The interchange of Interstate 95, U.S. Route 9W, U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 9, New Jersey Route 4 and New Jersey Route 67 in Fort Lee, and the interchange between Interstate 78 and New Jersey Route 139, the approximate termini of Route 85
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length
7.6 mi[1] (12.2 km)
Existed
September 1956–1970s (never built)
Major junctions
South end
I-78 / N.J. Turnpike in Jersey City
Major intersections
US 1-9 in Jersey City I-495 in North Bergen
North end
I-80 / N.J. Turnpike in Fort Lee
Location
Country
United States
State
New Jersey
Counties
Hudson, Bergen
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes
Interstate
US
State
Scenic Byways
← Route 84
→ Route 87
Route 85, also known as the Hoboken Freeway, was a proposed 7.60-mile-long (12.23 km) limited-access highway in Hudson County and Bergen County, New Jersey. The freeway was planned to begin at an interchange with Interstate 78 near the Holland Tunnel approach in Jersey City, northward through North Bergen on its way to Fort Lee, where the highway would interchange with then-Interstate 80 near the George Washington Bridge.
The original plans for the Hoboken Freeway date to September 1956, when the New Jersey State Highway Department, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey came to an agreement of a 2.20-mile-long (3.54 km) freeway from Interstate 78 to the Lincoln Tunnel approach. The route's northern terminus would be near the Port Authority's piers in North Bergen. The proposal was given an attempt for interstate highway designation in 1957, which was denied by the Federal Highway Administration. The $9 million freeway proposal was advocated for several years by several agencies, and in 1966, two of these, the Regional Plan Association and the Tri-State Transportation Commission put forward an extension northward to the George Washington Bridge approach in Fort Lee.
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Global Information
I-78 / N.J. Turnpike in Jersey City
US 1-9 in Jersey City
I-495 in North Bergen
