with Highway 1 and Highway 97 , through Kamloops . This stretch of road, which carries Highway 97 south and Highway 5 north on

1702-893: The Pennsylvania state line in Phillipsburg , Warren County , east to the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River at the New York state line in Jersey City , Hudson County . The Phillipsburg–Newark Expressway portion of I-78, formally called the Lightning Division Memorial Highway , runs from the Phillipsburg area east across rural areas of Western New Jersey before entering suburban areas in Somerset County . The road crosses

1776-554: The South Branch of the Raritan River . I-78/US 22 turns northeast and leaves Clinton for Clinton Township , where it has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance for Route 173 that also provides access to Route 31 . Immediately after is the interchange with Route 31. At the next interchange near the community of Annandale , US 22 splits from I-78 onto a four-lane surface highway, heading closely to

1850-682: The Watchung Mountains , widening into a local–express lane configuration at Route 24 as it continues through urban areas to Newark . Here, I-78 intersects the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike ( I-95 ) and becomes the Newark Bay Extension, crossing the Newark Bay Bridge and continuing to Jersey City. The route, along with Route 139 , follows a one-way pair of surface streets to

1924-509: The concurrency of I-75 and I-85 in Atlanta, Georgia —where I-75 is dominant—the exit numbers range from 242 to 251, while I-85's highest independent mile marker in Georgia is 179. Some brief concurrencies in the past have been eliminated by reassigning the designations along the roadways. This can involve scaling back the terminus of one designation to the end of a concurrent section. At

1998-855: The Alpha borough limits before coming to an interchange with US 22 and the western terminus of Route 173 . At this point, US 22 forms a concurrency with I-78 and the road comes into Greenwich Township . At this point, the New Jersey Department of Transportation takes over maintenance of the road. I-78/US 22 continue east through Greenwich Township, coming to a westbound exit and eastbound entrance with South Main Street ( CR 637 ). The road turns southeast and has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance with Bloomsbury Road ( CR 632 ) in Franklin Township . Within

2072-586: The Czech Republic, the European route numbers are only additional, and they are always concurrent with the state route numbering, usually highways or first-class roads. In the state numbering system, concurrences exist only in first-class and second-class roads; third class roads do not have them. The local term for such concurrences is peáž (from the French word péage ). In the road register, one of

2146-701: The Dead River as it comes to the interchange with Hillcrest Road ( CR 531 ). Past Hillcrest Road (CR 531), the highway turns to the northeast and comes to an interchange with Drift Road/Dale Road that provides access to US 22. At this point, I-78 runs across the Second Watchung Mountain again into Watchung . The freeway crosses the Green Brook into Berkeley Heights , Union County , reaching exits for Diamond Hill Road ( CR 655 ) and McMane Avenue ( CR 640 ). The latter

2220-573: The Garden State Parkway (exit 52) and US 1/9 and US 22 (exit 57) was resurfaced with an asphalt overlay; this had been the last section of I-78 within New Jersey that was still concrete. In the early 2020s, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority announced plans to widen its section of I-78, between I-95 and Jersey City, from four to six lanes. Preliminary studies for the project began in 2021; at

2294-600: The Holland Tunnel. In 1927, Route 11 was legislated as a high-speed bypass of US 22 between Whitehouse and Warren but was never built. The earliest parts of I-78 to be built were the Holland Tunnel in 1927 and the Newark Bay Extension. With the creation of the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s, a highway was planned along US 22 through northern New Jersey, becoming I-78 in 1958. The highway between Phillipsburg and Newark

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2368-613: The I-76 designation. The longest Interstate Highway concurrency is I-80 and I-90 for 278 miles (447 km) across Indiana and Ohio . There are at least two examples of eight-way concurrencies. The first example is in Indianapolis, between exits 46 and 47 of the 53-mile (85 km) I-465 beltway , where the highway is concurrent with I-69 , U.S. Highway 31 (US 31), US 36 , US 40 , US 52 , US 421 , and State Road 67 . The second example

2442-619: The New Jersey Turnpike and Conrail Shared Assets Operations' Chemical Coast Secondary and Corbin Street Lead lines before passing by the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal . I-78 crosses the Newark Bay on the Newark Bay Bridge into Bayonne , Hudson County . As it enters Jersey City , exit 14A, numbered as part of the New Jersey Turnpike, provides access to Route 440 . Within this interchange,

2516-707: The QEW/Highway ;403 concurrency still only use the highway's original designation of QEW, although the MTO has updated route markers on the QEW to reflect the concurrency. At the national level, the Trans-Canada Highway , which does not bear a uniform number in the eastern provinces, follows various provincial highways. In the Atlantic Provinces the main designated TCH route either follows

2590-903: The UK, the existence of these concurrencies is purely theoretical. In Sweden and Denmark, the most important highways use only the European route numbers that have cardinal directions. In Sweden the European route E6 and E20 run concurrently for 280 kilometres (170 mi). In Denmark the E47 and E55 run concurrently for 157 kilometres (98 mi). There are more shorter concurrencies. There are two stretches in Sweden and Denmark where three European routes run concurrently; these are E6, E20 and E22 in Sweden, and E20, E47, and E55 in Denmark. Along all these concurrencies, all route numbers are posted with signs. In

2664-448: The US 22 corridor. This freeway was originally planned as FAI Corridor 102 and I-80 before it became I-78 in 1958. The part of I-78 between exit 3 and exit 13 opened in the 1960s; this segment runs concurrent with US 22 with the old alignment of US 22 becoming Route 173. In building the road between Pattenburg Road ( CR 614 ) and exit 13, the eastbound lanes of US 22 became westbound I-78 and

2738-635: The United Kingdom, routes do not run concurrently with others. Where this would normally occur, the roadway takes the number of only one of the routes (usually, but not always, the most important route), while the other routes are considered to have a gap and are signed in brackets (the equivalent of "to" signs in North America). An example is the meeting of the M60 and the M62 northwest of Manchester :

2812-676: The Watchung Reservation and into more suburban surroundings. It briefly forming the border between Summit to the northwest and Mountainside to the southeast before coming into Springfield . The freeway passes near the First Watchung Mountain before coming to the interchange with Route 24 , where suburban development becomes more dense. At Route 24, I-78 divides into local–express lanes , with three express and three local lanes eastbound and two express and three local lanes westbound. In this section of

2886-461: The advent of cellphones, the usage of these callboxes became extremely limited. To save on maintenance costs, the NJDOT removed these call boxes in 2005. From 2006 to 2007, the highway between Route 24 (exit 48) and the Garden State Parkway (exit 52) was rebuilt. This included redecking of bridge decks and covering the deteriorated concrete pavement with an asphalt overlay. Exit 52

2960-463: The age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 21.7% of households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.94. In the Union Township, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under

3034-415: The age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males. The median household income was $ 42,669 and the median family income was $ 51,157. Males had a median income of $ 34,758 versus $ 23,125 for females. The per capita income for

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3108-455: The concurrency. Since highways in the United States and Canada are usually signed with assigned cardinal directions based on their primary orientation, it is possible for a stretch of roadway shared between two highways to be signed with conflicting, even opposite, cardinal directions in a wrong-way concurrency . For example, near Wytheville, Virginia , there is a concurrency between Interstate 77 (which runs primarily north–south, as it

3182-511: The express lanes. Just to the east, the local and express lanes rejoin at the toll gate for the New Jersey Turnpike , at which point I-78 becomes maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority , following the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike. An interchange just beyond the toll booth provides full access to I-95 , the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike. I-78 here becomes a four-lane highway, heading over

3256-535: The highway provides access to the Garden State Parkway along the border of Union and Hillside . The road turns northeast again into Hillside, heading into more urbanized settings. In Hillside, I-78 passes under Conrail Shared Assets Operations ' Irvington Industrial Track line and has an eastbound exit and westbound entrance to Winans Avenue. I-78 briefly passes through a corner of Irvington in Essex County before continuing into Newark . Upon entering Newark,

3330-550: The highway, most access is via the local lanes, though the next exit for Route 124 includes a direct westbound onramp to the express lanes. Before Route 124, I-78 briefly runs east through Millburn in Essex County and Springfield again before entering Union at the interchange. Past Route 124, I-78 carries a 3-2-2-3–lane configuration and comes to partial interchanges with Vauxhall Road ( CR 630 ) and Burnet Avenue ( CR 633 ). The next interchange along

3404-588: The local and express lanes. Past this, the roadway passes over Conrail Shared Assets Operations' Lehigh Line (which also carries NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line), Frelinghuysen Avenue ( Route 27 ), and Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor . The final interchange on the free part of I-78 is the massive complex to the north of Newark Airport , called the Newark Airport Interchange , with ramps to and from US 1/9 , US 22, Route 21 , and many local roads. Several ramps provide access to

3478-579: The middle of the concurrency will still be signed on most maps and road atlases. Most concurrencies are simply a combination of at least two route numbers on the same physical roadway. This is often practically advantageous as well as economically advantageous; it may be better for two route numbers to be combined into one along rivers or through mountain valleys. Some countries allow for concurrencies to occur, however, others specifically do not allow it to happen. In those nations which do permit concurrencies, it can become very common. In these countries, there are

3552-569: The motorways coincide for the seven miles (11 km) between junctions 12 and 18 but the motorway between those points is only designated as the M60 (although in this case the same junction numbers would also apply to the M62). European route numbers as designated by UNECE may have concurrencies (for instance E15 and E30 around Greater London ), but since the E-route numbers are unsigned and unused in

3626-820: The number given to the toll plaza at the end of the turnpike extension. After the toll plaza, there is an exit for a park and ride lot at the Liberty State Park Station along NJ Transit's Hudson–Bergen Light Rail line. Continuing north, the road passes over the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail line before there is an exit for Columbus Drive and Montgomery Street. Past this interchange, the highway crosses PATH 's Newark–World Trade Center line. I-78 heads down to surface level and passes over Conrail Shared Assets Operations' National Docks Branch line twice before it merges with Route 139 . From here, I-78 and Route 139 pass through business areas as

3700-469: The numbers will be arranged vertically or horizontally in order of precedence. The order to be used is Interstate Highways , U.S. Highways , state highways , and finally county roads , and within each class by increasing numerical value. Several states do not officially have any concurrencies, instead officially ending routes on each side of one. There are several circumstances where unusual concurrencies exist along state borders. One example occurs along

3774-412: The one-way northbound Erie Street ( CR 633 ) next before crossing one-way southbound Grove Street ( CR 635 ). After Grove Street (CR 635), the road crosses the intersection of Marin Boulevard ( CR 637 ) near Newport Centre just to the south. Past this intersection, the eastbound direction comes to the toll gantry for the Holland Tunnel . From here, the concurrency enters the Holland Tunnel under

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3848-430: The province's only concurrency between two 400-series highways . The concurrency was not in the original plan which intended for both the QEW and Highway 403 to run parallel to each other, as the Hamilton–Brantford and Mississauga sections of Highway 403 were initially planned to be linked up along a corridor (later planned to be tolled ) now occupied by Highway 407 . To avoid forcing drivers to pay tolls to use

3922-425: The ramps for this interchange, there are weigh stations in both directions. A short distance after this interchange, I-78/US 22 crosses the Musconetcong River into Bloomsbury , Hunterdon County . In Bloomsbury, the road has an interchange with Route 173. After this interchange, the freeway enters Bethlehem Township , with Route 173 closely running to the north of I-78/ US22. The road comes to

3996-432: The road has an interchange serving Lyons Avenue ( CR 602 ) and Wainwright Street. Following this, the freeway passes near urban neighborhoods before coming to exit 56. This large semi-directional T interchange was originally meant to serve the unbuilt Route 75 , which would have connected to I-280 . The large flyover ramps constructed were converted to exit ramps to Irvine Turner Boulevard with full access to

4070-478: The road passes over Conrail Shared Assets Operations' Bayonne Industrial Track and Greenville Industrial Track lines. From here, the freeway turns northeast on an elevated alignment and passes industrial areas of Jersey City, with Conrail Shared Assets Operations' National Docks Branch line parallel to the northwest. The next interchange, exit 14B, is for Bayview Avenue and provides access to Liberty State Park . After this interchange, I-78 comes to exit 14C,

4144-410: The roads is considered the main ("source") road and the others as the péaging (guest) roads. The official road map enables a maximum of five concurrent routes of the intrastate numbering system. Cycling routes and hiking routes are often concurrent. In Israel, two freeways , the Trans-Israel Highway (Highway 6), and Highway 1 run concurrently just east of Ben Shemen Interchange . The concurrency

4218-451: The route. The section of I-78 between Route 24 and the New Jersey Turnpike was completed in the mid-1970s. Along this stretch, exit 56 was to connect to the proposed Route 75 freeway, which was never built. The section of freeway between Martinsville Road (CR 525) and Drift Road/Dale Road (exit 41) in Watchung was completed in 1974. The section from Drift Road/Dale Road to Route 24 (exit 48) in Springfield

4292-434: The routes has its exit numbers dominate over the other and can sometimes result in having two exits of the same number, albeit far from each other along the same highway. An example of this is from the concurrency of I-94 and US 127 near Jackson , Michigan. The concurrent section of freeway has an exit with M-106 , which is numbered exit 139 using I-94's mileage-based numbers. US 127 also has another exit 139 with

4366-498: The same roadway (and vice versa), is the only wrong-way concurrency in British Columbia. Concurrencies are also very common in Quebec . Most notably, the Samuel-de-Champlain Bridge features a concurrency with three Autoroutes: A-10 , A-15 , and A-20 . Another example is A-55 , which runs concurrently with A-10, A-20, and A-40 , all of which are major highways. In Ontario , the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403 run concurrently between Burlington and Oakville , forming

4440-443: The same time, there could be an extension of another highway designation that is used to replace the newly shortened designation with another one. Between states, US 27 in Michigan previously ran concurrently with I-69 from the Michigan–Indiana state line to the Lansing, Michigan , area. From there it turned northwards to its terminus at Grayling . In 1999, the Michigan and Indiana departments of transportation petitioned

4514-494: The south of Route 173, coming to another interchange with that route as well as Mechlin Corner Road ( CR 625 ). Entering more commercial areas, Route 173 merges onto I-78/US 22 at exit 13. At exit 15, the highway interchanges with Pittstown Road ( CR 513 ), and Route 173 splits from I-78/US 22 by heading north on CR 513. At this point, the freeway enters Franklin Township briefly at exit 15 and then enters Clinton where it crosses

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4588-445: The south of that route. Immediately after the split, I-78 passes over NJ Transit 's Raritan Valley Line and runs through rural areas with increasing suburban development. The freeway runs through Lebanon , where an exit for Cokesbury Road ( CR 639 ) provides access to the town and the Round Valley Recreation Area . After running through Clinton Township again and into Readington , US 22 turns southeast while I-78 continues

4662-436: The southern end of the US 127 business loop in Mount Pleasant , Michigan. (US 127's mile markers in Michigan reflect the cumulative distance north of the Ohio state line; the numbers resume north of the I-94 overlap and reflect the distance accumulated on that concurrency.) However, there are also instances where the dominant exit number range is far more than the secondary route's highest exit number, for example

4736-413: The state of New Jersey. The 8.2-mile (13.2 km) long expressway was opened in 1956 to provide access from the New Jersey Turnpike mainline to the Holland Tunnel. At this time, the Interstate Highway System was established and a route was planned to run east–west from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , area to New York City, running across the northern part of New Jersey from Phillipsburg to Jersey City along

4810-403: The time, the project was slated to begin in 2023 and be complete in 2026. The project faced significant opposition from residents of neighboring communities. The project, originally budgeted at $ 4.7 billion, had increased to $ 10.6 billion by late 2022. Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Union Township is a township in Lebanon County , Pennsylvania , United States. It

4884-438: The township was $ 19,896. About 5.1% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over. 40°25′00″N 76°29′49″W  /  40.41667°N 76.49694°W  / 40.41667; -76.49694 Concurrency (road) Concurrent numbering can become very common in jurisdictions that allow it. Where multiple routes must pass between

4958-456: The township. The population density was 86.6 inhabitants per square mile (33.4/km ). There were 1,105 housing units at an average density of 36.9 per square mile (14.2/km ). The racial makeup of the township was 98.15% White, 0.19% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.35% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 0.81%. There were 1,017 households, 27.4% had children under

5032-414: The westbound lanes of US 22 became the Route 173 frontage road. By 1969, I-78 had also been completed between exit 13 and Martinsville Road ( CR 525 ). In July 1963, New Jersey Governor Richard J. Hughes approved a plan to build I-78 through the city of Newark at a cost of $ 205 million (equivalent to $ 1.56 billion in 2023). This plan had been opposed by several communities along

5106-475: Was also designed to use a narrower right-of-way with no median strip and just a jersey barrier dividing the highway, to minimize the amount of rock to be removed. This stretch of I-78 opened in 1986. A section of I-78 in Newark was closed off in August 1989 when a debris pile under a bridge caught fire and damaged the elevated highway. The road was opened nine days after the fire occurred. The westernmost section of I-78 in New Jersey opened in November 1989 after

5180-408: Was built in various stages from the 1960s to 1989, with the final segment opening at the I-78 Toll Bridge. The section of highway through the Watchung Mountains and across Newark garnered opposition from environmentalists and residents who were worried about the effects of the highway. In addition, there was opposition to building I-78 through Phillipsburg, which resulted in the alignment to the south of

5254-404: Was delayed because of environmental impacts to the Watchung Reservation. In order to mitigate opposition to the original plan, that was shifted closer to the northern edge of the Reservation, which required extensive cuts into the Second Watchung Mountain. Extra land was added to the Nikesite Road overpass and a separate elevated wildlife crossing was built to allow for animal migration. The road

5328-530: Was opened, 3.66 million passengers had used the tunnel. In 1927, Route 11 had legislatively approved as a high-speed bypass of US 22, running from Route 28 in Whitehouse east to Route 29 in Warren , roughly following the alignment of present-day I-78; it was never built. The Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike was the first limited-access section of I-78 to be built in

5402-594: Was reconstructed due to missing ramps from the Garden State Parkway and I-78 since the I-278 connection was canceled. Construction began in June 2008, with the ramp from the northbound Garden State Parkway to westbound I-78 being completed in September 2009. The connection between the southbound Garden State Parkway and eastbound I-78 was completed in December 2010. In 2012–2013, the deteriorating concrete surface of I-78 between

5476-555: Was removed, the highway north of the Lansing area was renumbered US 127, and the US 27 designation was removed from I-69. Some consolidation schemes involve the use of incorporating two single-digit numbers onto one marker, as along the US 1/9 concurrency in northern New Jersey . In the mid-20th century, California had numerous concurrencies, but the California Legislature removed most of them in

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