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The '''Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project''' is a project to build an [[interchange (road)|interchange]] where [[Interstate 95]] crosses the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] in [[Bristol Township, Pennsylvania]]. This will fill the gap that exists on I-95 through [[New Jersey]] due to the cancellation of the [[Somerset Freeway]]. The project also includes widening the Turnpike east of [[U.S. Route 1]] and rebuilding the [[Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge]] into New Jersey. |
The '''Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project''' is a project to build an [[interchange (road)|interchange]] where [[Interstate 95]] crosses the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] in [[Bristol Township, Pennsylvania]]. This will fill the gap that exists on I-95 through [[New Jersey]] due to the cancellation of the [[Somerset Freeway]]. The project also includes widening the Turnpike east of [[U.S. Route 1]] and rebuilding the [[Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge]] into New Jersey. |
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Construction is expected to start in late 2006 or early 2007 and will cost approximately |
Construction is expected to start in late 2006 or early 2007 and will cost approximately 650 million dollars. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Revision as of 21:17, 23 August 2006
Template:Future road The Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project is a project to build an interchange where Interstate 95 crosses the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania. This will fill the gap that exists on I-95 through New Jersey due to the cancellation of the Somerset Freeway. The project also includes widening the Turnpike east of U.S. Route 1 and rebuilding the Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge into New Jersey.
Construction is expected to start in late 2006 or early 2007 and will cost approximately 650 million dollars.
Background
The Somerset Freeway was planned to run from existing I-95 north of Trenton northeast to Interstate 287 west of Perth Amboy, and was to carry I-95 towards the New Jersey Turnpike. Due to local opposition, it was cancelled in 1982, and I-95 was later rerouted south on the Turnpike and its Pennsylvania Extension to end at the state line. The section of I-95 north of the interchange (extended several miles in 1995) will become an extension of Interstate 195 when the interchange is completed,[1] and the part of Interstate 276 east of the interchange will become part of Interstate 95.