Feb 7, 2014 · The Somerset Freeway was a proposed stretch of road which would've allowed for the connection of I-95 (Scudder Falls Bridge) to I-287 near Franklin and Piscataway Township. The road was intended to carry traffic all the way up to the George Washington Bridge, making for a direct interstate connection between Philadelphia and New York City.

The first alignment of the Route 92 Freeway, proposed in the 1950s, was to begin at an interchange with Interstate 95, known as the Somerset Freeway in the community of Skillman (in Montgomery Township).

It was the first section of freeway in New Jersey which was built as part of I-95 and not under another designation. Because of the concerns of northern New Jersey property owners and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, a new proposal for I-95 known as the "Somerset Freeway" was developed by 1972.

This discontinuity was caused by the 1983 cancelation of the Somerset Freeway, which would have connected the former Trenton segment of I-95 in Hopewell Township northeast to I-287 in Piscataway. From here, I-95 would have followed present-day I-287 to exit 10 on the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison.

Late in 1964, the initial proposed route of the Somerset Freeway (I-95) was unveiled as shown above. This route was recrafted from the remnants of the North Jersey Expressway (I-95) proposal which was rejected earlier that same year.

In the preparation of the Somerset Freeway (I-95) and Somerset Freeway Spur (I-695) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in 1979, a wide variety of alignments for the freeway were reconsidered. This map from the DEIS shows all of those alignments.

From the 1956 Middlesex County NJ State highway Dept. Bureau of Planning and Traffic maps, (drawing a breath), here we see the definitive original concept for the I-95 Somerset Freeway.

The "Dual-Dual Roadway" configuration was extended to Interchange 8A, perhaps in anticipation of a revised Somerset Freeway tie-in. Here 95 north splits into Inner and Outer Roadways. Advance 95 south sign for the exit would have been changed to show I-95 and possibly Trenton.

Feb 24, 2018 · The gap created by the unconstructed Somerset Freeway between Trenton and South Brunswick resulted in a discontinuous I-95, with sections along the Trenton belt line and New Jersey Turnpike, and trailblazers posted along I-295 and I-195 to make the connection between the two highways.

The truncated route, known as the Somerset Freeway, was intended to terminate in Piscataway Township at I-287, and I-95 would have continued east along I-287 until it intersected with the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison Township.