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 Woodbridge Township on the north with Sayreville on the south. The Garden State Parkway is a 172-mile (277-km) limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York Thruway at Montvale, New Jersey, to Cape May at the southern tip of the state. ... A state of the United States (a U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... The Raritan River is a major river of central New Jersey in the United States. ... Raritan Bay is a triangular bay in the western portion of Lower New York Bay, between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey. ... Woodbridge Township is a township located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ... Sayreville is a borough located on the Raritan River, near Raritan Bay in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...

The bridge is named after Governor of New Jersey Alfred E. Driscoll who advocated for and oversaw the construction of the Garden State Parkway. The Governor of New Jersey is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (October 25, 1902–March 9, 1975) of Haddonfield, New Jersey, was a state senator (1939-1941) representing Camden County, Governor of New Jersey, and president of Warner-Lambert (now a part of Pfizer). ...

The Bridge has very narrow lanes which creates traffic bottlenecks for miles in each direction on the Garden State Parkway. The bridge is currently being widened. The original configuration was four twelve-foot lanes with shoulders. This was then widened to the current width, probably originally eight twelve-foot lanes with shoulders. The shoulders on each side were then converted to travel lanes, resulting in a total of ten twelve-foot lanes. Finally, the bridge was restriped to have twelve ten-foot lanes, six in each direction, and the speed limit was lowered to 45 MPH.

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.^[1] May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

The bridge levies a toll of 70 cents on southbound motorists; the northbound span is now toll-free. Until 2003, the toll for the bridge was 35 cents each way. This is one of many Parkway toll plazas that have been/are going to be converted to one-way to help ease traffic congestion.

References

1. ^ Bridge to open fully on Wednesday - Project completed ahead of schedule, Asbury Park Press, May 2, 2006

Bridges of the Raritan River
Upstream Basilone Bridge	Driscoll Bridge	Downstream Edison Bridge