1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering

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.

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highway renumbering series.
Alabama 1928, 1957
Arkansas 1926
California 1964
Colorado 1953, 1968
Connecticut 1932, 1963
Florida 1945
Indiana 1926
Iowa 1926, 1969
Louisiana 1955
Maine 1933
Massachusetts 1933
Minnesota 1934
Missouri 1926
Montana 1932
Nebraska 1926
Nevada 1976
New Jersey 1927, 1953
New Mexico 1988
New York 1927, 1930
North Carolina 1934, 1937, 1940, 1961
Ohio 1923, 1927, 1962
Pennsylvania 1928, 1961
Puerto Rico 1953
South Carolina 1928, 1937
South Dakota 1927, 1975
Tennessee 1983
Texas 1939
Utah 1962, 1977
Virginia 1923, 1928, 1933, 1940, 1958
Washington 1964
Wisconsin 1926
Wyoming 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 Anchor[1] [n 1]
  • 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:

List of new routes
New Route From Through To Old Designation[n 2] Modern Designation (Rough)[n 3]
Route 1 Rockleigh Fort Lee - Alpine - Cresskill - Englewood - Fort Lee - Palisades Park - Ridgefield - North Bergen - Jersey City - Bayonne Bayonne Bridge CR 501
Route S1 Fort Lee Ridgefield - Fairview North Bergen 63
Route 2 Suffern, New York Ridgewood - Hackensack - Hasbrouck Heights - Rutherford - Lyndhurst North Arlington Route 17N (proposed to be Route 17 in 1926), Suffern - North Arlington 17
Route 3 Greenwood Lake, New York Hewitt - Midvale - Haskell - Pompton - Haledon - Prospect Park - Hawthorne - Paterson - Clifton - Wallington - East Rutherford - Secaucus North Bergen L. 1926 c. 140, Wallington - North Bergen CR 511, 208, 20, 3
Route 4 George Washington Bridge Fort 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 - Seaville Cape May Route 4, Rahway - South Amboy
L. 1925 c. 235, South Amboy - Matawan
Route 7 (Spur), Freehold - Lakewood
Route 4, Lakewood - Absecon
Route 19 (proposed to be part of Route 4 in 1926), Absecon - Seaville
Route 14, Seaville - Cape May		 109, US 9, 166, 79, Garden State Parkway, 4
Route S4 Outerbridge Crossing Perth Amboy 440 (South)
Route S4A Tuckerton Little Beach N/A
Route 5 Paterson Maywood - Hackensack - Little Ferry - Ridgefield - Fort Lee Edgewater Route 10, Paterson - Edgewater I-80, 5
Route S5 Little Ferry Ridgefield Bergen Turnpike
Route 6 George Washington Bridge Fort Lee - Palisades Park - Ridgefield Park - Little Ferry - Hasbrouck Heights - Paterson - Caldwell Township - Denville - Dover - Netcong - Hackettstown - Buttzville Darlington's Bridge Route 12, Paterson - Hackettstown
Route 5, Denville - Delaware Bridge		 US 46, 159
Route 7 Paterson Clifton - Passaic - Nutley - Belleville - Kearny Jersey City Route 11, Paterson - Belleville
L. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Jersey City		 7
Route 8 Delaware Bridge Columbia - Hainesburg - Blairstown Newton 94
Route 9 Belleville Bloomfield - Montclair - Verona - Caldwell Pine Brook Bridge L. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Pine Brook Bridge CR 506
Route 10 Jersey City Kearny - Harrison - Newark - Hanover - Whippany - Littleton Dover L. 1926 c. 126, Jersey City - Dover 10, I-280
Route 11 Whitehouse Pluckemin - Martinsville North Plainfield I-78
Route 12 Frenchtown Baptisttown - Croton - Flemington - Voorhees Corner - Three Bridges - Centreville Somerville-Raritan line L. 1926 c. 104, Flemington - Somerville 12, US 202
Route 21 Belleville Newark Route 11, Belleville - Newark 21
Route 22 Pine Brook Bridge West Caldwell - Livingston - Millburn - Springfield Rahway 59
Route 23 Verona Cedar Grove - Pequannock - Bloomingdale - Oak Ridge - Franklin - Sussex - High Point Port Jervis, New York Route 8, Verona - Sussex
L. 1925 c. 158, Sussex - Port Jervis		 23
Route 24 Newark Irvington - Maplewood - Springfield - Morristown - Chester - Long Valley - Stephensburg - Washington Phillipsburg Route 5, Newark - Morristown
L. 1925 c. 230 (proposed to be Route 29 in 1926), Morristown - Schooleys Mountain
Route 12, Stephensburg - Phillipsburg		 82, 124, Old 24, 57
Route S24 Stephensburg Hackettstown Route 12, Stephensburg - Hackettstown 57
Springfield Elizabeth 82
Route 25 Holland Tunnel Jersey City - Kearny - Newark - Elizabeth - Rahway - Woodbridge - North Brunswick - Deans - Dayton - Cranbury - Hightstown - Robbinsville - Bordentown - Burlington - Camden Benjamin Franklin Bridge Route 1 (Extension), Holland Tunnel - Elizabeth
Route 1, North Brunswick - Robbinsville
Route 2, Bordentown - Ben Franklin Bridge		 US 1, US 130, US 30
Route 26 Trenton Adams New Brunswick L. 1926 c. 14, Trenton - New Brunswick 26, US 1
Route S26 Adams North Brunswick US 1
Route 27 Newark Elizabeth - Rahway - Metuchen - New Brunswick - Princeton Trenton Route 1, Elizabeth - New Brunswick
Route 13, New Brunswick - Trenton		 27, US 206
27-28 Link Elizabeth Westfield Ave
Route 28 Goethals Bridge Elizabeth - Cranford - Westfield - Plainfield - Bound Brook - Somerville - Clinton Phillipsburg Route 9, Elizabeth - Phillipsburg 28, US 22, 173, 122
Route S28 Middlesex Highland Park - New Brunswick - Weston Mills - Tanners Corner - Old Bridge - Browntown Matawan 18
Route 29 Newark Hillsdale - Union - Springfield - Mountainside - North Plainfield - Bound Brook - Ringoes - Lambertville - Washington's Crossing Trenton L. 1924 c. 233 (proposed to be Route 21 in 1926), Ringoes - Lambertville US 22, US 206, US 202, 179, 29, 129
Route 30 Trenton Pennington - Ringoes - Flemington - Clinton - Washington Buttzville L. 1924 c. 233 (proposed to be Route 21 in 1926), Trenton - Buttzville 31
Route 31 Princeton Somerville - Bedminster - Chester - Netcong - Newton - Lafayette - Hamburg - Vernon New Milford, New York Route 16, Princeton - Bedminster
L. 1925 c. 225 (proposed to be Route 30 in 1926), Bedminster - Newton
Route 8 (Spur), Lafayette - North Church		 US 206, 94
Route S31 Newton Branchville - Montague Milford, Pennsylvania L. 1925 c. 225 (proposed to be Route 30 in 1926), Newton - Montague US 206
Route 32 Bedminster Bernardsville - Morristown - Morris Plains - Littleton - Boonton Mountain View Route 16, Bedminster - Morristown
Route 5, Morristown - Morris Plains		 US 202
Route 33 Trenton Robbinsville - Hightstown - Freehold Asbury Park Route 1, Trenton - Hightstown
Route 7, Hightstown - Asbury Park		 33
Route 34 Matawan Holmdel - Vanderburg - Colt's Neck - Shark River Station - Allenwood Laurelton 34, 70
Route 35 South Amboy Keyport - Eatontown - Belmar - Manasquan - Point Pleasant - Laurelton Lakewood Route 4, South Amboy - Eatontown
Route 4, Belmar - Lakewood		 35, 88
Route 36 Keyport Keanesburg - Belford Atlantic Highlands L. 1925 c. 224 (proposed to be part of Route 28 in 1926), Keyport - Atlantic Highlands 36
Route 37 Trenton White Horse - Allentown - Lakehurst - Toms River - Seaside Heights Point Pleasant Route 2, Trenton - White Horse
Route 18, Lakehurst - Toms River		 US 206, 37, 35
Route 38 Camden Merchantville - Moorestown - Mount Holly Eastampton Route 18 (proposed to be Route 23 in 1926), Camden - Mount Holly
L. 1925 c. 222 (proposed to be Route 24 in 1926), Mount Holly - Eastampton		 38, 41
Route 39 Yardley Bridge Ewing - Bakersville - Mercerville - White Horse - Bordentown - Columbus - Vincentown - Red Lion - Indian Mills - Atsion Da Costa Route 2, White Horse - Bordentown
L. 1923 c. 202 (proposed to be part of Route 26 in 1926), Indian Mills - Da Costa		 I-295, US-206
Route 40 Camden Marlton - Red Lion - Four Mile - Whitesbog - Whitings - Lakehurst - Lakewood Route 18 (proposed to be Route 23 in 1926), Whitesbog - Lakehurst 70
Route S40 Four Mile Manahawkin 72
Route 41 Moorestown Haddonfield Fairview 41, 47
Route S41 Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Palmyra - Moorestown - Evesboro - Marlton Berlin L. 1923 c. 202 (proposed to be part of Route 26 in 1926), Palmyra - Evesboro 73
Route 42 Camden Mt Ephraim - Chews Landing - Blackwood - Grenloch - Williamstown - Cecil - Weymouth McKee City L. 1925 c. 240 (proposed to be Route 27 in 1926), Camden - McKee City 168, 42, US 322
Route 43 Camden Berlin - Hammonton - Egg Harbor City Absecon Route 3, Camden - Absecon US 30
Route 44 Westville Paulsboro - Bridgeport Penns Grove Route 17S (proposed to be Route 22 in 1926), Paulsboro - Penns Grove 44, US 130
Route 45 Camden Woodbury - Mullica Hill - Woodstown Salem Route 6, Ben Franklin Bridge - Salem Route 45
Route 46 Mullica Hill Upper Pittsgrove Bridgeton Route 6, Mullica Hill - Bridgeton 77
Route 47 Brooklawn Glassboro - Malaga - Vineland - Millville Tuckahoe Route 20, Brooklawn - Millville 47, 49
Route 48 Penns Grove Woodstown - Elmer - Malaga - Mays Landing - Pleasantville Atlantic City Route 18S (proposed to be Route 19 in 1926), Penns Grove - Atlantic City US 40
Route 49 Salem Bridgeton - Millville - Port Elizabeth - Dennisville - South Dennis Ocean View Route 6, Salem - Bridgeton
Route 15, Bridgeton - South Dennis		 49, 47, 83
Route S49 South Dennis Goshen Rio Grande Route 15, South Dennis - Rio Grande 47
Route 50 Egg Harbor City Mays Landing - Oakville - Tuckahoe Seaville Route 14, Egg Harbor City - Seaville 50

Additions

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
Route From To Legislated Modern

Designation

 Notes
Route 2N Lyndhurst Nutley 1938 c. 269 Kingsland and Park Ave
Route S3 Spur Route S3 Clifton 1942 c. 77

Named 1948 c. 221

 161
Route 4A Old Bridge West Freehold 1942 34, 79 Replaced realigned section of Route 4
Route S4C Bennet Cape May 162, Beach Ave, Broadway, Seashore Road
Route S4D Teaneck Tappan, NY 1938 c. 134 Designated as Route 303 in 1953 renumbering to connect to NY equivalent; cancelled shortly after
Route 6A Dover Frankford 1938 c. 47 15
Route 6M Montville Fairfield 1941 159 Replaced realigned section of Route 6
Route 10N Paterson Ridgefield 1929 Hackensack Plank Road Replaced realigned section of Route 5; eliminated by 1930s
Route 11N Passaic Paterson 1929 Main Ave Replaced truncated section of Route 7
Route 13E Point Pleasant Bay Head 1938 c. 238 13
Route 17 Suffern, New York North Arlington 1942 17 Route 2 renumbered to Route 17 to create one single route from the Great Lakes to the New York City area for WWII caravans
Route 18 Old Bridge Eatontown 1939 c. 243 18 New freeway designated.
Route 19 Paterson Belleville 1939 c. 200 Marshall Street, Hazel Street, Paulison Avenue, River Drive (old routing of 21) Became part of Route 21 in 1948.
Route 24-28 Link Philipsburg 1940 Morris St When Route 24 was rerouted onto a freeway north of Morris St, the remnants were still state-maintained to link Routes 24 and 28
Route 25A Newark Harrison 1939 c. 198 I-280 Renumbered to Route 58 in 1953; in 1997, the designation was dropped in favour of I-280
Route 25AD Newark Harrison 158 Locally called the Center Street Bridge; designation removed 1960, bridge demolished in 1979
Route 25B Newark 1939 c. 317 Port Street, Doremus Ave Renumbered to Route 65 in 1953; removed from state highway system in 1963
Route 25M North Brunswick New Brunswick 1940 171 A former alignment of US-130
Route S25 Bristol, PA Burlington 1929 c. 57 413
Route 25T East Ferry Jersey City US 1/9 Truck Truck route of Route 25, due to ban of trucks on Pulaski Skyway of the time
Route 26A Adams New Brunswick 1941 91
Route 28A The only evidence of this route is the fact that it was later absorbed into US-22; possibly 24-28 link
Route 28-29 Link North Branch Bridgewater 1938 c. 17 US-22 US-22 Bypass of Route 28
Route 29A New Hope Frenchtown 1929 c. 241 29
Route 29B Frenchtown Philipsburg 1938 c. 183 CR 519
Route S29 Lambertville New Hope, PA 1949 179
Route 31A Princeton Hightstown 1941 c. 105 Princeton-Hightstown Street, 64
Route 33-35 Link Tinton Falls Neptune Township 66
Route S41A Berlin Folsom 1938 c. 299 73
Route S41N Wrightsville Palmyra 1941 155
Route S43 Germania Northfield 1938 c. 216 CR 563
Route S44 Bridgeport Bridgeport Ferry 1938 c. 374 324
Route S44A Ellisburg Brooklawn 1938 c. 374 CR 551 Spur Also known locally as Kings Highway
Route 44T Paulsboro Deptford 1938 c. 367 Designed to form a connection from a Paulsboro-Essington Bridge; never built
Route 51 Bridgeport Williamstown 1939 US-322
Route 52 Somers Point Mays Landing 1937 Somers Point Road
Route 54 Hammonton Vineland 1938 c. 43 54, Lincoln Avenue
Route 55 Pleasantville Atlantic City 1938 c. 83 US 40 Replaced truncated section of Route 48; became part of Route 48 again in 1948
Route 55 New York Teaneck 1948[2] unbuilt northern extension of the New Jersey Turnpike; deleted by 1964
Route 56 Absecom Atlantic City 1938 c. 177 US 30, Absecon Blvd
Route S56 Atlantic City 1941 87, 187
Route 84 Sussex Unionville, NY 1942 284 Renumbering of 8N; renumbered 284 to avoid confusion with nearby I-84
Route 100 New Brunswick Fort Lee 1938 c. 50 New Jersey Turnpike Originally planned to extend to Route 26
Route S100 Elizabeth (Route 100) Elizabeth (Route 25) 1938 c. 50 81
Route 101 Kearny Hackensack 1939 c. 105 21, 17 Never built
Route S101 Hackensack Montvale 1951 c. 289 444
Route 151 Camden 1946 c. 115 S10, S11 Aves, Memorial Ave, Flanders Blvd Administration given back to Camden after 1969
Route 300 Delaware Memorial Bridge New Brunswick 1947 c. 259 New Jersey Turnpike
Route 700 Delaware Memorial Bridge US 46 in Ridgefield 1952 New Jersey Turnpike

Notes
  1. This route was cancelled in the final 1927 numbering
  2. Lines marked "L" indicate the year and chapter of the legislation marking the route.
  3. 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

See also

References
  1. "NJ's First Renumbering (1927)". jimmyandsharonwilliams.com.
  2. Central NJ Home News, page 2, October 19, 1948
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