High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The General Pulaski Skyway is a four-lane freeway composed of connected bridges in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, carrying the designation of U.S. Route 1/9 (US 1/9) for most of its length. The landmark structure has a total length of 3.502 mi (5.636 km) with the longest bridge spanning 550 ft (167.6 m). Travelling between Newark and Jersey City, the roadway crosses the Passaic and Hackensack rivers and Kearny Point, the peninsula between them. Trucks have been prohibited from using the Pulaski Skyway since 1934 and must use U.S. Route 1/9 Truck as an alternate route. As of 2010, the bridge handles about 67,000 crossings per day.