Talk:New Jersey Turnpike/Archive 2

What’s the point of Newark extension?
What was, like, the point of labeling I-78 inbetween the mainline and Jersey City as part of the turnpike but a separate extension? Or more specifically, which came first, the turnpike extension or building of I-78? If it’s I-78, what was the point of the NJTA buying this part of roadway and calling it part of the turnpike even though most people not very knowledgeable of roadways don’t think it? Jason Ingtonn (talk) 22:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The Turnpike extension came first, opened in 1958 to provide a branch connection between the Turnpike and Jersey City and the Holland Tunnel. The full completion of I-78 didn't happen until the 70s. So it was a case of part of the toll roads of the northeast being made part of the Interstate system after the fact.
 * The answers to your question are in the article in I-78 in New Jersey, which I linked in this article. Just mentioning that because this page is for discussing improvements to the article, not questions about the subject of the article. oknazevad (talk) 00:53, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Really though, where *is* the northern terminus?
Take a look at This Image (1) and This Image (2), both coming off the GWB southbound and about 1000 feet apart. In picture 1, the TP shield, along with I-80, is smaller than I-95, implying that that route hasn’t begun yet until later. Yet picture 2 shows both I-95 and the TP under “SOUTH” and the TP isn’t under “TO” like I-80 and the parkway are, implying that the TP has begun. I didn’t notice it until driving home today, and it just got me thinking more about this dispute on whether the so-called turnpike in Fort Lee is part of the real, mainline, or if it is not mainline, or if the NJTA doesn’t even know the answer either. There’s a small sign under the Fletcher Ave overpass that says “Begin/End NJTA Jurisdiction” but that doesn’t quite answer the question. Jason Ingtonn (talk) 05:22, 30 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I do think that small sign does indeed answer the question. While I-95 north of the interchange with US 46 wasn't transferred to NJTA control until many years after its construction, and was itself built later than the rest of the Turnpike, it is now part of the Turnpike and Fort Lee is the northern terminus. oknazevad (talk) 10:41, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Spurs
does anyone think that the Spurs and other auxiliary routes should be a different color from the main route? NintendoTTTEfan2005 (talk) 19:19, 6 October 2023 (UTC)