County Route 527 (New Jersey)
Route information | ||||
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Length | 84.86 mi[1] (136.57 km) | |||
Existed | January 1, 1953[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Route 166 / CR 549 in Toms River | |||
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North end | Route 23 / CR 604 in Cedar Grove | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New Jersey | |||
Counties | Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, Essex | |||
Highway system | ||||
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County Route 527 (CR 527) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 84.86 mi (136.57 km) from Main Street (Route 166 and CR 549) in Toms River Township to Pompton Avenue (Route 23) in Cedar Grove. It passes through more counties (six) than any other county route in New Jersey. CR 527 is also the second longest 500-series county route in New Jersey after Route 519. The county route traverses through the northernmost stretches of the Pine Barrens in South Jersey, much of the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in Central Jersey (providing access to Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, Watchung Reservation, and South Mountain Reservation), and the First and Second Watchung Mountains in North Jersey.[3][4][5][6] It passes through Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, and Essex counties on the eastern side of the state.
It has a 2.48 mile concurrency with Route 18 in Middlesex County in addition to other minor state highways and county roads. The route interchanges with the Garden State Parkway and Interstates 195, 95 (New Jersey Turnpike), 287, 78, and 280. It was first given the number 527 in 1954.
Route description
CR 527 begins at a traffic light with New Jersey Route 166 in Toms River.[1] Passing some local roads at the beginning, CR 527 crosses an interchange with the Garden State Parkway at .53 of a mile (0.85 km). More than a mile later, New Jersey Route 37 crosses 527 at a traffic light. Continuing through Toms River Township, CR 571 merges into 527 for about 3/4 of a mile.[1] At 7.57 miles (12.18 km), State Route 70 crosses CR 527. Just past ten miles (16 km), CR 547 crosses in Jackson Township. Further in Jackson Township, CR 527 joins CR 528 for a 3.78-mile-long (6.08 km) concurrency. At the end of the concurrency, CR 527 continues straight while CR 528 leaves to the left and CR 626 (Bennetts Mills Road) leaves to the right.[1]
At 18.05 miles (29.05 km),
After passing local roads in Old Bridge, CR 527 forms a brief concurrency with
At 48 miles (77 km), CR 527 enters
Now in Union County, CR 527 has two partial interchanges with Interstate 78 as it skirts the Watchung Reservation.[1] In the city of Summit, CR 527 and the easternmost section of CR 512 split into one-way pairs through an interchange with Route 24 and a concurrency with Route 124. CR 527 enters Essex County after the concurrency ends.[1] CR 527 enters Millburn and splits into one-way pairs again, concurrent with CR 577 as it enters downtown.[1] At 71.55 miles (115.15 km), CR 577 leaves to the right. Just before 74 miles (119 km), CR 510 crosses. The road passes by Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.[1] At 75 miles (121 km), CR 508 crosses at a traffic light as the route enters Livingston. New Jersey Route 10 crosses at 77.26 miles (124.34 km) and then I-280 crosses at 78 miles (126 km). In Caldwell, CR 527 merges with CR 506 for about .62 of a mile (1.00 km). CR 527 ends at an intersection with Route 23 in Cedar Grove.[1]
History
From the New-East Brunswick Line to Old Bridge, the road was once maintained by the East Brunswick and New Brunswick Turnpike Company, chartered in 1865. It was once part of State Route S-24, now Route 18, though this was bypassed.
The New Brunswick section of CR 527 was known as County Route 3R11 back in 1947. The parts south of that in Middlesex County was known as County Route 3R10.[7] By 1954, the road was known as County Route 527, part of the 500-series county roads adopted by the state of New Jersey.[8]
Two former spur routes of CR 527 existed. The first
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Ocean | Toms River | 0.00 | 0.00 | Route 166 (Main Street) / CR 549 north | |
0.53 | 0.85 | G.S. Parkway / US 9 – New York City, Beachwood, Atlantic City | GSP exit 81 | ||
1.97 | 3.17 | Route 37 | |||
4.10 | 6.60 | CR 571 east (Indian Head Road) | South end of CR 571 overlap | ||
4.85 | 7.81 | CR 571 west (Ridgeway Road) | North end of CR 571 overlap | ||
7.57 | 12.18 | Route 70 to G.S. Parkway north – Lakehurst, Brielle | |||
Jackson Township | 10.30 | 16.58 | CR 547 (South Hope Chapel Road) | ||
11.71 | 18.85 | Lakewood | South end of CR 528 overlap | ||
15.49 | 24.93 | Plumsted | North end of CR 528 overlap | ||
18.05 | 29.05 | CR 526 (Commodore Boulevard) | |||
18.47 | 29.72 | I-195 to N.J. Turnpike – Allentown, Trenton, Belmar | I-195 exit 21 | ||
Manalapan township tripoint | 22.44 | 36.11 | CR 524 / CR 537 (Monmouth Road) | Forms the municipal tripoint Smithburg | |
CR 1 (Sweetmans Lane) | Southern terminus of CR 527A | ||||
Manalapan Township | 26.61 | 42.82 | Route 33 – Hightstown, Freehold | ||
CR 527A south (South Main Street) | Northern terminus of CR 527A | ||||
29.97 | 48.23 | CR 522 east (Tennent Street) | South end of CR 522 overlap | ||
30.08 | 48.41 | CR 522 west (Water Street) | North end of CR 522 overlap | ||
Old Bridge Township | 34.29 | 55.18 | CR 520 east (Texas Road) to N.J. Turnpike | Western terminus of CR 520 | |
37.86 | 60.93 | Route 18 north / CR 516 begins | Interchange; western terminus of CR 516; no direct access to Route 18 south from CR 527 north / to CR 527 from Route 18 north | ||
38.04 | 61.22 | CR 516 east (Old Bridge Matawan Road) | North end of CR 516 overlap | ||
CR 615 (Main Street) – New Brunswick | Interchange; access to and from southbound Route 18 via CR 615 | ||||
40.92 | 65.85 | CR 535 (Main Street) | |||
42.92 | 69.07 | Route 18 south to G.S. Parkway | South end of Route 18 overlap | ||
43.97 | 70.76 | I-95 Toll / N.J. Turnpike – New York City, Trenton | I-95/NJTP exit 9 | ||
New Brunswick | 44.64 | 71.84 | US 1 – Newark, Trenton | Interchange | |
45.28 | 72.87 | Route 18 north / Route 172 begins (George Street) – Piscataway | Interchange, north end of Route 18 overlap, south end of Route 172 overlap; no access from Route 18 south to CR 527 north | ||
46.04 | 74.09 | Route 172 ends / Paul Robeson Boulevard | North end of Route 172 overlap | ||
46.74 | 75.22 | CR 672 (George Street) | South end of Route 27 overlap | ||
46.84 | 75.38 | Route 27 south (French Street) | North end of Route 27 overlap | ||
46.95 | 75.56 | CR 514 (Hamilton Street) | |||
I-287 exit 10 | |||||
CR 689 (East Street) | Roundabout; south end of CR 533 concurrency | ||||
53.60 | 86.26 | CR 533 south (East Main Street) | North end of CR 533 concurrency | ||
53.94 | 86.81 | Route 28 (East Union Avenue) – Somerville, Plainfield | |||
Bridgewater Township | 54.85 | 88.27 | US 22 – Somerville, Newark | Interchange | |
Watchung | 59.47 | 95.71 | CR 529 south (Washington Rock Road) | Northern terminus of CR 529 | |
60.95– 61.05 | 98.09– 98.25 | Traffic circle | |||
Union | Berkeley Heights | 65.40 | 105.25 | I-78 east – Newark | I-78 exit 44; access to/from eastbound I-78 only |
Summit | 67.35 | 108.39 | I-78 – Easton | I-78 exit 45; access from I-78 east / from CR 527 south to I-78 west only | |
69.69 | 112.16 | CR 512 west | Eastern terminus of CR 512 | ||
Springfield Township | 69.80 | 112.33 | Route 24 east to I-78 / N.J. Turnpike | Route 24 exit 9A; no access to westbound Route 24 | |
70.08 | 112.78 | Route 124 west to Route 24 – Summit, Chatham, Morristown | South end of Route 124 overlap | ||
Essex | Millburn | 70.10 | 112.82 | Route 124 east – Elizabeth, Newark | North end of Route 124 overlap |
71.19 | 114.57 | CR 577 (Main Street/Millburn Avenue) | |||
73.57 | 118.40 | CR 510 (South Orange Avenue) | |||
Livingston | 74.80 | 120.38 | CR 508 (Northfield Avenue) | ||
76.90 | 123.76 | Route 10 (Mt. Pleasant Avenue) – Whippany, Newark | |||
Parsippany, Newark | I-280 exit 5 | ||||
Caldwell | 80.79 | 130.02 | CR 506 west (Bloomfield Avenue) | South end of CR 506 overlap | |
81.41 | 131.02 | CR 506 east (Bloomfield Avenue) | North end of CR 506 overlap | ||
CR 604 (Lindsley Road) | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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CR 527A
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Length | 5.92 mi[10] (9.53 km) |
County Route 527A (also known as County Route 527 Alternate or CR 527A) is a
The section of the highway named Iron Ore Road was once part of the Manalapanville and Englishtown Turnpike, chartered in 1863 to run from Englishtown to Manalapanville, on the border of Millstone, including High Bridge Road and Main Street into Englishtown and Dugan's Grove Road.
Near its northern terminus, CR 527A formerly followed Iron Ore Road to its end at Millhurst Road (CR 527) in Manalapan, but in late 2015, a jurisdiction swap between Monmouth County and Manalapan / Englishtown routed the county road on a straighter course into the borough.[11]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Monmouth County.
Location | mi[10] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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CR 1 west | |||||
2.25 | 3.62 | Route 33 – Hightstown, Freehold | |||
Englishtown | 5.92 | 9.53 | CR 527 (Park Avenue / South Main Street) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- New Jersey portal
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "County Route 527 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.
- ^ Pinelands Preservation Alliance, "New Jersey Pinelands and Pine Barrens Overview". Accessed December 17, 2023
- ^ Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, "The Watershed". Accessed December 17, 2023.
- ^ Rahway River Watershed Association, "Our Mission". Accessed December 17, 2023.
- ^ Endangered New Jersey, "New Jersey's Watchung Mountains", October 11, 2015. Accessed December 17, 2023.
- ^ 1947 Map of Middlesex County
- ^ Front of a 1953 Map of Middlesex County
- ^ Steve Alpert. "New Jersey Roads - NJ State Highways - CR 515-530". Retrieved 2008-08-28.[self-published source]
- ^ a b c "County Route 527 Alternate Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. March 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ "Minutes - Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Englishtown" (PDF). August 26, 2015. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.