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The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a 172.4-mile (277-km)〔 limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York line at Montvale to Cape May at the state's southernmost tip. Its name refers to New Jersey's nickname, the "Garden State." Most New Jerseyans refer to it as simply "the Parkway" or "the Garden State". The Parkway's official, but unsigned, designation is Route 444. At its north end, the Parkway becomes the Garden State Parkway Connector, a component of the New York State Thruway system that connects to the Thruway mainline in Ramapo. The Parkway has been ranked as the busiest toll highway in the country based on the number of toll transactions.〔 "The Garden State Parkway is America's busiest single tollroad in terms of toll transaction numbers - 609m in 2001 or 1.67m/day average."〕 The parkway is the longest highway in the state. == Route description == The Garden State Parkway begins in Lower Township at an interchange with Route 109 (traffic light at the southbound terminus).〔 For the first three and a half miles, the Parkway crosses over streams. At , the Parkway crosses over Taylor Creek and enters Middle Township. Exit 4 (signed 4A/4B southbound) is for Route 47 North to Rio Grande and Wildwoods.〔 At , Parkway exit 6, for Route 147 and North Wildwood, leaves to the right of the southbound lanes; there is no northbound exit, only an entrance, and no southbound entrance. There used to be three old at-grade interchanges (traffic lights) for Exits 9 to 11 which no longer exist. Instead they were replaced with overpasses. The first is at Exit 9 to Shellbay Avenue. The second is Exit 10 to County Route 657, also known as Stone Harbor Blvd. Going northbound, this exit is still under development. The Cape Regional Medical Center, the county's only hospital, is at this exit. Exit 11 is for U.S. Route 9 at the Cape May County Park & Zoo. An unsigned southbound exit/entrance at East Mechanics Street was removed in August 2011, between Exits 9 and 10. In May 2009, guardrails were installed in between the northbound and southbound lanes from mile markers 7 to 11.5, due to the previous year's many fatal head-on crashes resulting from cars crossing the median. The at-grade interchanges were reconstructed to put the Parkway on overpasses above those roads, completed in July 2015. Because this work is finished, there are no longer any traffic lights or other intersections on the entire length of the Parkway. Exit 13 is for Avalon Boulevard. At , the Parkway enters Dennis Township after crossing Uncle Aaron's Creek. At , exit 17 leaves to the right for County Route 625.〔 At milepost 19.38, the Parkway enters its first toll, the Cape May Toll Plaza. A little more than in, exit 20 leaves for Route 50. In Upper Township, exit 25 leaves for County Route 623. At , the Parkway enters Atlantic County.〔 Just before exit 29 (northbound only) for U.S. Route 9, the Parkway enters the Great Egg Toll Plaza.〔 Exit 30 (southbound only) leaves to the right at milepost 30 for Laurel Road in Somers Point which leads to Ocean City via the Route 52 causeway. Now in Egg Harbor Township, exit 36 opens onto County Route 563 southbound and County Route 651 northbound. Exit 37 is the Parkway's interchange with the Black Horse Pike (US 40/322). Exit 38 interchanges with the Atlantic City Expressway. Eastbound travelers on the expressway take the last few miles to Atlantic City. Westbound travelers head for Camden and Philadelphia. Now entering Galloway Township, U.S. Route 30 interchanges with the Parkway at exit 40.〔 Exit 41 is next, connecting to County Route 561. Exit 44 follows after Exit 41, leading to County Route 561 Alternate and County Route 575. Just after exit 48 for U.S. Route 9 near the Mullica River and Bass River State Forest, the Parkway enters Burlington County. Exit 50 is for Route 9 as well, while exit 52 is for Burlington County Route 654. Now in Ocean County, exit 58 is for County Route 539, exit 63 is for Route 72, and exit 67 is for County Route 554. Exit 69 leaves to the right in both directions at milepost 70.45. Exit 74 leaves to the right, which heads to Forked River. Exit 77 is for Bayville. Exits 80 and 81 are for county roads and U.S. Route 9. Route 9 then merges in for a few miles.〔 Between exits 80 and 83, the Parkway has a concurrency with U.S. Route 9 just south of the Toms River Toll Plaza. It was from here that the Driscoll Expressway was to start (south of exit 83) and run to the New Jersey Turnpike. Route 37 interchanges with the Parkway at exits 82 and 82A in Toms River.〔 At exit 83, U.S. Route 9 leaves the Parkway and heads north. Exit 88 comes at for Route 70. In Brick Township, exit 90 (northbound) and exit 91 (southbound), leave for County Route 549. At this point the road is in Monmouth County. Exit 98 leads to Interstate 195, Route 34 and Route 138. Exit 100 leaves southbound for Route 33. Route 66 also exits northbound. Exit 102, a southbound only exit leaves for Neptune Township.〔 Exit 105 for Route 18 (northbound only) and Route 36 leading to Long Branch is the point at which all trucks are forced to leave the Parkway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TITLE 16. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - CHAPTER 32. TRUCK ACCESS )〕 At Exit 105, the Parkway divides into a local and express lanes configuration.〔 The express lanes have no direct access to any exits, except for exit 105 in Tinton Falls (southbound only) and exit 117 in Hazlet. Exits 109 and 114 are for Red Bank and Holmdel. The next exit, exit 116, is for the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Exit 117 is for Routes 35 and 36. Exit 117A (southbound only) is for Lloyd Road in Aberdeen. Exit 120 is for Laurence Harbor Road and Cheesequake State Park. At this point, the road enters Middlesex County in Old Bridge Township. Southbound exits 123 and 124 leave to the right, but only on the local lanes. The express and local lanes merge and become one highway again shortly after. Northbound exit 125 makes a sudden exit for Route 35.〔 Afterwards, the route crosses the Driscoll Bridge over the Raritan River. After the bridge, exit 127 leaves for Routes 9, 440 and Interstate 287. At milepost 129.5, the New Jersey Turnpike leaves to the right at exit 129. Southbound exits 127 and 129 are merged into one exit, which is marked as exit 129. A southbound only exit, exit 130 is for U.S. Route 1. The next three exits are marked 132, 131A and 131B. The lettered ones are for Metropark, while exit 132 is for Route 27. Exit 135 is for Clark Township in Union County.〔 Exits 136 and 137 are for Cranford Township and Route 28. Exit 138 is in Kenilworth for County Route 509. Exits 139A and 139B are northbound exits only for a local road (Chestnut Street) and U.S. Route 22. Exits 140 and 140A are for U.S. Route 22 and NJ Route 82. Exit 141 is for Vauxhall Road and exit 142 is for Interstate 78.〔 The 143s are for Lyons Avenue, exit 144 is for Irvington and 145 is for Interstate 280. Exit 147 is for Springdale Avenue in East Orange, and exit 148 is for Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield. Exits 149, 150, and 151 are for Essex County roads.〔 Exits 153A and 153B are for Route 3 and U.S. Route 46 in Passaic County. As the Parkway leaves Clifton, it heads into Elmwood Park by crossing the Passaic River. Exit 156, which comes before the river, is for U.S. Route 46 and New Jersey Route 20. There is also access to New Jersey Route 21 just south of the interchange. Cedar Lawn Cemetery is also located northbound along 20 from exit 156. As the Parkway continues to the northeast, it interchanges with Route 46 again in Garfield. Riverside Cemetery is accessible off exit 157 by going east along 46. At exit 159, the Parkway interchanges with Interstate 80 in Saddle Brook. Going southbound, there is also access to Bergen County Route 67 (Midland Avenue). The Bergen Toll Plaza is next, before crossing over Saddle River County Park. Exit 160 comes next, as the Parkway enters Paramus and interchanges with West Passaic Street, which heads to New Jersey Route 208. Not far afterwards, at exit 161 is New Jersey Route 4. Westfield Garden State Plaza is visible from the Parkway and is off exit 161. Exit 163 is for New Jersey Route 17 in Paramus, which heads north to Ridgewood, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Ramsey and Mahwah before entering Rockland County, New York (on the southbound side of the Parkway, the exit is for New Jersey Route 17 south toward the Meadowlands area and Hudson County). The Parkway goes between Paramus Park Mall and ( Bergen Regional Medical Center ) as it heads north. Just after, exit 165 intersects for Bergen County Route 80 (Oradell Avenue and East Ridgewood Avenue) in Paramus. The Parkway turns to the northwest and heads into the Pascack Valley Toll Plaza going northbound. There is a plaza southbound along the Parkway as well as exit 166 for Bergen County Route 110 (Linwood Avenue). As the Parkway inches closer and closer to New York, exit 168 comes along, interchanging for County Route 502, which heads towards Ho-Ho-Kus and Alpine. later, at exit 171, the Parkway interchanges with Glen Road, which terminates soon after at Chestnut Ridge Road (CR 73). The Parkway's Montvale Service Area comes at milepost 171 after exit 172 which is for Bergen County Route 94. There is also access to CR 94 from the Montvale Service Area's service road. At , the Parkway becomes the Garden State Parkway Connector at the New York state line.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garden State Parkway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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