County Route 522 (New Jersey)
Route map:
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| East end |  CR 537 in Freehold Borough | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New Jersey | |||
| Counties | Middlesex, Monmouth | |||
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County Route 522 (CR 522) is a
South Brunswick Township to Main Street (CR 537) in Freehold Borough
.
Route description
CR 522 begins at an intersection with Route 27 on the border of South Brunswick,
CR 697 before coming to an intersection with US 130. At this point, Promenade Boulevard ends and CR 522 turns south to form a concurrency with US 130 on a four-lane divided highway, passing businesses. CR 522 splits from US 130 at an interchange and heads east on two-lane undivided Ridge Road, running past several distribution warehouses and a couple farms. After passing over the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95), the route continues to an intersection with CR 535.[1][3]
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At this point, the road enters
A short distance later, CR 522 enters
CR 3 (Tennent Road), the route passes through fields and woods within Monmouth Battlefield State Park. Within the park, CR 522 crosses into Freehold Township and turns east, running immediately to the north of the Freehold Industrial Track. The road comes to an interchange with US 9, at which point CR 522 is briefly a four-lane divided highway. Past this interchange, the route heads into residential and commercial areas as a two-lane road. Upon entering Freehold Borough, CR 522 becomes municipally maintained Thockmorton Street, which turns southeast into residential areas. At the Monmouth Avenue intersection, the road heads into the commercial downtown of Freehold, where CR 522 ends at CR 537.[1][3]
History
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The Freehold and Englishtown Turnpike was chartered in 1863 to run from Freehold to Englishtown. On June 12, 1901, all of the turnpike between Broad Street, Freehold and Main Street (CR 527), Englishtown was purchased by the Monmouth County
Board of Chosen Freeholders and incorporated into the county highway system.[4]
Between US 1 and US 130, CR 522 formerly followed Ridge Road.[5] The new alignment between US 1 and US 130 was fully opened by 2001.[6] The county road had also once extended west to Route 27 in Kingston via Ridge Road and Heathcote Road.[7]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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South Brunswick Township | 0.00 | 0.00 |  Route 27 (Lincoln Highway) – Princeton, New Brunswick | ||
| 1.39 | 2.24 |  US 1 (Brunswick Pike) – Trenton, New Brunswick | |||
| 5.35 | 8.61 |   US 130 north / Fresh Ponds Road – New Brunswick | West end of US 130 overlap | ||
| 5.74 | 9.24 |  US 130 south / Ridge Road – Hightstown | Interchange, east end of US 130 overlap | ||
South Brunswick–Monroe township line | 8.06 | 12.97 |    CR 535 (South River Road) to N.J. Turnpike | ||
| Monmouth | Englishtown | 15.72 | 25.30 |   CR 527 north (Main Street) | West end of CR 527 overlap |
| 15.83 | 25.48 |  CR 527 south (Main Street) | East end of CR 527 overlap | ||
Lakewood | Interchange | ||||
| Freehold Borough | 20.99 | 33.78 | CR 537 (Main Street) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
U.S. Roads portal
New Jersey portal
References
- ^ a b c d e "County Route 522 straight line diagram" (PDF). Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey Department of Transportation. March 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. March 15, 1953. pp. 1, 39. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Google (September 6, 2019). "Overview of County Route 522" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ Monmouth County Deed Book 668, page 461
- ^ Map of Middlesex County, New Jersey (Map). Herbert R. Fleming, County Engineer. 1953. Retrieved July 4, 2016 – via Rutgers Cartography Lab.
- ^ Kim, Charles W. (September 19, 2002). "Federal funds to help with sound walls" (PDF). Sentinel. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
The final two lanes were built and the four-lane road was opened last year.
- ^ Hightstown, N.J. (Map). 1 : 24,000. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1954. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
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