(NJ 444)A 13-mile section of this state highway project was completed in Union and Middlesex counties by 1952, when a new agency, the New Jersey Highway Authority, was established to complete the highway as a toll road. The NJHA completed the road by 1956, and soon thereafter they extended it northward beyond NJ 4 to a connection with the New York State Thruway. Because of its historic connection to NJ 4, NJDOT’s internal reference number for the tollway is 444. (NYSDOT’s reference number for the 2.4-mile connection between the state line and the Thruway is 982G.)
In 2003, the New Jersey Highway Authority was decommissioned, and its functions were assumed by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Also in the 2000s, thanks in large part to the efforts of interim Governor Richard Codey of Essex County, barrier toll booths along much of the road’s length were converted to alternate one-way tolling. While there are entrance and exit tolls in Passaic County, there are no barrier tolls along the short stretch of the Parkway in the county, which is completely within Clifton.
The mile markers used on this log of the 4.50-mile Passaic County stretch of the Parkway are based on the NJDOT straight-line diagram. The NJHA inventoried the northbound and southbound lanes separately, and they vary from the NJDOT center-line inventory by as much as 0.1 mile (and from each other by as much as 0.2 mile in places). The mileage log is from the highway’s southern terminus in Lower Township, Cape May County.
| Mile | Street Name | Feature (South to North) |
| 153.78 | Entering Clifton City, Passaic Co. | |
| 153.80 | Garden State Pkwy | Third River {bridge} |
| 154.06 | Garden State Pkwy | Ramp from GSP southbound to NJ 3 eastbound {overpass, northbound only} |
| 154.18 | Garden State Pkwy | NJ 3, Interchange 153 {overpass northbound, underpass southbound} |
| 154.28 | Garden State Pkwy | Allwood Rd, CR 602 {overpass northbound, underpass southbound} |
| 154.45 | Garden State Pkwy | Ramp from GSP northbound to NJ 3 westbound {underpass, southbound only} |
| 155.40 | Garden State Pkwy | Van Houten Ave, CR 614 {underpass} |
| 155.73 | Garden State Pkwy | Colfax Ave, CR 609 {underpass} |
| 155.88 | Garden State Pkwy | Ramp from US 46 eastbound to GSP northbound {overpass} |
| 155.91 | Garden State Pkwy | US 46, Interchange 154 {underpass} |
| 155.98 | Garden State Pkwy | Weasel Brook {bridge} |
| 156.23 | Garden State Pkwy | Ramp to NJ 19, Interchange 155P {overpass, southbound only} |
| 156.30 | Garden State Pkwy | Erie Railroad {overpass} |
| 156.32 | Garden State Pkwy | Lackawanna Railroad {overpass} |
| 156.36 | Garden State Pkwy | Kuller Ave {overpass} |
| 156.68 | Garden State Pkwy | Hazel St, CR 702, Interchange 155 {underpass} |
| 156.84 | Garden State Pkwy | 5 Ave {pedestrian overpass} |
| 157.11 | Garden State Pkwy | Main Ave, CR 601 {overpass} |
| 157.21 | Garden State Pkwy | Getty Ave {overpass} |
| 157.31 | Garden State Pkwy | Erie Railroad {overpass} |
| 157.42 | Garden State Pkwy | Curie Ave {overpass} |
| 157.79 | Garden State Pkwy | Lakeview Ave, CR 624 {overpass} |
| 158.19 | Garden State Pkwy | US 46, Interchange 156 {bridge} |
| 158.28 | Garden State Pkwy | Passaic River {bridge} |
| 158.28 | Entering Elmwood Park Boro, Bergen Co. | |