1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering

March 2025 January 2025 On January 1, 1953, the New Jersey Highway Department renumbered many of the State Routes. This renumbering was first proposed in 1951 in order to reduce confusion to motorists.Jersey Highways To Be Renumbered The New York Times November 21, 1951 24 A few rules were followed in deciding what to renumber:July 20, 2009 New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey The New York Times December 16, 1952 http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110721112422/http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg July 21, 2011 No state route and U.S. Route could have the same number; this eliminated 1 (which was also eliminated by other criteria), 22, 30, 40 and 46. While Route 1 was broken into several pieces, the other four were renumbered as Routes 59, 69, 70 and 77, respectively. Route 69 later became Route 31 after frequent theft of road signs due to the sexual connotation of the number. Concurrencies were highly discouraged; this included U.S. Routes and meant that U.S. Route numbers would now be referred to directly by NJDOT. No State Route could have a lettered prefix or suffix unless it was unsigned. (U.S. 9W remained an exception.) A State Route that ended at a state border was renumbered to match the number assigned by the adjacent state. The New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Palisades Interstate Parkway were not to have route numbers. New numbers assigned semi-arbitrarily included 15 and 20 (13-20 were not assigned in the 1927 renumbering), the sequence from 57 to 93, and 152 to 165 for minor routes (continuing from pre-renumbering 151).10929/49403 Route Renumbering February 2, 1953 New Jersey State Highway Department, Division of Planning, Research, Soils & Tests, Bureau of Planning and Traffic 8 In the table, S routes (like S1 and S1A) is shown with the S after the number (like 1S and 1SA) for sorting reasons. +New RouteOld DesignationFromToModern DesignationNotesUS 1local streetsTrentonLawrence TownshipUS 126Lawrence TownshipNorth BrunswickUS 126SNorth BrunswickWoodbridge TownshipUS 125Woodbridge TownshipJersey CityUS 11Jersey CityRidgefieldUS 16RidgefieldFort LeeUS 1 Alternatelocal streetsTrentonTrentonUS 1 Business25Jersey CityNew York City139US 1/9 Truck25TNewarkJersey CityRoute 33SCliftonEast RutherfordRoute 33East RutherfordWeehawkenRoute 44PatersonFort LeeRoute 55RidgefieldEdgewaterRoute 77Jersey CityNutleyUS 94Cape MaySouth AmboyUS 935South AmboyWoodbridgeUS 925WoodbridgeFort LeeUS 9W1Fort LeeSparkillRoute 1010LedgewoodWest OrangeRoute 1111White HouseWarrenvilleunbuilt and cancelledRoute 1212FrenchtownFlemingtonRoute 1313EBay HeadPoint PleasantRoute 156ADoverRoss' Corner15, 181Route 169BellevillePine BrookCR 506Route 1717North ArlingtonMahwahWas numbered 2 until March 1942Route 1828SMiddlesexOld Bridge18Route 1828SOld BridgeMatawanCR 516was signed as TEMP 18 (as this section was cancelled when the Old Bridge to Eatontown freeway was built)Route 18 (proposed)18Old BridgeEatontown18Route 203PatersonHawthorne20Route 203East RutherfordRutherford120Sections were planned to connect but never didRoute 2121NewarkPatersonBelleville to Paterson was numbered 19 until 1948US 2224Philipsburgeast of PhilipsburgUS 22US 2224-28 Linkeast of PhilipsburgStill ValleyUS 22US 2228Still Valleywest of North BranchUS 22, 173, Hunterdon CR 626US 2228-29 Linkwest of North Branchnorth of SomervilleUS 22US 2229north of SomervilleNewarkUS 22US 2228A??US 22US 22 Alternatelocal streetsPennsylvaniaPhilipsburg122US 22 Alternate28PhilipsburgStill Valley122Route 2323Montague TownshipVerona23Route 2424PhilipsburgPenwell57Route 2424SPenwellHackettstown57Route 24local roadsHackettstownMorristownCR 517, CR 513, CR 510Route 2424MorristownMaplewoodCR 517, CR 513, CR 510Route 2626North BrunswickNew BrunswickRoute 2727PrincetonNewarkRoute 2828west of North Branchwest of ElizabethRoute 2827-28 Linkwest of ElizabethElizabethRoute 2929TrentonLambertvilleRoute 2929ALambertvilleFrenchtownUS 3025Camdennorth of WoodlynneUS 3045north of WoodlynneWoodlynneUS 30 overlaps US 130 hereUS 3043WoodlynneAbseconUS 3056AbseconAtlantic CityRoute 3333TrentonOcean GroveRoute 3434BrielleMatawanRoute 344AMatawanCheesequakeRoute 3537Seaside HeightsPoint PleasantRoute 3535Point PleasantSouth Amboy35 overlaps US 9 for a short distance in South AmboyRoute 354South AmboyRahwayRoute 3636KeyportEatontownRoute 3737LakehurstSeaside HeightsRoute 3838PennsaukenWall Township38, 138US 40local streetsDeepwaterwest of SharptownUS 4048west of SharptownEgg Harbor CityUS 4055Egg Harbor CityAtlantic CityRoute 4141FairviewMaple ShadeRoute 4242WilliamstownCamdenRoute 4444BridgeportThorofareRoute 4545SalemWestvilleUS 466DelawareFort LeeRoute 4749SWildwoodSouth DennisRoute 4749South DennisMillvilleRoute 4747MillvilleBrooklawnRoute 4848Penn's Grovewest of SharptownRoute 4944DeepwaterSalemRoute 4949SalemMillvilleRoute 4947MillvilleTuckahoeRoute 5050SeavilleEgg Harbor CityRoute 5252Ocean CitySomer's PointRoute 535NMorris PlainsDenvilleRoute 5454BuenaHammontonRoute 5724Ssouth of HackettstownHackettstown182Route 5825ANewarkHarrisonI-280Route 5922CranfordRoute 60newVergaBridgeboroI-295route number later recycled to be one from Deepwater to Ocean City that remains unbuilt; it may or may not be built due to oppositionRoute 611New YorkJersey CityBecame a second section of 440 in the final planRoute 626STotowaPatersonRoute 631SNorth BergenFort LeeRoute 6431APrincetonHightstownRoute 6525BNewarkPort St, Doremus AveRoute 6633-35 LinkShrewsbury TownshipNeptune TownshipRoute 671SAFort LeeRoute 6839SMansfield TownshipFort DixRoute 6930TrentonButtzvilleRenumbered Route 31 on May 15, 1967, due to sign thefts because of numbering.Route 7040PennsaukenLaureltonRoute 7034LaureltonBrielleRoute 714NEatontownBrielleRoute 7240SFour MileShip BottomRoute 7341SPalmyraeast of BerlinRoute 7456NLaureltonMantolokingunbuilt and cancelledRoute 7746BridgetonMullica HillRoute 7844TPennsylvaniaWilliamstownunbuilt and cancelledRoute 794AFreeholdMatawanRoute 8044SBrooklawnEllisburgunbuilt and cancelledRoute 81newLedgewoodLafayetteunbuilt and cancelledRoute 8224SSpringfield TownshipUnionRoute 8349South DennisClermontRoute 8484SussexNew York284Route 854SCCape May PointCold Springunbuilt and cancelled due to Route 162Route 874SAAtlantic CityBrigantineRoute 8835LakewoodPoint PleasantRoute 8943SGermaniaNorthfieldunbuilt and cancelledRoute 9126ANorth BrunswickNew BrunswickRoute 92N/A?PrincetonHightstownproposed route later shifted north to New Jersey Turnpike in Jamesburg to Rocky Hill, but was cancelled entirely due to environmental problems. Route 935SRidgefieldPalisades ParkRoute 948Columbianorth of NewtonRoute 9431north of NewtonNew YorkUS 13044DeepwaterBridgeportUS 130new alignmentBridgeportThorofareUS 13044ThorofareWestvilleUS 13045WestvilleWoodlynneUS 130 overlapped US 30 for a short time in Woodlynne.US 13025WoodlynneNew BrunswickRoute 151Camden151S 10th and 11th StRoute 152Trentonnew29Route 153Secaucus3 (old route)Paterson Plank RdRoute 154Haddonfieldnortheast of Haddonfield41 (old bypass)Route 155CinnaminsonPalmyra41SNCinnaminson AveRoute 156YardvilleUS 130 (old route)Route 157Absecon4SRoute 158NewarkHarrison25ADRector Street, Essex Street; bridge demolishedRoute 159MontvilleFairfield6MRoute 160South of White HorseunknownMission RdRoute 1613S SpurCliftonRoute 162newLower TownshipNot taken over by the state until 1969.Route 1636 (old route)Knowlton TownshipRoute 164100SElizabethRoute 16529 (old route)Lambertville29US 20229SPennsylvaniaLambertvilleUS 20229LambertvilleRaritanUS 20232LambertvilleWayneUS 202local roadsWayneNew YorkUS 20639HammontonWhite HorseUS 20637White HorseTrenton US 206local streetsTrentonUS 20627Trenton PrincetonUS 20631PrincetonNewtonUS 20631SNewtonMontagueRoute 2084SBFair LawnOaklandRoute 30355NTeaneckNorthvaleUS 32244S, 51, local roads, 42, 48BridgeportMcKee CityRoute 41325SBurlingtonRoute 43928New YorkRoute 28 ElizabethRoute 43924Route 28 in ElizabethRoute 82 in ElizabethRoute 439North Ave LinkRoute 82 in ElizabethRoute 27 in ElizabethRoute 4404Swest of Woodbridge TownshipNew Yorkconnected by NY 440Route 4444 ParkwayNew YorkCape MayunsignedRoute 444R4 Parkway Exit 117south of KeyportKeyport4 Parkway Exit 117decommissioned in 2006Route 444S4 Parkway Exit 105west of EatontownEatontownunsignedRoute 445Palisades Interstate ParkwayNew YorkFort LeeunsignedRoute 445SPalisades Interstate Parkway SpurRoute 445 in Fort LeeUS 9W in Fort LeeunsignedRoute 700100Fort LeeNew BrunswickunsignedRoute 700300New BrunswickDeepwaterunsignedlocal roads2NLyndhurstNutleynow Page and Park Avenueunbuilt and cancelled101Kearny Hackensackunbuilt and cancelled101SHackensack New York See also U.S. Roads New Jersey 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering References renumbering 1953 New Jersey State Highway Renumbering, 1953 New Jersey State Highway Renumbering, 1953 Category:Highway renumbering in the United States