![]() In 1959, the road was incorporated into the Interstate Highway System and was designated as part of Interstate 495 ( I-495). In 1952, the portion of the route west of Route 3 was opened when the New Jersey Turnpike was completed. In that same year, the route’s path was extended west to Route 3 and it became an eastern extension of that route. In 1939, the section known as The Helix was finished, which is an oval-shaped loop that descends Route 495 down to the Toll Plaza for the tunnel, into the entrance of the tunnel. The first portion of the present-day Route 495, at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, was constructed in 1937 when the Lincoln Tunnel opened. The bus lane, which runs the entire length of the freeway, continues into the Lincoln Tunnel's center tube. Route 495 is mostly a six-lane freeway with a reversible bus lane used during the morning rush hour. The road is owned and operated by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) between the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 3, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) between Route 3 and Park Avenue near the Union City–Weehawken border, and by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) east of Park Avenue, including the helix used to descend the New Jersey Palisades to reach the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel. Route 495 is a 3.45-mile-long (5.55 km) state highway in Hudson County, New Jersey, in the United States that connects the New Jersey Turnpike ( Interstate 95) at exits 16E-17 in Secaucus to New York State Route 495 (NY 495) inside the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, providing access to Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ![]() NY 495 at the New York state line in the Lincoln Tunnel ![]()
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