County Route 505 (New Jersey)

View northbound along CR 505 from I-95/US 1/US 9/US 46 in Fort Lee

View north along CR 505 at Jones Road and Brayton Street in Englewood. Note the old-style CR 66 shield accompanying the modern CR 505 shield

County Route 505 begins at County Route 501 in Union City, where it travels east and soon after entering Weehawken, it is named Boulevard East. It proceeds northward, traveling parallel to the Hudson River atop the Hudson Palisades. At Anthony M. DeFino Way in West New York it takes a right turn and descends to the waterfront becoming River Road through North Bergen and Edgewater, where it then intersects Route 5. In Fort Lee it intersects with Interstate 95.[2] CR 505 then intersects the Palisades Interstate Parkway, before traveling parallel to it. It then intersects County Route 501, before turning due north from the westward path it had previously followed along. It travels by Morrow Park, shortly before traveling near the Knickerbocker Country Club. It then intersects County Route 70, before continuing north and intersecting County Route 502.[3] From there, it proceeds north, reaching its end at the New York/New Jersey border.[4]

Part of CR 505 was originally intended to New Jersey Route 303.[5]

The 1955 USGS map of the Park Ridge Quadrangle shows CR 505 running south from the New York state line on Spring Valley Road in Montvale, then east on Grand Avenue, and south on Pascack Road through Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake, and Hillsdale, all several miles west of its modern-day alignment.

Bike lanes on River Road were completed on July 24, 2012, in connection with a road re-paving project. They run a half mile from Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen and stretch southward towards Bulls Ferry Road in Weehawken.[6]

There are numerous bridges along Boulevard East crossing over clefts in the cliffs, many approaching 100 years in age.[7] A portion of the road was closed for six-months in 2013 to replace one located in North Bergen.[8][9]

View north along CR 505 Truck and CR 501 in Englewood

County Route 505 Truck is a truck route bypassing the steep portion of CR 505 between US 9W in Englewood Cliffs and CR 501 in Englewood. The route follows US 9W south to Fort Lee before heading west along Route 4 to Englewood, where it heads north on CR 501.[13]

Major intersections
The entire route is in Bergen County.

Location	mi[10][11][12]	km	Destinations	Notes
Englewood Cliffs	0.00	0.00	US 9W north / CR 505 – Englewood, Nyack, Bear Mountain	US 9W continues north
Fort Lee	1.54	2.48	Palisades Parkway north / Route 67 south	Interchange; no northbound access to Route 67; northern terminus of Route 67
	2.02	3.25	I-95 / N.J. Turnpike / US 1-9 / US 46 to I-80 / G.S. Parkway – George Washington Bridge	Interchange, exit 72-73 on I-95; route transitions from US 9W to Route 4
Englewood	3.23	5.20	Jones Road	Interchange
	3.81	6.13	Route 4 west / Route 93 south / CR 501 south (Grand Avenue) – Leonia, Paterson	Interchange, route transitions from Route 4 to CR 501; northern terminus of Route 93
	4.65	7.48	CR 501 north / CR 505 (Palisade Avenue) – Tenafly, Cresskill, Teaneck, Bergenfield	CR 501 continues north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

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