The newer roadway, named internally NJ 0095W, is the technical through route for I-95, although variable message signs might pick either spur as I-95.


SB on the western spur, which has come together after I-280 (Exit 15W) with its eastern partner to form a mega-roadway. South of Exit 15E, which is really US 1-9 Truck (and almost immediately US 1-9 SB), the two roadways then each split into car and car-truck-bus lanes, which merge into the next, dual-dual, section of the Turnpike. It really doesn't make a difference if you go to the next exit to get to 1-9 SB or US 22 WB (or, unmentioned, NJ 21 NB), except you pay the Turnpike more and make them happy.


Two NB and the last one SB, all courtesy HNTB; the NB ones are gone now (with their button copy I-280 shield), as is the SB sign (which is clearly reflective). The shield in the gore sign happens nowhere else on the Turnpike.


Say what? This is at the Exit 15W tollbooth right where I-280 begins, and yes, Virginia, this sign is oriented for tolltakers crossing travel lanes, not meant for traffic to follow. Because that'd be kinda impossible.


Back to NB, note the lack of shield background, and the unusual double-arrow exit sign (unusual in that it's really a gore sign). The last photo is on the side of the first gantry, another representation of how the roadway splits neatly in two, but not very useful at speed. Then again, traffic during Meadowlands events rarely moves at speed here.


Read about the exit ramp signs below; that text applies here (except the 3 shield isn't button-copy old) on the SB western spur.


On the ramp from Exit 16W to NJ 3 and the Meadowlands, notice that the shields have no black squares behind them, which is something the Turnpike Authority does but NJDOT doesn't. All the 3's here, except the left one in the first photo, are genuine button-copy dating from the construction of the Turnpike's western spur, and that left one is a still old but just not original shield. Click on the first photo to light it up at night and see that that old shield is non-reflective.


Four photos courtesy HNTB, but only two assemblies. The first photo is a VMS that usually would indicate no access to the "Sports Complex"; this is the Meadowlands ramp that only is open on game day/night and other special events. It connects directly to the western spur, and is two lanes each SB-off and NB-on. The second through fourth photos are the three different mutations of the exit VMS's, along with the controller box sitting between them.


A south-facing perspective of those tolls, courtesy HNTB.


Northbound at the northernmost service area, first photo courtesy Lou Corsaro; go to the "free I-95" link below for more from this area of the Pike.


On the short stretch between the Vince and the merge of the spurs, Lou shot this sign whose message is now illegible, but it appears to be condoning shoulder use in some circumstance.

Southward to mainline I-95/NJ Turnpike
Over to the Eastern Spur
Northward to free I-95
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Exit 14 to I-78
Exit 14 to US 1-9
Exit 14 to US 22
Exit 15E to US 1-9 Truck
Exit 15W to I-280
Exit 16W to NJ 3
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