1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering

March 2025 January 2025 { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "page", "title": "New Jersey State Highway Renumbering 1927.map" } In 1927, New Jersey's state highways were renumbered. The old system, which had been defined in sequence by the legislature since 1916, was growing badly, as several routes shared the same number, and many unnumbered state highways had been defined. A partial renumbering was proposed in 1926, but instead a total renumbering was done in 1927. Some amendments were made in 1929, including the elimination of Route 18N (by merging it into Route 1), and the addition of more spurs, as well as Route 29A, but the system stayed mostly intact until the 1953 renumbering. Proposed 1926 renumbering A partial renumbering was proposed in 1926 to get rid of the duplicates and assigning numbers to many of the unnumbered routes. The proposed 1926 renumbering would have: extended Route 4 over Route 19 renumbered Route 17N to Route 17 renumbered Route 18N to Route 18 renumbered Route 18S to Route 19 designated Route 21 from Trenton to Buttzville renumbered Route 17S to Route 22 renumbered Route 18 (unsuffixed) to Route 23 designated Route 24 from Mount Holly to Freehold renumbered the Route 20 "from a point on Route No. 3, extending by way of West Berlin, Gibbsboro and Haddonfield, connecting with Haddon Avenue in the Borough of Haddonfield, and continuing to approach the Delaware River Bridge" to Route 25, and extended it from West Berlin to Blue Anchorhttp://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/fr.htm NJ's First Renumbering (1927) jimmyandsharonwilliams.com This route was cancelled in the final 1927 numbering n designated Route 26 from Five Points to Hammonton designated Route 27 from Camden to Atlantic City designated Route 28 from South Amboy to Atlantic Highlands designated Route 29 from Morristown to Hackettstown designated Route 30 from Far Hills to Tri-State It was eventually determined that an entire overhaul of the numbering system was necessary. Design Chapter 319 of the 1927 public laws defined the new system of routes. Major roads received numbers from 1 to 12 and 21 to 50, as follows: 1-12: northern New Jersey 21-28: radiating from Newark 29-37: radiating from Trenton 38-47: radiating from Camden 48-50: southern New Jersey Spurs were also defined, being assigned a prefix of S. For example, Route S26 was a short spur of Route 26 connecting to Route 25 south of New Brunswick. A second spur of Route 4 was assigned Route S4A, but two separate spurs of Route 24 both received the Route S24 designation. While the majority of already-acquired routes were included in the new system, four sections of pre-1927 routes were not. The law authorizing the renumbering indicated that these were to remain, and so the State Highway Commission added a suffix of N to distinguish them from the new routes of the same number: Route 4N from pre-1927 Route 4, Eatontown to Belmar Route 5N from pre-1927 Route 5, Morris Plains to Denville Route 8N from pre-1927 Route 8, Sussex to Unionville, New York Route 18N from pre-1927 Route 18N, Fort Lee to Alpine List of new routes New routeFromThroughToOld designationLines marked "L" indicate the year and chapter of the legislation marking the route. nModern designation (approx.)Many routes have since been rerouted off of local roads and onto freeways, especially near New York City, Trenton, and Philadelphia. The designations listed below show the modern route that serves the corridor of the original route nRoute 140x40pxRockleighFort Lee - Alpine - Cresskill - Englewood - Fort Lee - Palisades Park - Ridgefield - North Bergen - Jersey City - BayonneBayonne BridgeCR 501Route S140x40pxFort Lee Ridgefield - FairviewNorth Bergen63Route 240x40pxSuffern, New YorkRidgewood - Hackensack - Hasbrouck Heights - Rutherford - LyndhurstNorth ArlingtonRoute 17N (proposed to be Route 17 in 1926), Suffern - North Arlington17Route 340x40pxGreenwood Lake, New YorkHewitt - Midvale - Haskell - Pompton - Haledon - Prospect Park - Hawthorne - Paterson - Clifton - Wallington - East Rutherford - SecaucusNorth BergenL. 1926 c. 140, Wallington - North BergenCR 511, 208, 20, 3Route 440x40pxGeorge Washington BridgeFort Lee - Riverside - Fair Lawn - Paterson - Clifton - Bloomfield - East Orange - Irvington - Roselle - Linden - Rahway - Woodbridge - Perth Amboy - South Amboy - Rose's Corner - Cheesequake - White Brown's Corner - Matawan - Freehold - Lakewood - Toms River - Tuckerton - Absecon - Pleasantville - Somer's Point - Beesley's Point - SeavilleCape MayRoute 4, Rahway - South AmboyL. 1925 c. 235, South Amboy - MatawanRoute 7 (Spur), Freehold - LakewoodRoute 4, Lakewood - AbseconRoute 19 (proposed to be part of Route 4 in 1926), Absecon - SeavilleRoute 14, Seaville - Cape May109, US 9, 166, 79, Garden State Parkway, 4Route S440x40pxOuterbridge CrossingPerth Amboy440 (South)Route S4A40x40pxTuckertonLittle BeachN/ARoute 540x40pxPatersonMaywood - Hackensack - Little Ferry - Ridgefield - Fort LeeEdgewaterRoute 10, Paterson - EdgewaterI-80, 5Route S540x40pxLittle FerryRidgefieldBergen TurnpikeRoute 640x40pxGeorge Washington BridgeFort Lee - Palisades Park - Ridgefield Park - Little Ferry - Hasbrouck Heights - Paterson - Caldwell Township - Denville - Dover - Netcong - Hackettstown - ButtzvilleDarlington's BridgeRoute 12, Paterson - HackettstownRoute 5, Denville - Delaware BridgeUS 46, 159Route 740x40pxPatersonClifton - Passaic - Nutley - Belleville - KearnyJersey CityRoute 11, Paterson - BellevilleL. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Jersey City7Route 840x40pxDelaware BridgeColumbia - Hainesburg - BlairstownNewton94Route 940x40pxBellevilleBloomfield - Montclair - Verona - CaldwellPine Brook BridgeL. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Pine Brook BridgeCR 506 (actual alignment proposed as 16 but never built)Route 1040x40pxJersey CityKearny - Harrison - Newark - Hanover - Whippany - LittletonDoverL. 1926 c. 126, Jersey City - Dover10, I-280Route 1140x40pxWhitehousePluckemin - MartinsvilleNorth PlainfieldI-78Route 1240x40pxFrenchtownBaptisttown - Croton - Flemington - Voorhees Corner - Three Bridges - CentrevilleSomerville-Raritan lineL. 1926 c. 104, Flemington - Somerville12, US 202Route 2140x40pxBellevilleNewarkRoute 11, Belleville - Newark21Route 2240x40pxPine Brook BridgeWest Caldwell - Livingston - Millburn - SpringfieldRahway59Route 2340x40pxVeronaCedar Grove - Pequannock - Bloomingdale - Oak Ridge - Franklin - Sussex - High PointPort Jervis, New YorkRoute 8, Verona - SussexL. 1925 c. 158, Sussex - Port Jervis23Route 2440x40pxNewarkIrvington - Maplewood - Springfield - Morristown - Chester - Long Valley - Stephensburg - WashingtonPhillipsburgRoute 5, Newark - MorristownL. 1925 c. 230 (proposed to be Route 29 in 1926), Morristown - Schooleys MountainRoute 12, Stephensburg - Phillipsburg82, 124, Old 24, 57Route S2440x40pxStephensburgHackettstownRoute 12, Stephensburg - Hackettstown57SpringfieldElizabeth82Route 2540x40pxHolland TunnelJersey City - Kearny - Newark - Elizabeth - Rahway - Woodbridge - North Brunswick - Deans - Dayton - Cranbury - Hightstown - Robbinsville - Bordentown - Burlington - CamdenBenjamin Franklin BridgeRoute 1 (Extension), Holland Tunnel - ElizabethRoute 1, North Brunswick - RobbinsvilleRoute 2, Bordentown - Ben Franklin BridgeUS 1, US 130, US 30Route 2640x40pxTrentonAdamsNew BrunswickL. 1926 c. 14, Trenton - New Brunswick26, US 1Route S2640x40pxAdamsNorth BrunswickUS 1Route 2740x40pxNewarkElizabeth - Rahway - Metuchen - New Brunswick - PrincetonTrentonRoute 1, Elizabeth - New BrunswickRoute 13, New Brunswick - Trenton27, US 20627-28 LinkElizabethWestfield AveRoute 2840x40pxGoethals BridgeElizabeth - Cranford - Westfield - Plainfield - Bound Brook - Somerville - ClintonPhillipsburgRoute 9, Elizabeth - Phillipsburg28, US 22, 173, 122Route S2840x40pxMiddlesexHighland Park - New Brunswick - Weston Mills - Tanners Corner - Old Bridge - BrowntownMatawan18Route 2940x40pxNewarkHillside - Union - Springfield - Mountainside - North Plainfield - Bound Brook - Ringoes - Lambertville - Washington's CrossingTrentonL. 1924 c. 233 (proposed to be Route 21 in 1926), Ringoes - LambertvilleUS 22, US 206, US 202, 179, 29, 129Route 3040x40pxTrentonPennington - Ringoes - Flemington - Clinton - WashingtonButtzvilleL. 1924 c. 233 (proposed to be Route 21 in 1926), Trenton - Buttzville31Route 3140x40pxPrincetonSomerville - Bedminster - Chester - Netcong - Newton - Lafayette - Hamburg - VernonNew Milford, New YorkRoute 16, Princeton - BedminsterL. 1925 c. 225 (proposed to be Route 30 in 1926), Bedminster - NewtonRoute 8 (Spur), Lafayette - North ChurchUS 206, 94Route S3140x40pxNewtonBranchville - MontagueMilford, PennsylvaniaL. 1925 c. 225 (proposed to be Route 30 in 1926), Newton - MontagueUS 206Route 3240x40pxBedminsterBernardsville - Morristown - Morris Plains - Littleton - BoontonMountain ViewRoute 16, Bedminster - MorristownRoute 5, Morristown - Morris PlainsUS 202Route 3340x40pxTrentonRobbinsville - Hightstown - FreeholdAsbury ParkRoute 1, Trenton - HightstownRoute 7, Hightstown - Asbury Park33Route 3440x40pxMatawanHolmdel - Vanderburg - Colt's Neck - Shark River Station - AllenwoodLaurelton34, 70Route 3540x40pxSouth AmboyKeyport - Eatontown - Belmar - Manasquan - Point Pleasant - LaureltonLakewoodRoute 4, South Amboy - EatontownRoute 4, Belmar - Lakewood35, 88Route 3640x40pxKeyportKeanesburg - BelfordAtlantic HighlandsL. 1925 c. 224 (proposed to be part of Route 28 in 1926), Keyport - Atlantic Highlands36Route 3740x40pxTrentonWhite Horse - Allentown - Lakehurst - Toms River - Seaside HeightsPoint PleasantRoute 2, Trenton - White HorseRoute 18, Lakehurst - Toms RiverUS 206, 37, 35Route 3840x40pxCamdenMerchantville - Moorestown - Mount HollyEastamptonRoute 18 (proposed to be Route 23 in 1926), Camden - Mount HollyL. 1925 c. 222 (proposed to be Route 24 in 1926), Mount Holly - Eastampton38, 41Route 3940x40pxYardley BridgeEwing - Bakersville - Mercerville - White Horse - Bordentown - Columbus - Vincentown - Red Lion - Indian Mills - AtsionDa CostaRoute 2, White Horse - BordentownL. 1923 c. 202 (proposed to be part of Route 26 in 1926), Indian Mills - Da CostaI-295, US-206Route 4040x40pxCamdenMarlton - Red Lion - Four Mile - Whitesbog - Whitings - Lakehurst - LakewoodRoute 18 (proposed to be Route 23 in 1926), Whitesbog - Lakehurst70Route S4040x40pxFour MileManahawkin72Route 4140x40pxMoorestownHaddonfieldFairview41, 47Route S4140x40pxTacony-Palmyra BridgePalmyra - Moorestown - Evesboro - MarltonBerlinL. 1923 c. 202 (proposed to be part of Route 26 in 1926), Palmyra - Evesboro73Route 4240x40pxCamdenMt Ephraim - Chews Landing - Blackwood - Grenloch - Williamstown - Cecil - WeymouthMcKee CityL. 1925 c. 240 (proposed to be Route 27 in 1926), Camden - McKee City168, 42, US 322Route 4340x40pxCamdenBerlin - Hammonton - Egg Harbor CityAbseconRoute 3, Camden - AbseconUS 30Route 4440x40pxWestvillePaulsboro - BridgeportPenns GroveRoute 17S (proposed to be Route 22 in 1926), Paulsboro - Penns Grove44, US 130Route 4540x40pxCamdenWoodbury - Mullica Hill - WoodstownSalemRoute 6, Ben Franklin Bridge - SalemRoute 45Route 4640x40pxMullica HillUpper PittsgroveBridgetonRoute 6, Mullica Hill - Bridgeton77Route 4740x40pxBrooklawnGlassboro - Malaga - Vineland - MillvilleTuckahoeRoute 20, Brooklawn - Millville47, 49Route 4840x40pxPenns GroveWoodstown - Elmer - Malaga - Mays Landing - PleasantvilleAtlantic CityRoute 18S (proposed to be Route 19 in 1926), Penns Grove - Atlantic CityUS 40Route 4940x40pxSalemBridgeton - Millville - Port Elizabeth - Dennisville - South DennisOcean ViewRoute 6, Salem - BridgetonRoute 15, Bridgeton - South Dennis49, 47, 83Route S4940x40pxSouth DennisGoshenRio GrandeRoute 15, South Dennis - Rio Grande47Route 5040x40pxEgg Harbor CityMays Landing - Oakville - TuckahoeSeavilleRoute 14, Egg Harbor City - Seaville50 Additions right|frameless|75x75px right|frameless|75x75px right|frameless|75x75px right|frameless|75x75px 1929 amendment Chapter 126 of the 1929 public law amended the 1927 act, removing redundant designations and creating entirely new roads in the New York Metropolitan Area. The amendments included Realigning Route 1 onto Route 18N, still left over from the first 1916 system Establishing Route S1A, today Route 67, from the remnants of Route 18N not taken over by Route 1 (Lemoine and Palisades Avenues) Truncating Route 3 to the Hawthorne-Paterson Line Establishing Route S3 (served by modern Route 3), running from Route 3 in East Rutherford to Route 6 in Clifton Declaring that Route S4A would be built, "provided, however, the county of Atlantic shall first agree to construct a suitable continuation of said road from Little Beach to the city of Atlantic City". Atlantic County was unable to build most of this extension, hence Route S4A was never built; the portions that were built became designated as Route 87 Establishing Route S4B, replacing the truncated sections of Route 3 (served today by Route 208) Truncating Route 5 to roughly its current length, with an extension to the centre of Ridgefield Realigning Route S5 onto the southern portion of Grand Avenue (modern Route 93) Realigning Route 6 to a new alignment east of Caldwell Township, bypassing Paterson Creating Route S6 (including modern Route 62) along the portions of Union Boulevard formerly used by Route 6 Truncating Route 7 to Wallington Other additions +RouteFromToLegislatedModern DesignationNotesRoute 2N40x40pxLyndhurstNutley1938 c. 269Kingsland and Park AveRoute S3 SpurRoute S3Clifton1942 c. 77 Named 1948 c. 221161Route 4A40x40pxOld BridgeWest Freehold194234, 79Replaced realigned section of Route 4Route S4C40x40pxBennetCape May162, Beach Ave, Broadway, Seashore RoadRenumbered to Route 85 in the 1953 renumbering; never builtRoute S4D40x40pxTeaneckTappan, NY1938 c. 134Cancelled before the renumberingRoute 6A40x40pxDoverFrankford1938 c. 4715Route 6M40x40pxMontvilleFairfield1941159Replaced realigned section of Route 6Route 10N40x40pxPatersonRidgefield1929Hackensack Plank RoadReplaced realigned section of Route 5; eliminated by 1930sRoute 11N40x40pxPassaicPaterson1929Main AveReplaced truncated section of Route 7Route 13E40x40pxPoint PleasantBay Head1938 c. 23813Route 1740x40pxSuffern, New YorkNorth Arlington194217Route 2 renumbered to Route 17 to create one single route from the Great Lakes to the New York City area for WWII caravansRoute 1840x40pxOld BridgeEatontown1939 c. 24318New freeway designated.Route 1940x40pxPatersonBelleville1939 c. 200Marshall Street, Hazel Street, Paulison Avenue, River Drive (old routing of 21)Became part of Route 21 in 1948.Route 24-28 LinkPhilipsburg1940Morris StWhen Route 24 was rerouted onto a freeway north of Morris St, the remnants were still state-maintained to link Routes 24 and 28Route 25A40x40pxNewarkHarrison1939 c. 198I-280Renumbered to Route 58 in 1953; in 1997, the designation was dropped in favour of I-280Route 25AD40x40pxNewarkHarrison158Locally called the Center Street Bridge; designation removed 1960, bridge demolished in 1979Route 25B40x40pxNewark1939 c. 317Port Street, Doremus AveRenumbered to Route 65 in 1953; removed from state highway system in 1963Route 25M40x40pxNorth BrunswickNew Brunswick1940171A former alignment of US-130Route S2540x40pxBristol, PABurlington1929 c. 57413Route 25T40x40pxEast FerryJersey CityUS 1/9 TruckTruck route of Route 25, due to ban of trucks on Pulaski Skyway of the timeRoute 26A40x40pxAdamsNew Brunswick194191Route 28A40x40pxThe only evidence of this route is the fact that it was later absorbed into US-22; possibly 24-28 linkRoute 28-29 LinkNorth BranchBridgewater1938 c. 17US-22US-22 Bypass of Route 28Route 29A40x40pxNew HopeFrenchtown1929 c. 24129Route 29B40x40pxFrenchtownPhilipsburg1938 c. 183CR 519Route S2940x40pxLambertvilleNew Hope, PA1949179Route 31A40x40pxPrincetonHightstown1941 c. 105Princeton-Hightstown Street, 64Route 33-35 LinkTinton FallsNeptune Township66Route S41A40x40pxBerlinFolsom1938 c. 29973Route S41N40x40pxWrightsvillePalmyra1941155Route S4340x40pxGermaniaNorthfield1938 c. 216CR 563Renumbered to Route 89 in the 1953 renumbering; never built as a state highwayRoute S4440x40pxBridgeportBridgeport Ferry1938 c. 374324Route S44A40x40pxEllisburgBrooklawn1938 c. 374CR 551 SpurAlso known locally as Kings Highway; renumbered to Route 80 in the 1953 renumbering; never built as a state highwayRoute 44T40x40pxPaulsboroDeptford1938 c. 367Designed to form a connection from a Paulsboro-Essington Bridge; renumbered to Route 78 in the 1953 renumbering; never builtRoute 5140x40pxBridgeportWilliamstown1939 US-322Route 5240x40pxSomers PointMays Landing1937Somers Point RoadRoute 5440x40pxHammontonVineland1938 c. 4354, Lincoln AvenueRoute 5540x40pxPleasantvilleAtlantic City1938 c. 83US 40Replaced truncated section of Route 48Route 55N40x40pxNew YorkTeaneck1938Central NJ Home News, page 2 October 19, 1948Renumbered to Route 303 in the 1953 renumbering to connect to NY equivalent; cancelled shortly afterRoute 5640x40pxAbsecomAtlantic City1938 c. 177US 30, Absecon BlvdRoute 56N40x40pxLaureltonMantoloking1938 c. 84Renumbered to Route 74 in the 1953 renumbering; never builtRoute S5640x40pxAtlantic City194187, 187Route 8440x40pxSussexUnionville, NY1942284Renumbering of 8N; renumbered 284 to avoid confusion with nearby I-84Route 10040x40pxNew BrunswickFort Lee1938 c. 50New Jersey TurnpikeOriginally planned to extend to Route 26Route S10040x40pxElizabeth (Route 100)Elizabeth (Route 25)1938 c. 5081Route 10140x40pxKearnyHackensack1939 c. 10521, 17Never builtRoute S10140x40pxHackensackMontvale1951 c. 289444Route 15140x40pxCamden1946 c. 115S10, S11 Aves, Memorial Ave, Flanders BlvdAdministration given back to Camden after 1969Route 30040x40pxDelaware Memorial BridgeNew Brunswick1947 c. 259New Jersey TurnpikeRoute 700Delaware Memorial BridgeUS 46 in Ridgefield1952New Jersey Turnpike Notes n See also U.S. Roads New Jersey List of state highways in New Jersey before 1927 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering References External links 1920s New Jersey Highways renumbering 1927 New Jersey State Highway Renumbering, 1927 New Jersey State Highway Renumbering, 1927 Category:Highway renumbering in the United States