New Jersey Route 17

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Route 17

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Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length27.20 mi[1] (43.77 km)
Existed1942 (1927 as Route 2)–present
Major junctions
South end Route 7 / CR 507 in North Arlington
Major intersections
North end border in Mahwah
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountiesBergen
Highway system
Route 15 Route 18
Route 1Route 2 Route 3

Route 17 is a state highway in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, that provides a major route from the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel and other northeast New Jersey points to the New York State Thruway at Suffern, New York. It runs 27.20 mi (43.77 km) from an intersection with Route 7 and County Route 507 (CR 507) in North Arlington north to the New York border along Interstate 287 (I-287) in Mahwah, where New York State Route 17 (NY 17) continues into New York. Between Route 7 and Route 3 in Rutherford, Route 17 serves as a local road. From Route 3 north to the junction with U.S. Route 46 (US 46) in Hasbrouck Heights, the road is an arterial road with jughandles. The portion of Route 17 from US 46 to I-287 near the state line in Mahwah is an expressway with all cross traffic handled by interchanges, and many driveways and side streets accessed from right-in/right-out ramps from the right lane. For three miles (5 km) north of Route 4, well over a hundred retail stores and several large shopping malls line the route in the borough of Paramus. The remainder of this portion of Route 17 features lighter suburban development. The northernmost portion of Route 17 in Mahwah runs concurrently with I-287 to the New York border.

Prior to 1927, the route was designated as Route 17N, which was to run from

Maywood Avenue on the Lodi/Maywood
border in 2008. The route is currently undergoing improvements between Route 3 and US 46 and is expected to see improvements from Williams Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights to south of Route 4 in Paramus.

Route description

divided highway. The road then crosses into Rutherford and comes to the Route 3 interchange.[1]

Past the Route 3 interchange, Route 17 continues north as a six-lane

CR 120 (Paterson Plank Road).[1] The route runs through Carlstadt, where it crosses into Wood-Ridge. Route 17 comes to an interchange with CR 36 (Moonachie Road) before entering Hasbrouck Heights.[1] With the exception of a short stretch in Rutherford with a median strip, this section of Route 17 is divided by a Jersey barrier.[2]

Route 17 southbound past interchange with Route 4 in Paramus. Westfield Garden State Plaza is on the right.

In Hasbrouck Heights, the lanes split with the Bendix Diner located between the traffic lanes at the intersection of CR 40 (Williams Avenue), the northernmost

CR 59 (Maywood Avenue) interchange on the Maywood border. This portion of the highway is subject to frequent congestion.[3] Route 17 continues north through commercial areas, crossing into Rochelle Park where the route passes over New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway's New Jersey Subdivision line and interchanges with CR 62 (Passaic Street) before entering Paramus.[1][2]

At the CR 61 (Farview Avenue) interchange, the road regains a third lane in each direction. Route 17 passes by the

Fashion Center shopping mall.[1][2]

Route 17 northbound in Saddle River

Route 17 crosses into

CR 77 (Sheridan Avenue). It enters Saddle River, continuing north to an interchange with CR 90 (Allendale Avenue).[1]

Route 17 enters

CR 100 (Ramapo Avenue). North of Ramapo Avenue, Route 17 features an interchange with US 202 (Ramapo Valley Road) and crosses the Ramapo River. Route 17 has an interchange with Mountainside Avenue and Crossroads Boulevard just before merging with the six-lane I-287, which it follows to the New York border, where the road continues into Hillburn, Rockland County as I-287 and NY 17, intersecting I-87 (New York State Thruway) shortly after the state line.[1][2]

History

Route 17 follows the course of the Haginsack Trail, an old Lenape Trail running north from what is now Newark to Suffern, New York, and possibly beyond. The Franklin Turnpike was legislated in 1806 to run from Hackensack north to the New York state line at Suffern. This road was incorporated into two auto trails: the Liberty Highway, signed in 1918 to run from Cleveland, Ohio, to New York City; and the West Shore Route, which ran from New York City to Albany. Both routes followed the same roads in New Jersey, coming in from Suffern, along the Franklin Turnpike, Paramus Road and Passaic Avenue, and local roads through Teaneck and Englewood before taking a ferry at Englewood Cliffs to New York.[4]

Route 17 northbound in Lodi

Route 17N was defined in 1923 to run "from Newark, by way of Kearny, Rutherford, Hackensack, Ridgewood and Ramsey to the New York State Line".

Westfield, New York was numbered as NY 17, as shown in part on the Tydol Trails Map.[6]

Route 2 marker

Route 2

LocationNorth ArlingtonNew York state line
Existed1927[7]–1942[8]

In the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route 17N received the Route 2 designation, and was defined to run from Route 7 in North Arlington to the New York border near Suffern, New York.[7][9] By 1937, the whole old road north of Rutherford was bypassed by a new four-lane divided highway with the exception of the 1927 bridge over the Saddle River in Ridgewood, north of the Paramus Road interchange.[10] This old alignment joins at Paramus Road and leaves just north of the bridge at Franklin Turnpike, which only has access to the southbound lanes through a RIRO intersection.[2] A short-lived spur of Route 2, Route 2N, was defined in 1938 to run from Route 2 (Ridge Road) in Lyndhurst west along Kingsland Avenue and over the Passaic River on the Park Avenue Bridge into Nutley, where it would end at Union Avenue (west of Route 7).[11] In 1930, New York had renumbered its state routes; the extension of Route 2 north and west into New York had remained NY 17. New Jersey had not assigned a Route 17 in the 1927 renumbering, and so in March 1942, Route 2 was numbered Route 17 to match and provide a single number for military caravans during World War II.[8]

Since at least 1936, Route 17 (then Route 2) was planned for upgrading to a freeway, not only north of US 46, but also south to the Newark area. The first plan for a freeway along the length of the route was halted due to World War II, and the second plan for a freeway in the 1960s was cancelled due to the disruption it was projected to cause to businesses and residents along its path.[12] In 1972, there were plans to extend Route 17 past Route 3 to I-280 in Harrison. The plans for this 5 mi (8.0 km), $50 million extension were cancelled due to the defeat of a transportation bond that would have funded the proposed freeway. The interchange at Route 3 was built to allow for this southern extension.[13] Another extension of Route 17 to the New Jersey Turnpike was brought up in 1987, but was ultimately scrapped.[14]

Beginning of southbound Route 17 along I-287 in Mahwah

The road north of Route 3 was gradually rebuilt to higher standards between 1953 and 1960; most of this portion of Route 17 was upgraded to six lanes and most at-grade intersections were removed north of I-80 in Lodi.

flyover ramps.[17] In 2008, construction was completed at the interchange with Essex Street on the Lodi/Maywood border, which involved replacing the Essex Street bridge over Route 17 and improving the interchange ramps, at a cost of $68 million.[18] On January 14, 2008, Governor Jon Corzine announced plans to reduce congestion and improve safety along the portion of Route 17 between Williams Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights to south of Route 4 in Paramus by making it a consistent six lanes.[3] Also, a $14.7 million effort, begun in September 2008, was undertaken to improve safety and reduce bottlenecks along the section of Route 17 between Route 3 and US 46.[19]

Route 17 has been the object of several studies exploring a

automobile dependency. While funding has not been identified, the potential routes of the system have centered around the vicinity radiating from the malls of Paramus.[20][21][22][23][24][25]

On December 8, 2014, the portion of Route 17 in Ramsey was named the Staff Sergeant Timothy R. McGill Memorial Highway in honor of a Ramsey High School graduate, Marine Corps veteran, and local firefighter.[26] On May 11, 2015, the portion of Route 17 in Waldwick was named the Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway in honor of a Waldwick police officer who died when he was struck by a tractor trailer on the highway in July 2014.[27]

Exit list

The entire route is in Bergen County. All exits are unnumbered.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
North Arlington0.000.00 Route 7 / CR 507 (Belleville Turnpike) – Jersey City, Belleville, HarrisonSouthern terminus
Lyndhurst3.715.97Service RoadInterchange; no southbound exit
Rutherford4.006.44 Route 3 – New YorkInterchange
4.236.81Service Road / Local StreetsInterchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
East Rutherford5.769.27
Route 120 south (Paterson Plank Road) – Sports Complex
Interchange; northern end of Route 120
CR 36
Hasbrouck Heights8.4413.58Southern end of limited-access section

George Washington Bridge
Hasbrouck HeightsHackensack line8.76–
9.13
14.10–
14.69

I-80 east / Terrace Avenue / Polifly Road – Hackensack
Exit 64B on I-80
US 46 west – Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights
Hackensack signed northbound, Hasbrouck Heights signed southbound
Lodi9.9115.95

I-80 west to G.S. Parkway
Exit 64A on I-80; northbound exit and southbound entrance
10.1916.40

Essex Street (
CR 56) to I-80 west – Maywood, Saddle Brook
CR 62) – Rochelle Park, Maywood
Northbound exit and southbound entrance
CR 61) – Rochelle Park, Paramus
12.30–
12.33
19.79–
19.84


Route 4 to G.S. Parkway south / Ikea Drive – Paterson, Fort Lee, New York City, Garden State Plaza
12.8820.73Century Road – Fair Lawn, River Edge
13.5921.87
G.S. Parkway
Same-directional access only; exit 163 on G.S. Parkway
14.3323.06Midland Avenue – Glen Rock, River Edge
15.0024.14Sears Drive – Paramus ParkNorthbound exit and entrance
15.0724.25A&S Drive – Paramus Park
15.8025.43Ridgewood Avenue (
CR 80) – Ridgewood, Oradell
Access to Fashion Center
CR 110) – Ridgewood
Van Emburgh Avenue (Northbound exit and entrance
16.8827.17Paramus Road / East Saddle River Road (
CR 62) – Ridgewood, Saddle River
17.5428.23
Bus Terminal
Southbound exit and entrance
Right-in/right-out interchange
18.3329.50Hollywood Avenue (CR 502) – Ho-Ho-Kus
Saddle River not signed southbound
CR 90
Ramsey22.5636.31Upper Saddle River
Lake Street (
CR 81) – Ramsey
23.5537.90Franklin Turnpike (CR 507) – Ramsey, SuffernRamsey not signed northbound
23.9138.48 Spring Street – Ramsey Route 17 station
CR 85
) / North Central Avenue / MacArthur Boulevard
25.5541.12West Ramapo Avenue (
CR 100) – Mahwah, Pompton Lakes
26.0141.86 US 202 – Morristown, Suffern
26.4042.49Mountainside Avenue / Crossroads Boulevard / Sharp Plaza
Jaguar Land Rover WayNorthbound exit only; signed for local traffic only; serves Jaguar Land Rover North American Headquarters
26.65–
26.81
42.89–
43.15

I-287 south – Morristown
Southern terminus of concurrency with I-287; exit 66 on I-287
27.2043.77



Continuation into New York
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Route 17 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Google (December 26, 2008). "overview of New Jersey Route 17" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Governor Corzine announces congestion relief on Route 17". New Jersey Department of Transportation. January 14, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  4. ^ Rand Mcnally And Company. . [New York?: Rand McNally & Co. ; Newark, N.J.: Berwick Hotel distributor, ?, 1920] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/88695915/>.
  5. ^ a b State of New Jersey, Laws of 1923, Chapters 5, 177, 181, 183, 184.
  6. ^ Map of New Jersey (Map). Tydol Trails. 1927. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  7. ^ a b State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.
  8. ^
    New York Times
    . March 20, 1942.
  9. ^ 1927 New Jersey Road Map (Map). State of New Jersey. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  10. ^ Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Map). Mid-West Map Co. 1937. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  11. ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1938, Chapter 269.
  12. ^ "Expressway Plans". Regional Plan Association News. May 1964.
  13. ^ Master Plan for Transportation. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 1972.
  14. ^ Turnpike Widening: Final Environmental Impact Statement. New Jersey Turnpike Authority. 1987.
  15. ^ "Route 17 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). Internet Archives WayBack Machine. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  16. ^ "Missing Link of Interstate Opens, Despite Lawsuit". The New York Times. November 20, 1993. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  17. ^ "Governor Cuts Ribbon for Route 4 and 17 Interchange". New Jersey Department of Transportation. November 24, 1999. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  18. ^ "Route 17/Essex Street Interchange Improvements Overview". New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  19. The Record
    .
  20. ^ STV Group (September 2006). Final Report (PDF). Route 17 Bergen Rapid Transit Study (Report). Retrieved April 20, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ "Northeast New Jersey Metro Mobility Study". NJT, NJTPA, Coach USA. 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  22. ^ FY 2012 TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL PROGRAM: New Jersey Department of Transportation Projects
  23. ^ Parsons Brinkerhoff. "Vision Bergen: Blueprint For Our Future Networking Transportation To Make It Work Route 17" (PDF). Bergen Rapid Transit Study. Bergen County. Retrieved March 3, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  24. ^ Ensslin, John (October 11, 2011), "NJ Transit wants to explore bus only lanes and traffic lights in Bergen County", The Record, retrieved May 5, 2012
  25. ^ Department of Planning & Economic Development, Clarification BRTrfp, Bergen County, New Jersey, archived from the original on March 23, 2012, retrieved May 5, 2012
  26. ^ "Cardinale Bill Renaming Portion of Route 17 as "Staff Sergeant Timothy R. McGill Memorial Highway" Advanced". New Jersey Senate. December 8, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  27. ^ Ma, Myles (May 12, 2015). "Route 17 in Waldwick renamed for slain officer Christopher Goodell". nj.com. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

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