In Newark, the viaducts leading to the bridges align for the southbound merge/northbound separation of the eastern and western spurs just north of the interchange with I-78, which the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) refers to as the Southern Mixing Bowl.

In Kearny, the bridges traverse the railroad right-of-way of the PATH system, the Conrail Center Street Branch, NJ Transit Rail Operations, and the Northeast Corridor.

[9] The Laderman Bridge reaches its northern end in Saw Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area at the Belleville Turnpike.

The two spurs merge north of the Vince Lombardi Park & Ride cross the Hackensack River in Bergen County.

[11][12] The NJTA estimates that both the Harry Laderman and Chaplain Washington bridges have the highest rate of truck traffic throughout the entire NJ Turnpike system of highways.