The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a controlled-access toll road that stretches the north–south length of eastern New Jersey from the state's southernmost tip near Cape May north to the New York state line at Montvale. Its name refers to New Jersey's nickname, the "Garden State". The parkway has an unsigned reference number of Route 444 by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). At its north end, the road becomes the Garden State Parkway Connector, a component of the New York State Thruway system that connects to the Thruway mainline in Ramapo.
Typical entrance sign for the parkway
Garden State Parkway southbound, approaching the southern terminus at Route 109 in Lower Township
Garden State Parkway southbound in Cape May Court House
Garden State Parkway northbound at the Atlantic City Expressway in Egg Harbor Township
A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented to help recoup the costs of road construction and maintenance.
Collecting tolls on SR 417 near Orlando, Florida, United States. This shows the two common methods of collection of tolls: tollbooth (on right) and electronic toll collection (on left).
A table of tolls in pre-decimal currency for the College Road, Dulwich, London SE21 tollgate
Toll bar in Romania, 1877
Entrance fees collection in a local community road checkpoint near Bagan (Myanmar)