Garden State Parkway

Direction: North/South
Southern Terminus: NJ 109 in Cape May
Northern Terminus: New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) in Mansfield

The Garden State Parkway is a major north/south highway in New Jersey. Like other highways that are designated as parkways, the Garden State Parkway is open only to cars; trucks are prohibited. However, unlike the parkways in New York and Connecticut, the Garden State Parkway is a toll highway. It is different from most toll highways, though, in that drivers are not given a ticket when they get on and required to pay a toll when they exit. Instead, there are multiple tollbooths along the highway itself and drivers must pay a toll at each one that they pass. The Garden State Parkway carries an unsigned designation of NJ 444; there is no route number posted.

The parkway begins at NJ 109 in Cape May, the southernmost point in New Jersey. It runs north along the Jersey Shore, passing through points such as Atlantic City and Belmar. In Woodbridge, it crosses the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95), and there is a major interchange between the two highways. The parkway continues north until it reaches the New York-New Jersey border. There is an extension of the parkway that runs a short distance into New York and ends at the New York Thruway (I-87/I-287).