The Bergen County section was part of the Bergen-Passaic Expressway, a road planned in the 1940s but not completed until the 1960s to alleviate congestion on US 1/9/46 and NJ 4 as approaches to the George Washington Bridge. Specifically, the Bergen-Passaic Expressway was designed to pull Paterson-bound traffic off NJ 4. When the road was added to the Interstate highway system, it became part of a greater conduit from the west; however, the last sections of I-80 west of Paterson were not completed until the 1970s.
Contrary to popular belief, I-80 does not go to New York, even though New York is given as a control city on eastbound signs throughout New Jersey and even near Youngstown, Ohio (but not, curiously, in Pennsylvania). Prior to the completion of I-95 in the Ridgefield Park area, the entire Bergen-Passaic Expressway was signed I-80; today, the road's eastern terminus is at the New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck.
Only the 8.1-mile portion of the freeway in Bergen County is included here; the mile markers are from the highway's New Jersey origin at the Delaware River.
Mile |
Street Name |
Feature (West to East) |
60.44 |
Entering Elmwood Park Boro, Bergen Co. |
60.44 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Passaic River {bridge} |
Crossing into Bergen County on eastbound I-80. The Marcal Paper Mills plant has been an I-80 landmark in Elmwood Park for decades.
|
60.50 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Slaughterdam Rd {bridge} |
60.81 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
River Dr , Interchange 61 |
60.91 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Market St |
61.06 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
S Center St {overpass} |
61.19 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Susquehanna Railroad {overpass} |
61.31 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Boulevard {overpass} |
61.43 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Branch Fleischer Brook {pipe} |
61.54 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Fleischer Brook {bridge} |
61.82 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Garden State Pkwy {overpass} |
61.92 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Erie Railroad {overpass} |
61.92 |
Entering Saddle Brook Twp |
61.96 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Midland Ave {overpass} |
Decisions, decisions! Fortunately, the advisories start about a mile earlier.
|
62.34 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Ramp to , Interchange 62A {underpass} |
62.74 |
Eastbound lanes split local/express |
62.86 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Mayhill St {underpass} |
63.20 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Saddle River Rd , Interchange 62B {overpass} |
63.23 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Susquehanna Railroad {overpass} |
63.64 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Market St {bridge} |
63.65 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Saddle River {bridge} |
63.65 |
Entering Lodi Boro |
63.70 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Main St {bridge} |
63.82 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Riverview Ave, Interchange 63B {underpass} |
64.09 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Unnamed stream {pipe} |
64.46 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Susquehanna Railroad spur {overpass} |
64.47 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
{overpass} |
64.58 |
Westbound lanes split local/express |
64.77 |
Entering Hackensack City |
Eastbound, just inside Hackensack. The first, slanting overpass is Summit Avenue; the second, visible beyond it, is northbound NJ 17. The big green signs visible on the far right are on southbound NJ 17.
|
65.04 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Summit Ave {underpass} |
65.19 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
, Interchange 64A {underpass} |
65.40 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Polifly Rd , Interchange 64B {overpass} |
65.65 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Erie Railroad {overpass} |
65.65 |
Entering South Hackensack Twp |
65.67 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Green St, Interchange 65 {underpass} |
65.81 |
Entering Teterboro Boro |
66.10 |
Entering South Hackensack Twp |
66.20 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Huyler St {underpass} |
66.42 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Phillips St {underpass} |
66.50 |
Entering Hackensack City |
66.56 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Ramp from Kennedy St {underpass} |
66.70 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Hudson St , Interchange 66 {underpass} |
66.81 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
River St {bridge} |
66.97 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Hackensack River {bridge} |
66.97 |
Entering Ridgefield Park Village |
67.05 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Susquehanna Railroad {bridge} |
67.11 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
West Shore Railroad {bridge} |
67.13 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Railroad Ave {bridge} |
67.22 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
2nd St, Interchange 67 {underpass} |
67.38 |
Entering Bogota Boro |
67.58 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Queen Anne Rd {underpass} |
67.58 |
Entering Teaneck Twp |
The end is near: I-80 terminates less than a mile from here.
|
67.72 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Park Ave {underpass} |
67.97 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
Teaneck Rd {underpass} |
The last signs placed by NJDOT in the local lanes. The sign for Exit 70 (on I-95) was placed by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, replacing an older NJDOT sign.
|
68.13 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy |
New Jersey Turnpike , Interchange 68 {underpass} |
68.54 |
ENDS, Teaneck Twp |
68.54 |
Bergen-Passaic Expwy now part of NJ Turnpike (1994) |