{ "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 Anchor 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 designationModern designation (approx.)Route 1RockleighFort Lee - Alpine - Cresskill - Englewood - Fort Lee - Palisades Park - Ridgefield - North Bergen - Jersey City - BayonneBayonne BridgeCR 501Route S1Fort Lee Ridgefield - FairviewNorth Bergen63Route 2Suffern, New YorkRidgewood - Hackensack - Hasbrouck Heights - Rutherford - LyndhurstNorth ArlingtonRoute 17N (proposed to be Route 17 in 1926), Suffern - North Arlington17Route 3Greenwood 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 4George 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 S4Outerbridge CrossingPerth Amboy440 (South)Route S4ATuckertonLittle BeachN/ARoute 5PatersonMaywood - Hackensack - Little Ferry - Ridgefield - Fort LeeEdgewaterRoute 10, Paterson - EdgewaterI-80, 5Route S5Little FerryRidgefieldBergen TurnpikeRoute 6George 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 7PatersonClifton - Passaic - Nutley - Belleville - KearnyJersey CityRoute 11, Paterson - BellevilleL. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Jersey City7Route 8Delaware BridgeColumbia - Hainesburg - BlairstownNewton94Route 9BellevilleBloomfield - Montclair - Verona - CaldwellPine Brook BridgeL. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Pine Brook BridgeCR 506 (actual alignment proposed as 16 but never built)Route 10Jersey CityKearny - Harrison - Newark - Hanover - Whippany - LittletonDoverL. 1926 c. 126, Jersey City - Dover10, I-280Route 11WhitehousePluckemin - MartinsvilleNorth PlainfieldI-78Route 12FrenchtownBaptisttown - Croton - Flemington - Voorhees Corner - Three Bridges - CentrevilleSomerville-Raritan lineL. 1926 c. 104, Flemington - Somerville12, US 202Route 21BellevilleNewarkRoute 11, Belleville - Newark21Route 22Pine Brook BridgeWest Caldwell - Livingston - Millburn - SpringfieldRahway59Route 23VeronaCedar Grove - Pequannock - Bloomingdale - Oak Ridge - Franklin - Sussex - High PointPort Jervis, New YorkRoute 8, Verona - SussexL. 1925 c. 158, Sussex - Port Jervis23Route 24NewarkIrvington - 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 S24StephensburgHackettstownRoute 12, Stephensburg - Hackettstown57SpringfieldElizabeth82Route 25Holland 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 26TrentonAdamsNew BrunswickL. 1926 c. 14, Trenton - New Brunswick26, US 1Route S26AdamsNorth BrunswickUS 1Route 27NewarkElizabeth - Rahway - Metuchen - New Brunswick - PrincetonTrentonRoute 1, Elizabeth - New BrunswickRoute 13, New Brunswick - Trenton27, US 20627-28 LinkElizabethWestfield AveRoute 28Goethals BridgeElizabeth - Cranford - Westfield - Plainfield - Bound Brook - Somerville - ClintonPhillipsburgRoute 9, Elizabeth - Phillipsburg28, US 22, 173, 122Route S28MiddlesexHighland Park - New Brunswick - Weston Mills - Tanners Corner - Old Bridge - BrowntownMatawan18Route 29NewarkHillside - 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 30TrentonPennington - Ringoes - Flemington - Clinton - WashingtonButtzvilleL. 1924 c. 233 (proposed to be Route 21 in 1926), Trenton - Buttzville31Route 31PrincetonSomerville - 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 S31NewtonBranchville - MontagueMilford, PennsylvaniaL. 1925 c. 225 (proposed to be Route 30 in 1926), Newton - MontagueUS 206Route 32BedminsterBernardsville - Morristown - Morris Plains - Littleton - BoontonMountain ViewRoute 16, Bedminster - MorristownRoute 5, Morristown - Morris PlainsUS 202Route 33TrentonRobbinsville - Hightstown - FreeholdAsbury ParkRoute 1, Trenton - HightstownRoute 7, Hightstown - Asbury Park33Route 34MatawanHolmdel - Vanderburg - Colt's Neck - Shark River Station - AllenwoodLaurelton34, 70Route 35South AmboyKeyport - Eatontown - Belmar - Manasquan - Point Pleasant - LaureltonLakewoodRoute 4, South Amboy - EatontownRoute 4, Belmar - Lakewood35, 88Route 36KeyportKeanesburg - BelfordAtlantic HighlandsL. 1925 c. 224 (proposed to be part of Route 28 in 1926), Keyport - Atlantic Highlands36Route 37TrentonWhite Horse - Allentown - Lakehurst - Toms River - Seaside HeightsPoint PleasantRoute 2, Trenton - White HorseRoute 18, Lakehurst - Toms RiverUS 206, 37, 35Route 38CamdenMerchantville - 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 39Yardley 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 40CamdenMarlton - Red Lion - Four Mile - Whitesbog - Whitings - Lakehurst - LakewoodRoute 18 (proposed to be Route 23 in 1926), Whitesbog - Lakehurst70Route S40Four MileManahawkin72Route 41MoorestownHaddonfieldFairview41, 47Route S41Tacony-Palmyra BridgePalmyra - Moorestown - Evesboro - MarltonBerlinL. 1923 c. 202 (proposed to be part of Route 26 in 1926), Palmyra - Evesboro73Route 42CamdenMt 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 43CamdenBerlin - Hammonton - Egg Harbor CityAbseconRoute 3, Camden - AbseconUS 30Route 44WestvillePaulsboro - BridgeportPenns GroveRoute 17S (proposed to be Route 22 in 1926), Paulsboro - Penns Grove44, US 130Route 45CamdenWoodbury - Mullica Hill - WoodstownSalemRoute 6, Ben Franklin Bridge - SalemRoute 45Route 46Mullica HillUpper PittsgroveBridgetonRoute 6, Mullica Hill - Bridgeton77Route 47BrooklawnGlassboro - Malaga - Vineland - MillvilleTuckahoeRoute 20, Brooklawn - Millville47, 49Route 48Penns GroveWoodstown - Elmer - Malaga - Mays Landing - PleasantvilleAtlantic CityRoute 18S (proposed to be Route 19 in 1926), Penns Grove - Atlantic CityUS 40Route 49SalemBridgeton - Millville - Port Elizabeth - Dennisville - South DennisOcean ViewRoute 6, Salem - BridgetonRoute 15, Bridgeton - South Dennis49, 47, 83Route S49South DennisGoshenRio GrandeRoute 15, South Dennis - Rio Grande47Route 50Egg Harbor CityMays Landing - Oakville - TuckahoeSeavilleRoute 14, Egg Harbor City - Seaville50

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