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I-78, U. S. Route 1-9 | US 1-9, U. S. Route 22 | US 22, and New Jersey Route 21 | NJ 21 junction.
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I-78 and U
Near the east end of the county, at exit 8, U. S. Route 22 merges with I-78, running concurrently for the next.
U. S. Route 22 now runs concurrently with I-78 for the next.
At exit 29, Interstate 287, U. S. Route 202 and U. S. Route 206 interchange with I-78 in Bedminster.
Route 173 passes through the center and eventually merges briefly with both I-78 and U. S. 22 which also run through the center.
Interstate 78 passes through in the central area while U. S. Route 22 runs along the western border before running concurrent with I-78.
Interstate 78 passes through in the central region while U. S. Route 22 runs along the eastern border before running concurrent with I-78.
When I-78 was being built between Exits 11 and 13 in the 1950s and 1960s, it was decided that part of U. S. Route 22 would be used for the new highway.
NJ 173 westbound in Bloomsbury, New Jersey | Bloomsbury past interchange with Interstate 78 in New Jersey | I-78 / U. S. Route 22 in New Jersey | US 22.
NJ 173 eastbound in Bloomsbury, New Jersey | Bloomsbury at interchange with Interstate 78 in New Jersey | I-78 / U. S. Route 22 in New Jersey | US 22. Prior to 1927, Route 173 was part of Pre-1927 Route 9, which was designated in 1917 to run from Phillipsburg to Elizabeth.
Since 1984, there have been repeated calls for resumption of service to Phillipsburg to relieve traffic congestion on the parallel I-78 and U. S. Route 22.
By 1960, the southern terminus of PA 145 was slightly moved north to an interchange with I-78 and U. S. Route 22 in Whitehall Township.
This short stretch is one of only two locations in the U. S. where there are traffic lights on a two-digit Interstate Highway ( the other being I-78 in Jersey City, New Jersey ).
I-78 and .
Interstate 78 ( abbreviated I-78 ) is an Interstate Highway in the Northeast United States, running 144 miles ( 231 km ) from Interstate 81 northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, through Allentown, Pennsylvania, and western and northern New Jersey to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan in New York City.
I-78 is a major road linking ports in the New York City and New Jersey area to points west, and sees over 4 million trucks annually, with trucks representing 24 % of all traffic.
I-78 begins at a directional-T interchange with Interstate 81 in Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles ( 40 km ) northeast of Harrisburg.
Passengers traveling on I-78 eastbound must use this exit to access I-476 ( Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike ), and westbound travelers must use exit 53 ( northbound PA 309 ) and then westbound US 22.
From exits 53 to 60, I-78 runs concurrently with Pennsylvania Route 309.
Six miles later, there is an interchange between Pennsylvania Route 412 and I-78 in Hellertown.
At mile marker 71, Pennsylvania Route 33 intersects with I-78 at a trumpet interchange.
After the Interstate 78 Toll Bridge, I-78 enters New Jersey as the Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway.
At exit 41, I-78 enters Union County.
I-78 and Route
New Jersey Route 139 runs concurrently with I-78 as it approaches the Holland Tunnel and enters New York State.
In eastern Pennsylvania, Route 378 into downtown Bethlehem was once Interstate 378, but was redesignated as a state route after I-78 was rerouted to a new southerly alignment.
Bethlehem Township remains well connected to major metropolitan areas ( such as the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania and New York City ) via I-78 / US 22 and Route 173.
Route 57 passes through in the north and Route 173's western end starts at the western municipal border at I-78 / US 22.
New signage and construction work at the left exit off of I-78 for Route 139.
NJDOT officially charts the lower and upper levels as independent highways, with the lower level considered Route 139 and the upper level considered Route 139U and a notation that the highway coincides with I-78.
Despite its number, I-278 does not connect to I-78 ; however, there were once plans to extend I-278 west to I-78 east of the Route 24 interchange in Springfield, New Jersey.
I-78 and US
While I-78 / US 22 pass through without any interchanges, the nearest exit is just outside the township in bordering Bloomsbury ( Exit 7 ) and Union ( Exit 11 ).
The closest limited access road is I-78 / US 22 (" Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway ") in neighboring Pohatcong, Warren County.
North of I-78 and US 22, PA 61 takes a notably northwest routing as it passes over the Schuylkill again and enters the appropriately named Schuylkill County.
Upon leaving Lenhartsville for Greenwich Township again, PA 143 becomes unnamed and reaches an interchange with I-78 / US 22.
I-78 and New
East of exit 58 at the eastern tip of Newark, I-78 becomes the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike.
Past the first toll plaza, I-78 has an interchange with Interstate 95 ( The New Jersey Turnpike ) and crosses Newark Bay via the Newark Bay Bridge.
In New York City, I-78 continues through the limited access egress-only roundabout known as the Saint John's Rotary.
All of I-78's auxiliary routes serve New York City ; however, none of these routes actually intersects I-78, following the route's truncation at the eastern end of the Holland Tunnel.
Interstate 278 was planned to extend west from Elizabeth to Interstate 78 in Springfield, Union County, New Jersey, and was to intersect I-78 at the east end of the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn.
At Allentown, I-78 then swings away south into the hills of the Reading Prong en route to New York City.
Canal Street is a major street in New York City, crossing lower Manhattan to join New Jersey in the west ( via the Holland Tunnel I-78 ) to Brooklyn in the east ( via the Manhattan Bridge ).
I-78 and Jersey
On May 6, 1936, the section of what became NJ 139 / I-78 between Jersey Avenue and Marin Boulevard was named in memory of John F. Boyle, the former interstate tunnel commissioner.
Boyle Plaza is the only segment of I-78 and NJ 139 that has stoplights, as it runs concurrent with 12th Street ( the eastbound lanes ) and 14th Street ( the westbound lanes ) in Jersey City.
I-280 was once planned to continue east to I-78 near the Holland Tunnel but never was extended east of the New Jersey Turnpike.
In the 1966 plans, I-280 was to continue east to I-78 in Jersey City near the Holland Tunnel, following the CR 508 and Route 7 corridors ; this was planned again in the 1970s but never built.
Then, in November 1989, New Jersey Department of Transportation ( NJ DOT ) severed the rail line between Alpha and Phillipsburg during construction of I-78.
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