The proposal was submitted to the Federal Highway Administration for possible interstate status in 1970, but opposition from Bergen and Westchester County residents along with the engineering difficulties involved with building the proposed Hudson River bridge atop the New Jersey Palisades prevented the freeway from being built.
The proposal for the freeway's designation as an interstate was submitted in 1970, but it faced opposition from residents of Bergen and Westchester County and engineering challenges related to constructing a bridge across the New Jersey Palisades.