Construction thumb|upright=1|New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) northbound in Linden The project of building the turnpike had its challenges. One major problem was the construction in the city of Elizabeth, where either 450 homes or 32 businesses would be destroyed, depending on the chosen route. The engineers decided to go through the residential area, since they considered it the grittiest and the closest route to both Newark Airport and the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal seaport.
Construction thumb|upright=1|New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) northbound in Linden The project of building the turnpike had its challenges. One major problem was the construction in the city of Elizabeth, where either 450 homes or 32 businesses would be destroyed, depending on the chosen route. The engineers decided to go through the residential area, since they considered it the grittiest and the closest route to both Newark Airport and the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal seaport.