Everything about The Driscoll Bridge totally explained
The
Driscoll Bridge is a bridge on the
Garden State Parkway in the
U.S. state of
New Jersey spanning the
Raritan River near its mouth in
Raritan Bay. The bridge connects the
Middlesex County communities of
Woodbridge Township on the north with
Sayreville on the south.
The northbound lanes of the bridge were opened to the public without fanfare on
July 30,
1954. The bridge was formally renamed in 1974 for former
Governor of New Jersey Alfred E. Driscoll, who advocated for and oversaw the construction of the Garden State Parkway, as well as for the
New Jersey Turnpike.
The original span was built with two lanes in each direction. A second span was added in 1972, with each span serving five lanes of traffic.
Once the new southbound span is fully open, and the current span is reconstructed, the new span will have seven southbound lanes and the current span will have eight northbound lanes, separated between through traffic and traffic exiting at Exit 127. The new southbound bridge opened to traffic on
May 3,
2006, bringing to an end this part of the construction project, which started on
September 25,
2002. Once reconstruction is complete on the northbound bridge, the Driscoll Bridge will be the world's largest bridge, in terms of total number of travel lanes (15 total).
The bridge levies a toll of 70 cents on southbound motorists. This toll isn't for the bridge itself but rather a toll for driving on the Garden State Parkway; however, any southbound motorist that uses the bridge will pass through this toll plaza, as there are no southbound exits between the bridge and the plaza. Until mid-2004, the toll was 35 cents each way; this, along with many other Parkway toll plazas, have been converted to one-way in an effort to reduce traffic congestion.
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