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Interstate 195 (abbreviated '''I-195''') begins at Route 34 in Wall Township and ends at I-295 just south of Trenton, New Jersey . I-195 is occasionally known as the '''Central Jersey Expressway'''. I-195 measures 34.17 mile (55.0 km) in length. On April 6 , 1988 , President Ronald Reagan signed H.R. 4263 naming Interstate 195 in New Jersey the James J. Howard Interstate Highway, in honor of the late James J. Howard . Much of the traffic on the highway is due to its proximity to Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park. (I-195 does not end at the Garden State Parkway , but stops about 1/3 mile (1/2 km) short of it, due it being built to connect with Route 38 (now Route 138 ), which ended at Route 34. However, exit numbering continues and marks the direct connection with the Garden State Parkway as Exit 36.) Route 138 continues east to Belmar, New Jersey . When it was built, it did not intersect its "parent" at all, only intersection I-295 . When I-95 was re-routed to the New Jersey Turnpike in 1985 as a result of the Somerset Freeway not being built, the Turnpike became I-195's proverbial parent; there is an intersection between I-195 and the Turnpike. The remainder of the freeway was financed mainly with funds returned from Interstate 278 . The NJDOT has studied proposals to expand I-195 from Exit 16 near Six Flags to the Turnpike from 4 to 6 total lanes, which would eliminate the grass median in the process. Exit 16 itself must be reconfigured to allow better movements before such an expansion can ever happen. However, congestion on the western end of the freeway from I-295 to the Turnpike has been steadily getting worse. At peak hours traffic is crawling between these two major highways, and yet the NJDOT has no official plans to expand this section from 4 to 6 lanes. I-195 used to be a somewhat desolate rural freeway, but traffic counts have been increasing each year, and with the new commercial and residential development mecca planned in Jackson,NJ at Exit 21 (CR 527), the rural freeway may begin to look more and more like every other congested New Jersey freeway. When the . INTERCHANGES MAJOR CITIES Bolded cities are officially-designated Control Cities for signs.
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