New Jersey Route 120

Route 120
Larry Doby Highway[1] Paterson Plank Road
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	2.65 mi[1] (4.26 km)
Existed	1990s–present
Major junctions
South end	I-95 / N.J. Turnpike / Route 3 in East Rutherford
Major intersections	CR 503 in East Rutherford
North end	Route 17 / CR 120 in Carlstadt
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Bergen
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← US 122

Route 120 is a

Route 120 begins at an interchange with Route 3 in East Rutherford, heading north-northeast on a six-lane freeway through the Meadowlands Sports Complex.^[1] Here, MetLife Stadium, home field of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League, and the Meadowlands station at the terminus of NJ Transit's Meadowlands Rail Line is on the west side of the road, while the closed Meadowlands Arena and the American Dream shopping and entertainment complex are on the east side of the road.^[2] There is an exit for an access road to the complex. The freeway comes to an end at an interchange where the road continues northeast into Moonachie as County Route 503 (Washington Avenue), while Route 120 exits onto the Paterson Plank Road and heads northwest as a four-lane arterial road along the border of Carlstadt to the northeast and East Rutherford to the southwest.

Route 120 passes one of

Route S3. As a result of this realignment, the portion of the route between modern Route 3 and Paterson Plank Road became a portion of Route 20 while the section along Paterson Plank Road was removed from the state highway system.^[7][8] Paterson Plank Road between County Route 503 and Route 17 joined the state highway system again as an extension of this portion of Route 20 in 1972 when the Meadowlands Sports Complex was slated to be built.^[9] At this point, Route 20 had consisted of three disconnected segments. Since none of these segments were connected, this portion of road was redesignated Route 120 by the 1990s.^[10][11]

With the construction of American Dream, several improvements to Route 120 took place. The interchange with Route 3 was reconstructed with an overpass between eastbound Route 3 and northbound Route 120 that was completed in May 2009 at a cost of $38.1 million.[12] Also, a flyover from southbound Route 120 to eastbound Route 3 was completed in early 2010 at a cost of $13 million.^[13]

By Joint Resolution No. 6, approved September 9, 1997, the

Cleveland Indians and was the first African American to break the color barrier in the American League.^[14]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Bergen County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lincoln Tunnel, New York City	Southern terminus
	0.27– 0.74	0.43– 1.19	Sports Complex, American Dream
	1.03	1.66	CR 503 north (Washington Avenue) – Moonachie	Southern terminus of CR 503
			Northern end of freeway section
Carlstadt	2.65	4.26	Route 17 / CR 120 west (Paterson Plank Road)	Interchange; continues west as CR 120
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

•  
  U.S. Roads portal
•  New Jersey portal

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Route 120 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Google (June 30, 2009). "overview of New Jersey Route 120" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
3. ^ "County Route 120 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2009. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
4. ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.
5. ^ Williams, Jimmy and Sharon. "1927 New Jersey Road Map". 1920s New Jersey Highways. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
6. ^ Newark 1:250,000 quadrangle (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1946. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
7. ^ 1953 renumbering. New Jersey Department of Highways. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
8. ^ "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.
9. ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1972, Chapter 209.
10. State Farm Insurance
    . 1983.
11. ^ United States-Canada-Mexico Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 1996.
12. The Record. Highbeam Research. Archived from the original
    on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013. (subscription required)
13. ^ Brennan, John (November 17, 2008). "Finally on Track: Sports complex rail, roads racing to the finish line". The Record. vLex. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013. (subscription required)
14. ^ State of New Jersey; Laws of 1997, Joint Resolution No. 6

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