Surveyors measure land for the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, summer 1951. LIFE hailed the opening of the Turnpike in its January 18, 1952 issue with: “Newly Opened Superroad Unravels Chronic Traffic Jam.” (📷B. Hoffman/LIFE Picture Collection)
: a feat that becomes more impressive when you consider the logistical elements involved. As LIFE wrote in 1952:
In cities whole blocks of houses had to be torn down, families relocated, street crossing overpassed. Out in the country farmland had to be bought for the 300-foot right of way, 196 highways and railroads had to be crossed. To take care of real estate obstacles required 3,500 separate real estate deals and $17.5 million [about $172 million in 2021 dollars]. Out in the marshlands near Secaucus, engineers found six miles of the land a floating mire sometimes 100 feet deep.
Workers handled one of the more difficult parts of the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike as the roadway approached New York.Construction of a stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike near New York City, 1951.Workers rode a lift during the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey, June 1951.Workers rode a lift during the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, 1951.Workers rode a lift during the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, 1951.
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