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Laws covering current routes[edit]

US 1
  • ?, NJ 26, NJ S-26, NJ 25
US 1 Business
  • ?, NJ 26
US 1/9
  • NJ 25, ?, NJ 1
US 1/9 Truck
  • NJ 25
NJ 3
  • NJ S-3, NJ 3
NJ 4
  • NJ 4
NJ 5
  • NJ 5
NJ 7
  • NJ 7, NJ 11-N
US 9
  • [maintained by DRBA], NJ 4, ? (Toms River), NJ 4, ? (Freehold to Cheesequake), NJ 4, ? (Perth Amboy)
US 9W
  • NJ 1
NJ 10
  • NJ 10
NJ 12
  • NJ 12
NJ 13
  • NJ 13-E
NJ 15
  • NJ 6A
NJ 17
  • NJ 2
NJ 18
  • 1958 c. 103, NJ 18, NJ S-28, 1962 c. 102
NJ 19
  • NJ 20
NJ 20
  • NJ 3
NJ 21
  • NJ 21, ?
US 22
  • NJ 24N, NJ 24, ?, NJ 28, ?, NJ 29
NJ 23
  • NJ 23
NJ 24
  • ?
NJ 26
  • NJ 26
NJ 27
  • NJ 27, ?
NJ 28
  • NJ 28
NJ 29
  • 1944 c. 37, NJ 29, NJ 29A
US 30
  • NJ 25, NJ 43, NJ 56
NJ 31
  • NJ 30
NJ 32
  • ?
NJ 33
  • NJ 33, 1965 c. 210, NJ 33
NJ 33 Business
  • NJ 33
NJ 34
  • NJ 34, NJ 4
NJ 35
  • ?, NJ 37, NJ 35, NJ 4
NJ 36
  • NJ 18, NJ 36
NJ 37
  • NJ 37
NJ 38
  • NJ 38
US 40
  • NJ 69, NJ 48, NJ 55
NJ 41
  • NJ 41
NJ 42
  • NJ 42, 1956 c. 193
NJ 44
  • NJ 44
NJ 45
  • NJ 45
US 46
  • NJ 8, NJ 6
NJ 47
  • NJ S-49, NJ 49, NJ 47
NJ 48
  • NJ 48
NJ 49
  • NJ 44, NJ 49, NJ 47
NJ 50
  • NJ 50
NJ 52
  • ?
NJ 53
  • NJ 5-N
NJ 54
  • NJ 54
NJ 55
  • NJ 55
NJ 56
  • 1977 c. 405
NJ 57
  • NJ 24
NJ 59
  • NJ 22
NJ 62
  • NJ S-6
NJ 63
  • NJ S-1
NJ 64
  • NJ 31A
NJ 66
  • ?
NJ 67
  • NJ S-1-A
NJ 68
  • NJ S-39
NJ 70
  • NJ 40, ?, NJ 34
NJ 71
  • NJ 4-N
NJ 72
  • NJ S-40, ?
NJ 73
  • NJ S-41
I-76
  • ?
NJ 76C
  • ?
NJ 77
  • NJ 46
I-78
  • ?, NJ 100
NJ 79
  • NJ 4
I-80
  • ?
NJ 81
  • NJ 81
NJ 82
  • NJ S-24
NJ 83
  • NJ 49
NJ 87
  • ?, NJ 56S
NJ 88
  • NJ 35
NJ 90
  • 1965 c. 60
NJ 91
  • ?
NJ 93
  • ?
NJ 94
  • NJ 8, NJ 31
I-95
  • ?, NJ 100

When routes were added[edit]

This comes from [1] (1974). Notes come from the 1968 master plan.

  • (Route Nos. 28 and S-28) amended 1938, c. 17.
  • (Route No. 3) relocated in part 1949, c. 292.
  • Route 2-N added 1938, c. 269.
  • Route No. 4, part designated as freeway, suppl., 1953, c. 86.
  • Route S-4-d extended 1938, c. 134 (sec. 1 amended 1941, с 263).
  • Route S-4-A " 1938, c. 341.
  • Route 6-A added 1938, c. 47.
  • Route 24N " 1938, c. 85.
  • Route 29B " 1938, c. 183.
  • Route 31A " 1938, c. 346; amended 1941, c. 106.
    Portion of Route 31A from U. S. Route No. 1 north of Penns Neck Circle to State Highway Route 33 east of Hightstown, designated a freeway, 1966, c. 269.
    Portion of Route 31A from Route 31 north of Princeton to U. S. Route 1 north of Penns Neck Circle, designated a freeway, 1967, c. 251.
  • Route 36 extended 1940, c. 95.
  • Route 38 " 1938, c. 61; designated a freeway, suppl., 1953, c. 130.
  • Route S-41 extended 1938, c. 299.
  • Route S-43 added 1938, c. 216.
  • Route S-44 " 1938, c. 374.
  • Route 44-T " 1938, c. 367; 1939, c. 264.
  • Route S-49 " 1938, c. 168.
  • Route 54 " 1938, c. 43.
  • Route 55 " 1938, c. 83; 1938, c. 143 (1938, c. 141 repealed 1939, c. 266).
  • Route 56 added 1938, c. 84; 1938, c. 177.
  • Route 100, S-100 added 1938, c. 50; amended 1946, c. 57, s. 1; freeway 1946, c. 57, s. 2, amended 1947, c. 261.
  • Route 13-E added 1938, c. 238.
  • Route 18 " 1939, c. 243; amended 1941, c. 413.
  • Route 18, part designated as freeway, suppl., 1960, c. 22.
  • Route 19 added 1939, c. 200.
  • Route 25A " 1939, c. 198; amended 1946, c. 68.
  • Route 25B " 1939, c. 317.
  • Route 101 " 1939, c. 105; amended 1961, c. 290.
  • Route Absecon Boulevard to Route 38 added 1941, c. 64.
  • Route Bayonne to Bayonne Naval Supply Base and Dry Dock added 1941, c. 32; amended, freeway, 1947, c. 826.
  • Route Camp Dix to Route 39 added 1941, c. 13.
  • Route Millville to Route 48 added 1941, c. 38.
  • Route Morris Plains to Route 2 added 1941, c. 66.
  • Route Somers Point to Beasleys Point added 1942, c. 64.
  • Route Clifton to Route S-3 added 1942, c. 77.
  • Route Trenton-Morrisville bridge to Route 26, 1943, c. 28; freeway, suppl., 1947, c. 15.
  • Lincoln Tunnel approach highway, 1943, c. 52.
  • Route No. 29 southeasterly through Trenton, 1944, c. 37; see 1947, c. 167; designated a freeway, 1963, c. 306.
  • Route No. 44 to Route No. 48, 1944, c. 47.
  • Route intersection of Absecon boulevard and Brigantine boulevard to city of Brigantine, 1945, с. 1.
  • Route county highway No. 17 on a map of Cape May county added 1945, c. 20.
  • Route No. Pennsauken Township to Delaware River bridge, Camden freeway, added, 1946, c. 113.
  • Routes Nos. 44, 45 and 47 — Westville, extended to Delaware River bridge, Camden, 1946, c. 114; freeway, suppl., 1947, c. 58.
  • Route No. 25 to foot of Market and Federal streets, Camden, added, 1946, c. 115.
  • Route No. 6 to Cape May and Trenton, parkway, added, 1946, c. 117 (Title amended 1950, c. 198, s. 1; Sec. 2 amended I960, c. 198, s. 2; 1952, c. 13).
  • Route No. 51 to Route No. 42, Gloucester county, added, 1946. c. 128.
  • Route No. 48 to Route No. 56, Atlantic county, added, 1946, c. 139. Route — North Field road, West Orange, to Route No. 25A, freeway, added, 1946, c. 176; relocated, 1952, c. 289, s. 3.
  • Route No. extending Route 25 from Pennsauken to Delaware River bridge, 1947, c. 55.
  • Route No. extending route added by 1946, c. 114, from Timber Creek to Route No. 42, 1947, c. 56. Sec. 1 of above amended 1956, c. 193, s. 1.
  • Route from Alpine to vicinity of George Washington bridge, spur to Route 1 in Fort Lee, parkway, 1947, c. 74.
  • Route No. 300 — From Route No. 100 in Middlesex county to Delaware River at Deepwater, added; freeway, 1947, c. 259.
  • Route No. Crown Point road in Westville, at intersection with Route No. 47 to Route Nos. 45 and 44, added, 1947, c. 260.
  • Route — Route 25 to Route 35, all in Woodbridge township, added; parkway, 1947, c. 328.
  • Route No. Intersection of Routes 10 and 6 to Route 6A, added, 1947, c. 329.
  • Route No. from Route No. 26 at Clarksville to Route No 37 at White Horse, added, 1948, c. 43.
  • Route No. Absecon Blvd., from Route No. 56 at junction of Kuehnle Ave., Atlantic City to junction with Delaware Ave., 1948, с. 51.
  • Route No. 43, White Horse Pike, reconstruction, etc., as a dual highway, 1948, c. 75.
  • Route No. 43, lighting provided for, 1948, c. 76.
  • Route No. from Route No. 49 in vicinity of Dennisville to Route No. 47 in vicinity of Marshallville, added, 1948, c. 167.
  • Route No. spur from Route No. S-3, vicinity of Broad Street to westerly end of Clifton Avenue in Clifton, added 1948, c. 221.
  • Route No. extending Route No. 21 from Newark to vicinity of Grand and Marshal Street in Paterson, 1948, c. 235.
  • Route No. 29A to include sixty foot right-of-way between Byram Station and end of improved concrete roadway, below Frenchtown, 1948, c. 296.
  • Route No. 29 to Delaware river bridge in Lambertville, added, 1948, c. 407.
  • Route No. From trans-Bayonne freeway through Jersey City to approach of the Holland Tunnel, added, 1948, c. 451.
  • Route No. From intersection Route No. 1 with Route No. 25 skyway to intersection of Route No. 100, Route No. 3 and Lincoln Tunnel approach, added, 1948, c. 452.
  • Route No. 44 designated a freeway, 1949, c. 167.
  • Route No. extending Route No. 7 from intersection of Route No. 3 to Route No. 6, 1949, c. 175.
  • Route No. Raritan river between Fort Earle and Route 36 to Route 34 south of Route 33, 1950, c. 261.
  • Route No. Route No. 38 in Burlington county along Old Monmouth Road to Route No. 4 at Freehold, 1950, c. 300.
  • Route No. Route 8 to Delaware Water Gap bridge, added, freeway, 1951, c. 107.
  • Route No. Raritan River to Route 34 south of Route 33, added, parkway, 1951, c. 109.
  • Route No. Route 31 north of Somerville to Boonton to Route 17 in Bergen County, added, freeway, 1951, c. 110.
  • Route No. 28, Still Valley to West Portal, freeway, 1951, c. 111.
  • Route S-101, Route 4 in Hackensack to New York State line near Chestnut Ridge Road, added, parkway, 1951, c. 289. Route No. 6, Denville to Netcong; freeway, suppl., 1952, c. 42.
  • Route No. 21, as extended; freeway, 1952, c. 110.
  • Route No. 3, with Lincoln Tunnel, non-access facilities; freeway, suppl., 1952, c. 223.
  • Route No. 10, relocated; freeway, 1952, c. 289, ss. 1, 2.
  • Route No. 24 and S-24, relocated; freeway, 1952, c. 289, ss. 4, 6.
  • Route No. Verga, Gloucester County to Barrington, Camden County, added as freeway, 1953, c. 70.
  • Route No. Outerbridge Crossing to Middletown, added as freeway, 1953, c. 87.
  • Route No. Lyndhurst to Hanson, added as freeway, 1953, c. 93.
  • Route No. Robbinsville to "Thomas A. Mathis Bridge," added as freeway, 1953, c. 111.
  • Route No. Route 68 to Route 72, added as freeway, 1953, c. 112.
  • Route Burlington-Bristol Bridge, to Route 70, added as freeway, 1953, c. 113.
  • Route No. From Route 22 east of Clinton to Route 22 west of Clinton, freeway, added 1955, c. 75.
  • Route No. Route 69 at Pennington to Route 1 at Slackwood, added, freeway, 1955, c. 255.
  • Route No. Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, to Constable Hook, Bayonne, added, 1957, c. 88.
  • Route 39 from new Yardley bridge to Bakersville designated a freeway, suppl., 1958, c. 83.
  • Route No. From Route 35 at Eatontown through Ocean, Neptune and Wall Townships to Route 35 at South Belmar, added as a freeway, 1958, c. 103.
  • Route No. Salem County Route No. 69 from New Jersey Turnpike to Route No. 48, added, 1958, c. 124.
  • Route No. Route No. 20 at Maple Avenue crossing of Passaic River in Paterson to intersection with Route U. S. 46 in Clifton, added, 1959, c. 4; designated a freeway, 1964, c. 129, s. 1.
  • Route No. Route No. 440 in vicinity of Kill van Kull Bridge Plaza in Bayonne to junction with Route No. 1 in vicinity 63rd Street and Hudson County Boulevard in Bayonne, added, 1959, c. 57.
  • Route No. Route U. S. 40 and 322 in the vicinity of its crossing of Great Thoroughfare to connection with Federal Aid Secondary Route 236 at intersection of Dorset and West End Avenues, in Atlantic County, added 1961, c. 133.
  • Route No. from Route 18 in New Brunswick to Route 287, added and designated a freeway, 1962, c. 102; amended 1971, c. 291.
    was: Route No. from Route 18 in New Brunswick to Route 22 at westerly terminus of Green Brook road in Green Brook Township, with spur to Route 287, added and designated a freeway, 1962, c. 102.
  • Route No. from Route No. 18 in East Brunswick Township to Route 35 south of Cheesequake Creek in Middlesex County, added and designated a freeway, 1962, c. 240.
  • Route 55 added as a freeway, 1964, c. 16.
  • Route No. from Route 130 in Township of South Brunswick to a point near the intersection of county routes 522 and 535 in the township of Monroe, 1964, c. 121.
  • Route No. from proposed new bridge over Delaware river in the township of Pennsauken, Camden county, to Route 73 east of New Jersey Turnpike in Burlington county, added as a freeway, 1965, c. 60.
  • Route No. from the Lincoln Tunnel in the township of Weehawken to the Holland Tunnel in the city of Jersey City, Hudson county, added as a freeway, 1965, c. 98.
  • Route No. from Interchange of Routes Nos. 29 and 206 in Hamilton township easterly to an intersection east of Route No. 130, added as a freeway, 1965, c. 210, ss. 1, 3, 4.
  • Route No. from Route No. 33 west of Freehold southeastwardly to Route No. 33 east of Freehold, added as a freeway, 1965, c. 210, ss. 2-4.
  • Route No. from intersection of Routes Nos. 24 and 57 in Hackettstown to Route No. 46 in Washington township, added, 1965, c. 241.
    • "Route 24-46 Connector"
  • Route No. from Route 15 in Jefferson township to the intersection of Route 206 and County Route 565 in Frankford township, added as a freeway, 1966, c. 221.
  • Route 81 from vicinity of Route 278 and Turnpike Interchange No. 13 northerly to U. S. Route 1 at a point between North Ave., Elizabeth and McClellan St., Newark, added as a freeway, 1966, c. 306.
  • Route 51 from a point on Interroute 76 in city of Camden westerly to vicinity of Jefferson St. then northerly to U. S. Route 30 in vicinity of Benjamin Franklin bridge, added, 1967, c. 52.
  • Route No. 75, from Route 280 in the vicinity of Roseville Avenue, Newark to Route 78 in the vicinity of Belmont Avenue, Newark, added as a freeway, 1967, c. 87.
  • Route No. from Route 24 in vicinity of Hanover Avenue in Hanover township to Interstate 80 in Parsippany-Troy Hills, added, freeway, 1967, c. 142; amended 1971, c. 287.
    was: Route No. from Route 24 in vicinity of Hanover Avenue in Hanover township to Route US 46 in vicinity of Denville, added, freeway, 1967, c. 142.
  • Route No. from the vicinity of the proposed Delaware river bridge north of Lambertville to Route 202 northeast of Lambertville, added, freeway, 1967, c. 143.
  • Route 169 extended to Route 440, 1967, c. 163.
  • Route No. from intersection of Orchard Street and Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, easterly and thence northerly to North Avenue East and McLester Street in Port Elizabeth area, added, 1967, c. 219.
  • Route No. 208, that portion established by P. L. 1931, c. 20, aa Route S-4-B, designated a freeway, 1967, c. 285.
  • Route No. from John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge in Atlantic County toward Somers Point (presently designated Atlantic County Route No. 20), added as a freeway, 1968, c. 397.
  • Route No. from intersection of Routes 585 and at Burleigh along Route 585 to North Wildwood, added, 1971, c. 23.
  • Route 35 Freeway extension to Route 74 Freeway in Madison township, added, freeway, 1971, c. 61.
  • Route No. from Routes 1-9 south of Pulaski Skyway northerly to skyway and then to intersection with Route No. 3 in Hudson county, added, freeway, 1971, c. 120.
  • Route No. from Routes 1-9 south of Pulaski Skyway northerly to skyway, then to Route No. 3 in Hudson county, then to intersection with Interstate Route 80 in Bergen county, added, freeway, 1971, c. 140.
  • Route No. beginning in vicinity of Morris street and northwesterly paralleling Erie-Lackawanna Railroad to Speedwell avenue, added, 1971, c. 410.
  • Route 20 beginning at the intersection of Route 20 and Washington avenue with Paterson Plank road in Bergen county along Paterson Plank road to its intersection with Route 17, added, 1972, c. 209.
  • Route No. beginning at the intersection of Plant street in Upper Penn's Neck township with U. S. Route 130 in Salem county thence easterly to a point east of its intersection with U. S. Route 40, 1973, c. 152.
  • ?? NJ 23 Butler to Alpine/Hudson River
  • ?? US 40 Deepwater to Somers Point
  • ??

Renumbering of State Highway Routes by Commissioner, authorized, 1940, c. 184.

--NE2 06:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]