News Exit 9: Rutgers researchers uncover N.J. Turnpike's no-frills past Published: Oct. 14, 2011, 4:00 p.m.

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- First responders were on the scene of a truck crash and fire on the New Jersey Turnpike in Newark. It happened early Tuesday morning on the exit ramp to interchange 14.

The truck is located near where the turnpike transitions into I-95 in Ridgefield Park. The fire department is on the scene. Flaming debris and smoke were high in the air near the exit for Route 46.

Tom Feeney, spokesman for the NJ Turnpike Authority, said that the construction is part of the Interchange 6 to 9 Widening Program, an ongoing project that he expects will vastly improve traffic ...

An extra outside lane has been added to the two already there, up to Exit 9 in New Brunswick. Turnpike spokesman Tom Feeney says the three previous lanes, north and south, are now shut down.

A $2.3 billion project to widen the New Jersey Turnpike from six to 12 lanes between Interchange 6, in Burlington County, and Interchange 9, in New Brunswick, is nearly complete.

NJ trooper, K-9 injured while trying to arrest knife-wielding man following Turnpike pursuit It happened Monday afternoon near Exit 4 of the NJ Turnpike in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.