(NJ 444)A 13-mile section of this state highway project was completed in Union and Middlesex counties by 1952, when a new agency, the New Jersey Highway Authority, was established to complete the highway as a toll road. The NJHA completed the road by 1956, and soon thereafter they extended it northward beyond NJ 4 to a connection with the New York State Thruway. Because of its historic connection to NJ 4, NJDOT’s internal reference number for the tollway is 444. (NYSDOT’s reference number for the 2.4-mile connection between the state line and the Thruway is 982G.)
In 2003, the New Jersey Highway Authority was decommissioned, and its functions were assumed by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Also in 2003, the toll plaza previously known as Hillsdale but actually located in Washington Twp was renamed the Pascack Valley plaza, and it became the first toll plaza in North Jersey to have Express E-ZPass lanes, which allow electronic toll customers to maintain highway speed instead of slowing down at the barrier.
The mile markers used on this log of the 14.12-mile Bergen County stretch of the Parkway are based on the NJDOT straight-line diagram. The NJHA inventoried the northbound and southbound lanes separately, and they vary from the NJDOT center-line inventory by as much as 0.1 mile (and from each other by as much as 0.2 mile in places).
| Mile | Street Name | Feature (South to North) |
| 158.28 | Entering Elmwood Park Boro, Bergen Co. | |
| 158.28 | Garden State Pkwy | Passaic River {bridge} |
| 158.38 | Garden State Pkwy | River Dr, CR 507 {bridge} |
 Southbound approaching the Passaic River. |
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| 158.55 | Garden State Pkwy | Miles St {underpass} |
| 158.87 | Garden State Pkwy | US 46, Interchange 157 {overpass} |
| 158.98 | Garden State Pkwy | Fleisher Brook {bridge} |
| 159.28 | Garden State Pkwy | Boulevard {overpass} |
| 159.38 | Garden State Pkwy | Market St, CR 56 {overpass} |
| 159.65 | Garden State Pkwy | Susquehanna Railroad {overpass} |
| 159.65 | Entering Saddle Brook Twp | |
| 159.83 | Garden State Pkwy | Bergen-Passaic Expwy, I-80 {underpass} |
| 160.00 | Garden State Pkwy | Midland Ave, CR 67 {underpass} |
| 160.23 | Garden State Pkwy | I-80 connector, Interchange 159 {overpass} |
| 160.48 | Garden State Pkwy | Bergen toll plaza |
 The Bergen toll plaza, which now collects a $1 toll northbound only. |
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| 160.73 | Garden State Pkwy | Saddle River Rd, CR 79 {underpass} |
| 160.89 | Garden State Pkwy | Saddle River {bridge} |
| 161.44 | Entering Paramus Boro | |
| 161.53 | Garden State Pkwy | Paramus Rd, CR 62, Interchange 160 {overpass} |
| 161.70 | Garden State Pkwy | Bridle Way {overpass} |
| 161.88 | Garden State Pkwy | NJ 4, Interchange 161 {overpass} |
| 162.18 | Garden State Pkwy | Sprout Brook {bridge} |
| 162.55 | Garden State Pkwy | Century Rd {overpass} |
| 163.15 | Garden State Pkwy | NJ 17, Interchange 163 {overpass} |
| 163.89 | Garden State Pkwy | Midland Ave {overpass} |
| 164.94 | Garden State Pkwy | Ridgewood Ave / Oradell Ave, CR 80, Interchange 165 {underpass} |
| 165.93 | Garden State Pkwy | Linwood Ave, CR 110, Interchange 166 {underpass} |
| 165.93 | Entering Washington Twp | |
| 166.12 | Garden State Pkwy | Pascack Valley toll plaza |
 The Pascack Valley toll plaza, equipped with Express E-ZPass lanes. The car toll is 50¢ whichever way you pay it. |
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| 166.31 | Garden State Pkwy | East Glen Ave, CR 82 |
 Southbound approaching East Glen Avenue. All the Parkway exits used to be marked with a simple tab like this one, without the word EXIT on them. |
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| 167.48 | Garden State Pkwy | Washington Ave, CR 502, Interchange 168 {underpass} |
| 167.75 | Entering Hillsdale Boro | |
| 168.03 | Garden State Pkwy | Hillsdale Ave, CR 112 {underpass} |
| 168.40 | Garden State Pkwy | Werimus Rd {underpass} |
| 168.41 | Entering Woodcliff Lake Boro | |
| 169.29 | Garden State Pkwy | Saddle River Rd, CR 90 {overpass} |
 Southbound just below Glen Road. Notice the Parkway-standard (and definitely not MUTCD-compliant) milepost. |
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| 170.15 | Garden State Pkwy | Glen Rd, CR 92, Interchange 171 {underpass} |
| 170.61 | Entering Montvale Boro | |
 The Montvale service area, between Glen Road and Grand Avenue. |
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 The southbound entrance to the Montvale service area. |
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| 171.52 | Garden State Pkwy | Grand Ave, CR 94, Interchange 172 {overpass} |
| 171.73 | Garden State Pkwy | Summit Ave, CR 96 {overpass} |
| 172.21 | Garden State Pkwy | Upper Saddle River Rd {overpass} |
 Entering New Jersey, southbound. The change in pavement marks the state line. |
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| 172.40 | NJ 444 ENDS, Montvale Boro | |
| 2.40 | NY 982G BEGINS, Ramapo Town, Rockland Co. | |