1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering

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Alabama | 1928, 1957
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Puerto Rico | 1953
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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.[1] A few rules were followed in deciding what to renumber:[2]

* 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).[3]

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 Route  | Old Designation  | From  | To  | Modern Designation  | Notes

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US 1  | local streets  | Trenton  | Lawrence Township  |  |
US 1  | 26  | Lawrence Township  | North Brunswick  |  |
US 1  | 26S  | North Brunswick  | Woodbridge Township  |  |
US 1  | 25  | Woodbridge Township  | Jersey City  |  |
US 1  | 1  | Jersey City  | Ridgefield  |  |
US 1  | 6  | Ridgefield  | Fort Lee  |  |
US 1 Alternate  | local streets  | Trenton  | Trenton  |  |
US 1 Business  | 25  | Jersey City  | New York City  | 139  |
US 1/9 Truck  | 25T  | Newark  | Jersey City  |  |
Route 3  | 3S  | Clifton  | East Rutherford  |  |
Route 3  | 3  | East Rutherford  | Weehawken  |  |
Route 4  | 4  | Paterson  | Fort Lee  |  |
Route 5  | 5  | Ridgefield  | Edgewater  |  |
Route 7  | 7  | Jersey City  | Nutley  |  |
US 9  | 4  | Cape May  | South Amboy  |  |
US 9  | 35  | South Amboy  | Woodbridge  |  |
US 9  | 25  | Woodbridge  | Fort Lee  |
US 9W  | 1  | Fort Lee  | Sparkill  |  |
Route 10  | 10  | Ledgewood  | West Orange  |  |
Route 12  | 12  | Frenchtown  | Flemington  |  |
Route 13  | 13E  | Bay Head  | Point Pleasant  |  |
Route 15  | 6A  | Dover  | Ross' Corner  | 15, 181  |
Route 17  | 17  | North Arlington  | Mahwah  |  | Was numbered 2 until March 1942
Route 18  | 28S  | Middlesex  | Old Bridge  | 18  |
Route 18  | 28S  | Old Bridge  | Matawan  | CR 516  | was signed as TEMP 18 (as this section was cancelled when the Old Bridge to Eatontown freeway was built)
Route 18 (proposed)  | 18  | Old Bridge  | Eatontown  | 18  |
Route 20  | 3  | Paterson  | Hawthorne  | 20  |
Route 20  | 3  | East Rutherford  | Rutherford  | 120  | Sections were planned to connect but never did
Route 21  | 21  | Newark  | Paterson  |  | Belleville to Paterson was numbered 19 until 1948
US 22  | 24  | Philipsburg  | east of Philipsburg  | US 22  |
US 22  | 24-28 Link  | east of Philipsburg  | Still Valley  | US 22  |
US 22  | 28  | Still Valley  | west of North Branch  | US 22, 173, Hunterdon CR 626  |
US 22  | 28-29 Link  | west of North Branch  | north of Somerville  | US 22  |
US 22  | 29  | north of Somerville  | Newark  | US 22  |
US 22  | 28A  | ?  | ?  | US 22  |
US 22 Alternate  | local streets  | Pennsylvania  | Philipsburg  | 122  |
US 22 Alternate  | 28  | Philipsburg  | Still Valley  | 122  |
Route 23  | 23  | Montague Township  | Verona  | 23  |
Route 24  | 24  | Philipsburg  | Penwell  | 57  |
Route 24  | 24S  | Penwell  | Hackettstown  | 57  |
Route 24  | local roads  | Hackettstown  | Morristown  | CR 517, CR 513, CR 510  |
Route 24  | 24  | Morristown  | Maplewood  | CR 517, CR 513, CR 510  |
Route 26  | 26  | North Brunswick  | New Brunswick  |  |
Route 27  | 27  | Princeton  | Newark  |  |
Route 28  | 28  | west of North Branch  | west of Elizabeth  |  |
Route 28  | 27-28 Link  | west of Elizabeth  | Elizabeth  |  |
Route 29  | 29  | Trenton  | Lambertville  |  |
Route 29  | 29A  | Lambertville  | Frenchtown  |  |
US 30  | 25  | Camden  | north of Woodlynne  |  |
US 30  | 45  | north of Woodlynne  | Woodlynne  |  | US 30 overlaps US 130 here
US 30  | 43  | Woodlynne  | Absecon  |  |
US 30  | 56  | Absecon  | Atlantic City  |  |
Route 33  | 33  | Trenton  | Ocean Grove  |  |
Route 34  | 34  | Brielle  | Matawan  |  |
Route 34  | 4A  | Matawan  | Cheesequake  |  |
Route 35  | 37  | Seaside Heights  | Point Pleasant  |  |
Route 35  | 35  | Point Pleasant  | South Amboy  |  | 35 overlaps US 9 for a short distance in South Amboy
Route 35  | 4  | South Amboy  | Rahway  |  |
Route 36  | 36  | Keyport  | Eatontown  |  |
Route 37  | 37  | Lakehurst  | Seaside Heights  |  |
Route 38  | 38  | Pennsauken  | Wall Township  | 38, 138  |
US 40  | local streets  | Deepwater  | west of Sharptown  |  |
US 40  | 48  | west of Sharptown  | Atlantic City  |  |
Route 41  | 41  | Fairview  | Maple Shade  |  |
Route 42  | 42  | Williamstown  | Camden  |  |
Route 44  | 44  | Bridgeport  | Thorofare  |  |
Route 45  | 45  | Salem  | Westville  |  |
US 46  | 6  | Columbia  | Fort Lee  |  |
Route 47  | 49S  | Wildwood  | South Dennis  |  |
Route 47  | 49  | South Dennis  | Millville  |  |
Route 47  | 47  | Millville  | Brooklawn  |  |
Route 48  | 48  | Penn's Grove  | west of Sharptown  |  |
Route 49  | 44  | Deepwater  | Salem  |  |
Route 49  | 49  | Salem  | Millville  |  |
Route 49  | 47  | Millville  | Tuckahoe  |  |
Route 50  | 50  | Seaville  | Egg Harbor City  |  |
Route 52  | 52  | Ocean City  | Somer's Point  |  |
Route 53  | 5N  | Morris Plains  | Denville  |  |
Route 54  | 54  | Buena  | Hammonton  |  |
Route 55  | 55  | Teaneck  | New York  |  | unbuilt New Jersey Turnpike Extension; until 1948, Route 55 went from Egg Harbor City boundary to Atlantic City; this became part of Route 48 in 1948 and this Route 55 was created
Route 57  | 24S  | south of Hackettstown  | Hackettstown  | 182  |
Route 58  | 25A  | Newark  | Harrison  | I-280  |
Route 59  | 22  | Cranford  |  |
Route 60  | new  | Verga  | Bridgeboro  | I-295  | route later changed from Deepwater to Ocean City that remains unbuilt; it may or may not be built due to opposition
Route 61  | 3S Spur  | Clifton  | 161  | Route 61 is only indicated on one late 1950s Essex County Hagstrom map and in the NJ highway code for mid-block crosswalks, so Route 61 may not have existed
Route 62  | 6S  | Totowa  | Paterson  |  |
Route 63  | 1S  | North Bergen  | Fort Lee  |  |
Route 64  | 31A  | Princeton  | Hightstown  |  |
Route 65  | 25B  | Newark  | Port St, Doremus Ave  |
Route 66  | 33-35 Link  | Shrewsbury Township  | Neptune Township  |  |
Route 67  | 1SA  | Fort Lee  |  |
Route 68  | 39S  | Mansfield Township  | Fort Dix  |  |
Route 69  | 30  | Trenton  | Buttzville  |  | Renumbered Route 31 on May 15, 1967 due to sign thefts because of numbering.
Route 70  | 40  | Pennsauken  | Laurelton  |  |
Route 70  | 34  | Laurelton  | Brielle  |  |
Route 71  | 4N  | Eatontown  | Brielle  |  |
Route 72  | 40S  | Four Mile  | Ship Bottom  |  |
Route 73  | 41S  | Palmyra  | east of Berlin  |  |
Route 77  | 46  | Bridgeton  | Mullica Hill  |  |
Route 79  | 4A  | Freehold  | Matawan  |  |
Route 82  | 24S  | Springfield Township  | Union  |  |
Route 83  | 49  | South Dennis  | Clermont  |  |
Route 84  | 84  | Sussex  | New York  | 284  |
Route 87  | 56S  | Atlantic City  | Brigantine  |  |
Route 88  | 35  | Lakewood  | Point Pleasant  |  |
Route 91  | 26A  | North Brunswick  | New Brunswick  |  |
Route 92  | N/A?  | Princeton  | Hightstown  |  | proposed route later shifted north to New Jersey Turnpike in Jamesburg to Rocky Hill, but was cancelled entirely due to environmental problems.
Route 93  | 5S  | Ridgefield  | Palisades Park  |  |
Route 94  | 8  | Columbia  | north of Newton  |  |
Route 94  | 31  | north of Newton  | New York  |  |
US 130  | 44  | Deepwater  | Bridgeport
US 130  | new alignment  | Bridgeport  | Thorofare  |  |
US 130  | 44  | Thorofare  | Westville  |  |
US 130  | 45  | Westville  | Woodlynne  |  | US 130 overlapped US 30 for a short time in Woodlynne.
US 130  | 25  | Woodlynne  | New Brunswick  |
Route 151  | Camden  | 151  | S 10th and 11th St  |
Route 152  | Trenton  | new  | 29  |
Route 153  | Secaucus  | 3 (old route)  | Paterson Plank Rd  |
Route 154  | Haddonfield  | northeast of Haddonfield  | 41 (old bypass)  |  |
Route 155  | Cinnaminson  | Palmyra  | 41SN  | Cinnaminson Ave  |
Route 156  | Yardville  | US 130 (old route)  |  |
Route 157  | Absecon  | 4S  |  |
Route 158  | Newark  | Harrison  | 25AD  | Rector Street, Essex Street; bridge demolished  |
Route 159  | Montville  | Fairfield  | 6M  |  |
Route 160  | South of White Horse  | unknown  | Mission Rd  |
Route 161  | 3S Spur  | Clifton  |  | May have been numbered Route 61 for a short time.
Route 162  | 4SC  | Lower Township  |  | Not taken over by the state until 1969.
Route 163  | 6 (old route)  | Knowlton Township  |  |
Route 164  | 100S  | Elizabeth  |  |
Route 165  | 29 (old route)  | Lambertville  | 29  |
US 202  | 29S  | Pennsylvania  | Lambertville  |  |
US 202  | 29  | Lambertville  | Raritan  |  |
US 202  | 32  | Lambertville  | Wayne  |  |
US 202  | local roads  | Wayne  | New York  |  |
US 206  | 39  | Hammonton  | White Horse  |  |
US 206  | 37  | White Horse  | Trenton  |  |
US 206  | local streets  | Trenton  |  |
US 206  | 27  | Trenton  | Princeton  |  |
US 206  | 31  | Princeton  | Newton  |  |
US 206  | 31S  | Newton  | Montague  |  |
Route 208  | 4SB  | Fair Lawn  | Oakland  |  |
Route 303  | 4SD  | Teaneck  | Northvale  |  |
US 322  | 44S, 51, local roads, 42, 48  | Bridgeport  | McKee City  |  |
Route 413  | 25S  | Burlington  |  |
Route 439  | 28  | New York  | Route 28 Elizabeth  |
Route 439  | 24  | Route 28 in Elizabeth  | Route 82 in Elizabeth  |
Route 439  | North Ave Link  | Route 82 in Elizabeth  | Route 27 in Elizabeth  |
Route 440  | 4S  | west of Woodbridge Township  | New York  |  | south section; connected by NY 440
Route 440  | 1  | New York  | Jersey City  |  | north section
Route 444  | 4 Parkway  | New York  | Cape May  |  | unsigned
Route 444R  | 4 Parkway Exit 117  | south of Keyport  | Keyport  | 4 Parkway Exit 117  | decommissioned in 2006
Route 444S  | 4 Parkway Exit 105  | west of Eatontown  | Eatontown  |  | unsigned
Route 445  | Palisades Interstate Parkway  | New York  | Fort Lee  |  | unsigned
Route 445S  | Palisades Interstate Parkway Spur  | Route 445 in Fort Lee  | US 9W in Fort Lee  |  | unsigned
County Road 506  | 9  | Belleville  | Pine Brook  |  |
Route 700  | 100  | Fort Lee  | New Brunswick  |  | unsigned
Route 700  | 300  | New Brunswick  | Deepwater  |  | unsigned
local roads  | 2N  | Lyndhurst  | Nutley  |  | now Page and Park Avenue
unbuilt and cancelled  | 11  | White House  | Warrenville  |  |
unbuilt and cancelled  | 101  | Kearny  | Hackensack  |  |
unbuilt and cancelled  | 101S  | Hackensack  | New York  |  |

## See also

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* U.S. Roads portal
* New Jersey portal
* 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering

## References

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1. ^ "Jersey Highways To Be Renumbered". The New York Times. November 21, 1951. p. 24.
2. ^ "New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey". The New York Times. December 16, 1952. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
3. ^ "1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering". Archived from the original on June 28, 2011.

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