JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- Upgrade plans for the Newark Bay-Hudson County Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike are drawing fire from elected officials and community members in Jersey City.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority's board unanimously approved five items to advance the first phase of a controversial $11 billion project that would reconstruct and widen the Newark Bay Bridge.

The section approved Tuesday covers “between mileposts 1.3 and 2.9, which includes the bridge over Newark Bay and the approach spans,” said Tom Feeney, a Turnpike Authority spokesman.

Photo taken in Bayonne, NJ on Thursday Oct. 26, 2023. The existing bridge, formally called the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, spans Newark Bay and connects Newark to Bayonne.

The proposal involves widening the I-78 Turnpike extension, doubling lanes across Newark Bay through Bayonne and to Exit 14C in Jersey City. Some nearby residents oppose the plan due to increased ...

Parsons (PSN) has been selected by New Jersey Turnpike Authority to serve as final designer for the replacement of the Vincent Robert Casciano Bridge, known as the Newark Bay Bridge.

A public hearing was heated last night in Bayonne as controversy continues over the New Jersey Turnpike Authority plan to rebuild an 8-mile stretch of the I-78 extension that would affect Newark ...

Hudson New Jersey Turnpike Bridge over Newark Bay has reopened Updated: Dec. 29, 2017, 1:50 a.m. | Published: Dec. 30, 2017, 12:50 a.m. By The Jersey Journal ...

Eastbound Newark Bay-Hudson County Extension drivers, maybe you want to start ordering that extra large coffee and some Enya CDs for the trip to work. New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials ...