Garden State Parkway
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| Maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority | ||||
| Length: | 172.40 mi (277.45 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1947 – present | |||
| Restrictions: | No trucks north of exit 105 | |||
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| South end: |
 Route 109 in Lower Township
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| North end: | Garden State Parkway Connector in Ramapo, NY | |||
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| Counties: | Cape May, Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Union, Essex, Passaic, Bergen | |||
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New Jersey State Highway Routes
The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a 172.4-mile (277.5 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". 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. At roughly 172 miles, the Parkway is the longest highway in the state.
The Garden State Parkway begins in Lower Township at an interchange with Route 109 (traffic light at the southbound terminus, which is signed as exit 0 on the southbound portion).
For the first 3 1⁄2 miles (5.6 km), the parkway crosses over streams. At 3.48 miles (5.60 km), the parkway crosses over Taylor Creek and enters Middle Township. Exit 4 is for Route 47 north to Rio Grande and Wildwoods. At 6.54 miles (10.53 km), 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.
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