Officials are set to celebrate the end of a $2.3 billion project to widen the New Jersey Turnpike.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Friday at the Molly Pitcher service area in Cranbury Township.
Work began to expand the number of lanes from 6 to 12 between Interchange 6, in Burlington County, and Interchange 9, in New Brunswick, in June 2009.
The project's goal is to ease the chronic traffic bottlenecks that occur near Interchange 8A, where the car and truck lanes merge.
The northbound lanes are expected to open Saturday night, while the southbound lanes will open next weekend.
Officials say the project came in $200 million below budget.
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