New Jersey Route 177
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North end | Fifth Street in Somerville | |
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Country | United States | |
State | New Jersey | |
Counties | Somerset | |
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Route 177 was the shortest state highway recorded in Somerset County, New Jersey and the second shortest around the entire state of New Jersey. (New Jersey Route 59 is the shortest recorded route in the state at 0.15 miles (0.24 km) long.) Route 177 went for a short, 0.24 miles (0.39 km) state-maintained portion of Bridge Street in Somerville. One of only three state highways in Somerset County after the 1953 state highway renumbering, Route 177 was the only one to be decommissioned later on. (The other two highways are Route 27 further south and Route 28 further north) The short-lived designation went from U.S. Route 206 (US 206) in Somerville, up Bridge Street near the Old Cemetery to Fifth Street, where state maintenance terminated. In 1974, the Department of Transportation turned maintenance of this short highway over to the borough of Somerville for future use.
Route description
Route 177 began at a traffic light intersection with
History
The alignment of Route 177 was a former alignment of
Major intersections
The entire route was in Somerville, Somerset County.
mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.00 | 0.00 | US 206 | Southern terminus of Route 177. | ||
0.24 | 0.39 | Fifth Street | State maintenance ended here. South Bridge Street continued northward heading to downtown Somerville.[3] | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Milepost Log of State Highways (1969 ed.). New Jersey State Highway Department. 1969.
- ^ a b Overview map of South Bridge Street and former Route 177 (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. Bing Maps/Microsoft Inc. 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ^ a b c "South Bridge Street Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2009. p. 2. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
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- ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.
- ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1938, Section 1
- ^ 1953 renumbering, New Jersey Department of Highways, archived from the original on June 28, 2011, retrieved July 31, 2009
- ^ New Jersey Official Road Map (Map). Cartography by New Jersey Department of Transportation. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 1970.
- ^ New Jersey Official Road Map (Map). Cartography by New Jersey Department of Transportation. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 1974.
External links
- Moraseski, Dan; Alpert, Steve (2009). "177". Alps Roads. Retrieved November 12, 2009.