Driscoll Expressway
| Driscoll Expressway | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NJTA | |
| Length: | 38 mi (61 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
  G.S. Parkway / US 9 in Toms River
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 I-195 in Jackson Township
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| North end: |
  I-95 / N.J. Turnpike in South Brunswick Township
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| Location | |
| Counties: | Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex |
| Highway system | |
New Jersey State Highway Routes
The Driscoll Expressway was a proposed 38-mile (61 km) long tolled limited-access highway in Central Jersey that would have connected the New Jersey Turnpike with the Garden State Parkway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The road was proposed in 1971 to alleviate traffic in the area and was named for former Governor Alfred E. Driscoll, who as chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority would push for construction of the road. By the mid-1970s, mounting oppostion from area residents and Governor Brendan Byrne led to the cancellation of the road.
The Driscoll Expressway, if it had been built, would have began at an interchange with the Garden State Parkway near County Route 530 in Berkeley Township, Ocean County. From here, it would continue northwest through Ocean County, passing through Toms River Township (formerly Dover Township), Lakewood, and Jackson Township. The freeway was to continue into Monmouth County and head northwest through Freehold Township and Manalapan Township. The Driscoll Expressway would cross into Middlesex County and pass through Old Bridge Township (formerly Madison Township), Monroe Township, Helmetta, and East Brunswick Township before heading into South Brunswick and ending at the New Jersey Turnpike.
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