Editing Interstate 195 (New Jersey)

{{short description|Highway in New Jersey}}
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{{Use American English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox road
| state = NJ
| route = 195
| type = I
| map = {{maplink-road}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-195 highlighted in red
| map_alt = A map of New Jersey showing major roads. I-195 runs east–west across the center of the state.
| length_mi = 34.1
| length_ref = <ref>{{cite web |last = Starks |first = Edward |date = January 27, 2022 |title = Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date = January 2, 2023 |work = FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher = [[Federal Highway Administration]] }}</ref><ref name=SLD>{{cite web |url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000195__-.pdf |title = Interstate 195 straight line diagram |publisher = [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] |access-date = March 17, 2020 }}
</ref>
| established = 1968
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=NJ|I|295|NJ|29}} in [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton]]
| junction =
* {{jct|state=NJ|US|206}} in Hamilton
* {{jct|state=NJ|US|130}} in Hamilton
* {{jct|state=NJ|I-Toll|95|NJTP2}} in [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville]]
* {{jct|state=NJ|CR|539}} in Robbinsville/[[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold]]
* {{jct|state=NJ|CR|537}} in [[Millstone Township, New Jersey|Millstone Township]]/[[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson]]
* {{jct|state=NJ|US|9}} in [[Howell Township, New Jersey|Howell]]
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=NJ|GSP2||NJ|138|NJ|34}} in [[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]]
| counties = [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth]], [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean]]
| previous_type = NJ
| previous_route = 187
| next_type = US
| next_route = 202
| spur_type = I
| spur_of = 95
| alternate_name = James J. Howard Interstate Highway<br>Central Jersey Expressway
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;195''' ('''I-195''') is an [[List of auxiliary Interstate Highways|auxiliary route]] of the [[Interstate Highway System]] located in the US state of [[New Jersey]]. Its western end is at [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|I-295]] and [[New Jersey Route 29|Route&nbsp;29]] just south of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] in [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], while its eastern end is at the [[Garden State Parkway]], [[New Jersey Route 138|Route&nbsp;138]], and [[New Jersey Route 34|Route&nbsp;34]] in [[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]]. I-195 is {{convert|34.1|mi|km}} in length. The route is mostly a four-lane highway that mainly runs through agrarian and wooded areas in [[Central Jersey]]. It has an interchange with the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|I-95]]) in [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville]] and serves as a main access road to New Jersey's state capital of Trenton, the [[Horse Park of New Jersey]], [[Six Flags Great Adventure]], and the [[Jersey Shore]]. I-195 is occasionally referred to as the '''Central Jersey Expressway'''. On April 6, 1988, President [[Ronald Reagan]] signed H.R. 4263 naming I-195 in New Jersey the '''James J. Howard Interstate Highway''', in honor of the late [[James J. Howard]].

The current I-195 was initially planned as a [[toll road]] called the Trenton–Asbury Park Expressway in the 1950s. In the 1960s, it became two proposed freeways [[New Jersey Route 37|Route&nbsp;37]] and [[New Jersey Route 38|Route&nbsp;38]] that were to cross the central part of the state. A compromise was reached for a single freeway between Trenton and [[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]] which would get Interstate Highway funding as I-195. It was built in several stages during the 1970s and 1980s. There once existed a plan to extend the I-195 designation west to the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project|interchange]] between the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] (I-276) and [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|I-95]] in [[Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bristol Township, Pennsylvania]], but it was decided to extend the I-295 designation west and south, along existing I-95 instead.

The highway, along with the Route&nbsp;138 extension, was built to also be an evacuation route in times of emergency, such as before [[Hurricane Sandy]], when the eastbound lanes were reversed all the way from the coast to the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) to accommodate for mass evacuations.<ref>{{Cite web |last = DeNicola |first = Linda |title = Red Cross urges residents to heed hurricane warnings |url = http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2006/0629/Front_Page/072.html |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130125002132/http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2006/0629/Front_Page/072.html |archive-date = January 25, 2013 |access-date = November 11, 2009 }}</ref>

==Route description==
I-195's western terminus is at a modified [[cloverleaf interchange]] with [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|I-295]] in [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], located southeast of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]. From this end, the freeway continues north into Trenton as [[New Jersey Route 29|Route&nbsp;29]]. I-195 serves as the southern continuation of Route&nbsp;29, continuing east from I-295 as a six-lane expressway, passing between suburban neighborhoods to the north and [[Crosswicks Creek]] to the south.<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=I-195+E&daddr=40.169429,-74.104156&hl=en&geocode=FVQnZQIdZtSL-w%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=11&sll=40.187791,-74.264145&sspn=0.25703,0.439453&ie=UTF8&ll=40.173758,-74.125271&spn=1.028316,1.757813&z=9 |title = Overview Map of I-195 |access-date = 2009-06-08 }}</ref> After the exit for [[U.S. Route 206|US&nbsp;206]], the highway narrows to four lanes and turns northeast as it interchanges with South Broad Street ([[County Route 524 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;524]]) and Arena Drive ([[List of county routes in Mercer County, New Jersey#620|CR&nbsp;620]]).<ref name=SLD/> Following this, I-195 passes near more neighborhoods and runs to the northwest of Gropp Lake before turning more to the east.<ref name=gmap/> The route has a cloverleaf interchange with Yardville-Hamilton Square Road before passing near business parks and reaching a cloverleaf interchange with [[U.S. Route 130|US&nbsp;130]]. After US&nbsp;130, the road enters [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville]] as the settings start to become more rural, with a few areas of suburban development.<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/> In Robbinsville, there is a ramp that provides access to the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|I-95]]). Shortly after passing over the New Jersey Turnpike, I-195 reaches the exit for [[County Route 526 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;526]].<ref name=SLD/> The highway runs to the north of [[Allentown, New Jersey|Allentown]] before briefly forming the border between Robbinsville to the north and [[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]], to the south as it reaches the interchange with CR&nbsp;524/[[County Route 539 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;539]].<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/>

[[File:2018-05-27 19 43 25 View east along Interstate 195 (Central Jersey Expressway) just east of Exit 11 in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|I-195 eastbound past the CR&nbsp;43 interchange in Upper Freehold Township]]Upon passing under CR&nbsp;524/CR&nbsp;539, I-195 fully enters Upper Freehold in Monmouth County and continues east through a mix of woodland and farmland.<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/> The next interchange the highway reaches is with Imlaystown-Hightstown Road ([[List of county routes in Monmouth County, New Jersey#43|CR&nbsp;43]]).<ref name=SLD/> Past this exit, the highway passes through more rural areas and crosses into [[Millstone Township, New Jersey|Millstone Township]]. In this area, I-195 turns to the southeast and enters more forested areas as it comes to a cloverleaf interchange with [[County Route 537 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;537]].<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/> This exit off I-195 provides access to [[Six Flags Great Adventure]] and the Jackson Premium Outlets.<ref name=gmap/> Due to the presence of Great Adventure, this exit off I-195 can become busy during the summer months since it provides access to the park from both the New Jersey Turnpike and the [[Garden State Parkway]], which lies just east of I-195's eastern terminus.<ref name=greens>{{cite web |url = http://www.greensrandb.com/directions/index.html |title = Directions to the Restaurant / Golf Club |publisher = The Greens Restaurant & Banquet Hall |access-date = 2010-01-04 }}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{cite news |last = Kahn |first = Eve M. |access-date = 2010-01-04 |title = Great Adventure: Highs and Lows |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = September 13, 1991 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/13/arts/great-adventure-highs-and-lows.html?scp=3&sq=interstate%20195%20six%20flags&st=cse }}</ref> Upon crossing CR&nbsp;537, the highway enters [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson]] in [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]] and continues east through heavy woods. The road comes to an exit for [[County Route 527 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;527]], where there is a [[Park and ride|park-and-ride]] lot for motorists. The median of I-195 widens past the interchange with CR&nbsp;527 before narrowing as it comes to the interchange with [[List of county routes in Ocean County, New Jersey#638|CR&nbsp;638]].<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/> The road runs through more woodland, with nearby residential development increasing.<ref name=gmap/>

After crossing the North Branch of the [[Metedeconk River]], I-195 continues into [[Howell Township, New Jersey|Howell]], Monmouth County, and turns northeast, reaching a cloverleaf interchange with [[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;9]].<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/> At this point, the road turns east again and soon heads back into dense woods, passing over the [[Southern Secondary]] railroad line operated by the [[Delaware and Raritan River Railroad|Delaware & Raritan River Railroad]].<ref name=gmap/> After crossing the [[Manasquan River]], the expressway interchanges with [[County Route 547 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;547]], which provides access to CR&nbsp;524 and [[County Route 549 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;549]]. Shortly after CR&nbsp;547, I-195 enters [[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]] and passes through [[Allaire State Park]].<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/> The eastern end of I-195 is located at exit&nbsp;35, its junction with [[New Jersey Route 34|Route&nbsp;34]] that has access to the southbound Garden State Parkway from the eastbound direction.<ref name=SLD/> At the exit for Route&nbsp;34, I-195 ends and [[New Jersey Route 138|Route&nbsp;138]] begins, but the highway and exit numbering continue onto Route&nbsp;138, marking the interchange with the [[Garden State Parkway]] as exit&nbsp;36.<ref name=SLD/><ref name=gmap/> Past this interchange, Route&nbsp;138 continues east to [[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]] on the [[Jersey Shore]] as an arterial boulevard, making connections with [[New Jersey Route 18|Route&nbsp;18]] and [[New Jersey Route 35|Route&nbsp;35]].<ref name=gmap/>

==History==
[[File:2020-07-09 12 01 32 View west along Interstate 195 (Central Jersey Expressway) at Exit 21 (Ocean County Route 527, Ocean County Route 526, Jackson, Siloam) in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|I-195 westbound at the CR&nbsp;527 exit in Jackson|alt=A four lane freeway at an interchange in a wooded area with two green signs over the road. The left one reads Interstate 195 west Trenton and the right one reads exit 21 County Route 527 County Route 526 Jackson Siloam upper right arrow]]
What would become I-195 was first proposed in the late 1950s as a [[toll road]] called the Trenton–Asbury Park Expressway that was to be operated by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority|New Jersey Highway Authority]], the owner of the Garden State Parkway at the time.<ref name=njshd>{{cite book |title = Proposed Trenton-Asbury Park Expresseway |publisher = [[New Jersey State Highway Department]] |date = August 1964 }}</ref> In 1965, this road would be incorporated into a planned Central Jersey Expressway System. The western portion would become a part of the [[New Jersey Route 37|Route&nbsp;37]] freeway that was to run from Trenton to [[Seaside Heights, New Jersey|Seaside Heights]] while the eastern portion would become a part of the [[New Jersey Route 38|Route&nbsp;38]] freeway that was to run from [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] to Belmar. The two freeways were to meet near [[Fort Dix]].<ref name=NJSHD1965>{{cite book |title = Plans for a Central Jersey Expressway System |publisher = New Jersey State Highway Department |year = 1965 }}</ref> By 1967, plans for the Route&nbsp;38 freeway were canceled, leaving Route&nbsp;37 as the only planned east–west freeway through central New Jersey. The routing of this freeway, which was to be called the Central Jersey Expressway, was changed to run from the Trenton area east to Wall Township<ref name=NJDOT1967>{{cite book |title = Route 37 Freeway Relocation Study |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation |year = 1967 }}</ref> In addition, officials pushed for [[Interstate Highway System|interstate highway]] funding for the freeway, with funds to be diverted from the canceled [[Interstate 278|I-278]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]]. The proposed freeway would cost $60&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|60000000|1967}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).<ref name=NJDOT1967ii>{{cite book |title = New Jersey Highway Facts |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation |year = 1967 }}</ref>

[[File:Interchange 21.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Interchange&nbsp;21 was once the eastern terminus of I-195, as this [[US Geological Survey]] map illustrates|alt=A topographic map showing a freeway coming in from the left and ending abruptly at a surface road running top to bottom. The freeway continues to the right as a dotted line]]
By 1970, construction took place on the route between CR&nbsp;539 near Allentown and CR&nbsp;527 in Jackson.<ref name="esso">{{cite map |publisher = [[Esso]] |title = Map of New Jersey |year = 1970 |author = [[General Drafting]] }}</ref> The portion of I-195 between the New Jersey Turnpike and CR&nbsp;527 was opened by 1973 and construction on the section between [[White Horse, New Jersey|White Horse]] and the New Jersey Turnpike began.<ref name="exxon1973">{{cite map |publisher = [[Exxon]] |title = Pennsylvania |year = 1973 |author = General Drafting }}</ref> In 1979, I-195 was completed east to [[Howell Township, New Jersey|Howell]].<ref name=nyt2>{{cite news |access-date = 2010-01-05 |title = State to Winnow Highway Program; State to Winnow Highway Projects |newspaper = The New York Times |date = September 2, 1979 |format = Fee required |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/02/archives/new-jersey-weekly-state-to-winnow-highway-program-state-to-winnow.html?sq=interstate%2520195%2520new%2520jersey%2520construction&scp=4&st=cse |first = Alfonso A. |last = Narvaez }}</ref> By 1983, the length of I-195 was completed.<ref name="statefarm">{{cite book |publisher = [[State Farm Insurance]] |title = State Farm Road Atlas |year = 1983 |author = [[Rand McNally]] }}{{page needed|date=August 2024}}</ref>

When it was planned, I-195 did not intersect I-95 at all; it instead connected to I-295 at its west end.<ref name="statefarm"/> When I-95 was rerouted to the New Jersey Turnpike after the cancelation of the [[Interstate 95 in New Jersey#Routing through Central New Jersey: Somerset Freeway|Somerset Freeway]], I-195 was connected to I-95.<ref name="rm">{{cite book |author = Rand McNally |title = United States–Canada–Mexico Road Atlas |year = 1996 |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally }}{{page needed|date=August 2024}}</ref> Previously, I-95 abruptly ended at I-295 and [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;1]] in [[Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Lawrence Township]] and motorists had to take I-295 southbound to I-195 east in order to access the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95).<ref name=tsl>{{cite news |last = Frassinelli |first = Mike |access-date = 2010-09-20 |title = N.J., Pennsylvania officials plan to close longtime gap on Route 95 |newspaper = [[The Star-Ledger]] |date = September 7, 2010 |url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_pa_officials_plan_to_close.html }}</ref>  This is no longer necessary as a result of the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project]] which opened to traffic on September 22, 2018, completing the full length of I-95 from [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], to [[Houlton, Maine]].

On April 6, 1988, President [[Ronald Reagan]] signed H.R. 4263 naming I-195 in New Jersey the James J. Howard Interstate Highway, in honor of the late [[James J. Howard]], a US Representative from New Jersey who advocated improving the highways of the US.<ref name=aashto>{{cite web |url = http://www.interstate50th.org/history/2006-04-06.shtml |title = Today in Interstate History |publisher = [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] |access-date = 2006-07-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183426/http://www.interstate50th.org/history/2006-04-06.shtml |archive-date = September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1997, separate ramps were added from I-195 to westbound and eastbound CR&nbsp;537, and the westbound ramp was expanded to two lanes for Six Flags traffic.<ref name=app2>{{cite news |title = I-195 Improvements End Great Adventure Backups |newspaper = Asbury Park Press |date = July 17, 1997 }}</ref>

[[File:2017-09-13 12 18 49 View west along Interstate 195 (Central Jersey Expressway) just west of Exit 5 (U.S. Route 130, New Brunswick, Bordentown) in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View west along I-195 in Hamilton]]
I-195, like many other highways in New Jersey, once had solar-powered emergency [[Call box|callbox]]es every {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}. With the advent of cellphones, the callboxes saw limited use. To save on maintenance costs, the New Jersey Department of Transportation removed the callboxes in 2005.<ref name=pressac>{{cite news |last = Barlas |first = Thomas |title = Last call for N.J.'s roadside call boxes |newspaper = [[The Press of Atlantic City]] |date = February 28, 2007 }}</ref>

On April 30, 2010, the New Jersey Department of Transportation started a project to repave the expressway both eastbound and westbound from just east of the turnpike overpasses near exit&nbsp;7 in [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville]] to exit&nbsp;11 in [[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold]]. This was completed in late 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://examiner.gmnews.com/news/2010-05-06/Front_Page/Expect_delays_on_I195_in_Upper_Freehold.html |title = Expect Delays on I-195 in Upper Freehold |publisher = Examiner |date = 2010-05-06 |access-date = 2010-05-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711103344/http://examiner.gmnews.com/news/2010-05-06/Front_Page/Expect_delays_on_I195_in_Upper_Freehold.html |archive-date = 2011-07-11 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

From July 2009 until November 2014, the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) was widened with the construction of new outer roadways ("truck lanes") that extended the "dual-dual" roadways south to exit&nbsp;6 in [[Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey|Mansfield Township]] from its former end at Exit&nbsp;8A in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]]. As part of this project, the overpasses carrying I-195 over the turnpike were reconstructed, the exit&nbsp;7A toll gate was widened, and all the ramps connecting directly to the mainline of the turnpike were rebuilt which included building a new high-speed ramp over I-195 to enter the northbound lanes of the turnpike.<ref name=njta>{{cite web |url = http://www.njturnpikewidening.com/overview.php |title = Widening Program Overview |publisher = [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]] |access-date = 2010-01-05 }}</ref><ref name=dvrpc>{{cite web |url = http://www.dvrpc.org/agenda/Cjtf/2006-07.pdf |title = Brief Overview Central Jersey Transportation Forum July 20, 2006 Meeting |publisher = [[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]] |date = July 20, 2006 |access-date = 2010-01-05 |archive-date = July 17, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071401/http://www.dvrpc.org/agenda/Cjtf/2006-07.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/documents/NEWS_RELEASE_Gov_Christie_Commissioner_Fox_cut_ribbon_Turnpike_Widening.pdf Gov. Christie, NJDOT Commissioner FoxPraise $2.3 Billion NJ Turnpike Infrastructure Investment Project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103174930/http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/documents/NEWS_RELEASE_Gov_Christie_Commissioner_Fox_cut_ribbon_Turnpike_Widening.pdf |date=2014-11-03 }}, [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]]. Accessed November 3, 2014. "The Widening Program created a three-lane Outer Roadway in each direction over the 25 miles between Interchange 6 in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, and Interchange 8A in Monroe Township, Middlesex County."</ref>

[[File:2014-05-15 14 10 11 View east along Interstate 195 (Central Jersey Expressway) from the Interstate 295 (Camden Freeway) overpass in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|left|thumb|View east along I-195 from its western terminus at I-295 in Hamilton]]
For about a decade, there was a plan to extend the designation of I-195 to the west in tandem with the rerouting of I-95 planned as part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project. Beginning in 2005, plans were made to extend I-195 west from its present-day western terminus along I-295 and I-95, continuing counterclockwise to the north, west, and south around Trenton to the new interchange.<ref name=tsl/> I-295 would have been truncated to the current interchange with I-195. Officials from New Jersey and Pennsylvania had agreed to submit the I-195 request to [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] (AASHTO), as no route designation is official until approved by them.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.paturnpikei95.com/pdf/DACMeeting050914.pdf |title = Design Advisory Committee Meeting #2 Summary |publisher = [[PA Turnpike / I-95 Interchange Project]] |access-date = 2006-08-08 |date = 2005-09-14 |archive-date = 2013-10-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131002051518/http://www.paturnpikei95.com/pdf/DACMeeting050914.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> Had it been approved, approximately {{convert|27.1|mi|km}} would have been added to I-195.<ref name=gmap2>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=40.184,+-74.72195&daddr=40.288692,-74.803505+to:40.1295,+-74.89&geocode=FcAoZQIdYtWL-w%3B%3BFdxTZAId8ESJ-w&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&sll=40.268524,-74.805222&sspn=0.109238,0.3368&ie=UTF8&ll=40.203002,-74.817581&spn=0.218688,0.673599&t=h&z=11 |title = Overview Map of I-195 Extension |access-date = 2010-01-05 |link = no }}</ref> Interchange renumbering would have also taken place in concert with the future I-195 designation in Pennsylvania and both the planned and current I-195 designation in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite book |author = Design Management Team |publisher = Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project |title = Exit renumbering |quote = The re-designation of I-95 and a portion of I-295 in New Jersey as I-195, necessitated when the Pennsylvania and New Jersey  turnpikes are designated as I-95, will indeed require new exit numbers on those interstates as well as the existing stretch of I-195 in New Jersey. This action, which is still approximately 5-6 years away since the new connection between I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike needs to be constructed, was acknowledged by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in their support of the re-numbering request to the Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Details regarding interim exit numbering and public relations efforts at that time are not available, but will be determined as the project moves forward. }}</ref> This proposal had received conditional approval from AASHTO.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes |year= 2007S |page=6|access-date=April 21, 2015}}</ref> However, on May 20, 2015, the original plan of extending I-295 west and south into Pennsylvania to the new interchange was approved instead, leaving the western terminus of I-195 at its current location.<ref name=aashto2015>{{cite letter |last = Nadeau |first = Gregory G. |date = May 20, 2015 |title = FHWA to AASHTO I-95 Designation |recipient = Bud Wright |location = Washington, DC |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |url = http://route.transportation.org/Documents/05%2014%202015%20Cheyenne%2c%20WY%20Report/FHWA%20to%20AASHTO%20I-95.Designation.pdf |format = PDF |access-date = June 8, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150609165553/http://route.transportation.org/Documents/05%2014%202015%20Cheyenne%2C%20WY%20Report/FHWA%20to%20AASHTO%20I-95.Designation.pdf |archive-date = June 9, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2018, the exit numbers at the interchanges for I-295 (exits&nbsp;60A–B) and US&nbsp;206 (exits&nbsp;1A–B) were renumbered to exits&nbsp;1A–B and exits&nbsp;1C–D, respectively. This change was done as part of the I-95/I-295 redesignation project to match the milemarkers along I-195.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/roads/I95-295/ |title = I-95/I-295 Signing Redesignation Project Overview |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation |access-date = February 20, 2018 }}</ref>

==Future==
In the late 1990s, the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] considered the possibility of widening I-195 to six lanes between the New Jersey Turnpike and CR&nbsp;537 in order to accommodate traffic going to Six Flags.<ref name=app>{{cite news |last = Sapia |first = Joseph |title = Expansion of I-195 Gets Look from DOT |newspaper = [[Asbury Park Press]] |date = August 2, 1996 }}</ref> NJDOT has revived the possibility, and has studied proposals to widen I-195 between CR&nbsp;537 and the New Jersey Turnpike from four to six total lanes, eliminating the grass median in the process.<ref name=app/>

==Exit list==
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|exit=2
|road={{jct|state=NJ|road|S Broad St|city1=Yardville}} (EB)<hr>{{jct|state=NJ|US|206|road|S Broad St, Arena Dr}} (WB)
|notes=US&nbsp;206/South Broad Street/Arena Drive not signed eastbound; Yardville not signed westbound; access via [[County Route 524 (New Jersey)|CR 524]] / [[List of county routes in Mercer County, New Jersey#620|CR 620]]
}}
{{NJint|old
|mile=3.3
|exit=3
|road=[[Yardville, New Jersey|Yardville]], [[Hamilton Square, New Jersey|Hamilton Sq]]
|notes=Signed as exits 3A (Yardville) and 3B (Hamilton Square); access via Yardville-Hamilton Square Road
}}
{{NJint|old
|mile=4.9
|exit=5
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|US|130|city1=New Brunswick|city2=Bordentown}}
|notes=Signed as exits 5A (SOUTH) and 5B (NORTH)
}}
{{NJint|old
|type=toll
|location=Robbinsville Township
|lspan=2
|mile=6.2
|exit=6
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|I-Toll|95|NJTP2||location1=[[New York City|New York]]|city2=Camden}}
|notes=Exit 7A (I-95 / N.J. Turnpike)
}}
{{NJint|old
|type=
|mile=7.3
|exit=7
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|CR|526|location1=[[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville]]|city2=Allentown}}
|notes=
}}
{{NJint|old
|county1=Mercer
|county2=Monmouth
|township1=Robbinsville
|township2=Upper Freehold
|mile=8.5
|exit=8
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|CR|539|city1=Allentown|city2=Hightstown}}
|notes=
}}
{{NJint|old
|county=Monmouth
|location=Upper Freehold Township
|mile=11.7
|exit=11
|road=[[Coxs Corner, Monmouth County, New Jersey|Coxs Corner]], [[Imlaystown, New Jersey|Imlaystown]]
|notes=Access via [[List of county routes in Monmouth County, New Jersey#43|CR&nbsp;43]]; to [[Horse Park of New Jersey]]
}}
{{NJint|old
|county1=Monmouth
|county2=Ocean
|township1=Millstone
|township2=Jackson
|mile=16.7
|exit=16A-B (EB)<hr>16 (WB)
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|CR|537|location1=[[Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold]]|location2=[[Mount Holly, New Jersey|Mt Holly]]|location3=[[Six Flags Great Adventure|Six Flags]]}}
|notes=Signed as exits 16A (WEST) and 16B (EAST) eastbound, 16 westbound 
}}
{{NJint|old
|county=Ocean
|cspan=2
|location=Jackson Township
|lspan=2
|mile=21.0
|exit=21
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|CR|527|to2=to|CR|526|location1=[[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Siloam]]|location2=[[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{NJint|old
|mile=22.9
|exit=22
|road=[[Georgia, New Jersey|Georgia]], [[Jackson Mills, New Jersey|Jackson Mills]]
|notes=Access via [[List of county routes in Ocean County, New Jersey#638|CR&nbsp;638]]
}}
{{NJint|old
|county=Monmouth
|cspan=4
|location=Howell Township
|lspan=2
|mile=27.1
|exit=28
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|US|9|location1=[[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood]]|location2=[[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold]]}}
|notes=Signed as exits 28A (SOUTH) and 28B (NORTH)
}}
{{NJint|old
|mile=31.5
|exit=31
|road={{Jct|state=NJ|CR|547|to2=to|CR|524|CR|549|location1=[[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood]]|city2=Farmingdale|location3=[[Allaire State Park|Allaire State Pk]]}}
|notes=Signed as exits 31A (SOUTH) and (NORTH)
}}
{{NJint|old
|location=Wall Township
|lspan=2
|mile=34.1
|mspan=2
|exit=35
|road={{jct|state=NJ|NJ|34|to2=to|GSP||dir2=south|city1=Matawan|city2=Brielle|location3=[[Point Pleasant, New Jersey|Pt Pleasant]]}}
|notes=Signed as exits 35A (SOUTH) and 35B (NORTH)
}}
{{NJint|old
|mile=none
|road={{jct|state=NJ|GSP2||dir1=north}}<hr>{{jct|state=NJ|NJ|138|dir1=east|city1=Belmar}}
|notes=Continuation east
}}
{{jctbtm|col=9|keys=incomplete,toll}}

==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
* {{Portal-inline|New Jersey}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Interstate 195 (New Jersey)}}
{{AttachedKML|display=title,inline}}
* [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/I-195_NJ/ Interstate 195 (Steve Anderson)]
* [http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/log/10.html#195 New Jersey Roads: Interstate 195]
* [http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt195.shtm Speed Limits for State Roads: Interstate 195 in New Jersey]

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