U.S. Route 46
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Length | 75.34 mi[1] (121.25 km) | ||||
Existed | 1936–present | ||||
Major junctions | |||||
West end | I-80 / Route 94 in Knowlton Township | ||||
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East end | US 1-9 at the New York state line on the George Washington Bridge | ||||
Location | |||||
Country | United States | ||||
State | New Jersey | ||||
Counties | Warren, Morris, Essex, Passaic, Bergen | ||||
Highway system | |||||
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U.S. Route 46 (US 46) is an east–west
What is now US 46 was originally designated as three separate routes. Pre-1927 Route 5 was created in 1916 to follow the road from
Route description
Warren County
US 46 begins at a complex interchange with I-80 and Route 94 near the Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge leading to PA 611 in the community of Columbia in Knowlton Township, Warren County. From this interchange, the route heads southeast along the east bank of the Delaware River as a four-lane divided highway briefly before narrowing into a two-lane undivided road. The road passes through wooded mountainous areas before reaching the community of Delaware. In Delaware, US 46 intersects Route 163, the approach to the former Delaware Bridge, before passing a few commercial establishments. From here, the route continues alongside the river, passing more rural areas of woods and farms with occasional development as it enters White Township. US 46 makes a sharp turn to the east away from the Delaware River, widening into a four-lane divided highway again as it bypasses the town of Belvidere and has a few businesses on it. The road turns back into a two-lane undivided road and comes to a crossroads with CR 519. Past this intersection, US 46 continues through rural sectors with some business before coming to the northern terminus of Route 31.[1][2]
From this point, the route continues east through dense woods prior to turning northeast into Liberty Township. The road passes through the community of Townsbury before crossing into Independence Township. Here, US 46 enters more agricultural areas and turns east again, with development increasing along the road as it passes through Great Meadows-Vienna. It continues southeast before entering Hackettstown, where the road becomes Main Street. In Hackettstown, the route crosses NJ Transit's Morristown Line and Montclair-Boonton Line before coming to an intersection with CR 517. Here, CR 517 forms a concurrency with US 46, and the two routes continue southeast through the downtown area. At the intersection with the northern terminus of Route 182, CR 517 splits from US 46 by heading south on that route while US 46 continues to the east.[1][2]
Morris and Essex counties
At a three-way intersection which was formerly
The road is lined with a moderate number of businesses, most with
Passaic County
The route crosses the Passaic River again into Wayne in Passaic County.[1][2] The median splits as the road passes to the north of the Willowbrook Mall, with an exit serving the shopping mall, before reaching the Spaghetti Bowl interchange with partial access to I-80 and full access to Route 23.[1][2][3] Within this interchange, US 46 passes under the Montclair-Boonton Line again. From here, it passes businesses and many shopping centers with RIRO access as a six-lane highway, heading into Totowa. In this area, the route has interchanges with CR 640 and Route 62/CR 646. The road turns southeast, crossing the Passaic River a third time into Little Falls. At this point, US 46 runs along the Little Falls/Woodland Park border, interchanging with CR 639 and Browertown Road. After the exit for Lower Notch Road, the route enters more wooded surroundings, interchanging with Notch Road/Rifle Camp Road before entering Clifton. Upon reaching Clifton, US 46 has an interchange with the western terminus of Route 3 and Valley Road (CR 621), with the Valley Road exit stitched into the Route 3 side of the highway fork.[1] Prior to reconstruction of the interchanges, the Valley Road ramp exited before Route 3 began, and Route 3 branched off immediately after Valley Road.[2]
Past Route 3, the highway narrows to four lanes, continuing east-northeast as a limited-access divided highway with some RIRO-accessed businesses still on it, though many roads are accessed through over and underpasses. US 46 has an exit for Van Houten Avenue/Grove Street before coming to a large interchange with the southern terminus of the
After the split, US 46 turns into a limited-access road again and passes under Main Avenue/CR 601 and Norfolk Southern's Passaic Spur line before coming to an interchange with the northern terminus of the Route 21 freeway. From this interchange, the route turns north along the west bank of the Passaic River, crossing the Garden State Parkway again before widening to six lanes and meeting the southern terminus of Route 20 at an interchange near the border of Paterson.[1][2]
Bergen County
US 46 turns east and crosses the Passaic River a fourth and final time, entering Bergen County in Elmwood Park. Immediately after the river, the route has an interchange for CR 507. Passing through more RIRO-accessed business areas, the road narrows to four lanes and has a partial interchange with the Garden State Parkway. Past the parkway, US 46 continues as a road with some jughandles and other traffic light-controlled intersections (but still largely maintaining RIRO access to driveways and side streets), crossing New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway's Dundee Branch line and passing through a small corner of Garfield before crossing into Saddle Brook. Within Saddle Brook, the road turns more to the southeast and crosses over NJ Transit's Bergen County Line. Continuing east, US 46 has an exit for with Outwater Lane and crosses into Lodi. Through this area, there is no access across the median of US 46, as it interchanges with Main Street. The route continues into Hasbrouck Heights, where it turns more south-southeast, interchanging with Boulevard. A short distance later, US 46 reaches an interchange with Route 17 and crosses NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line near the Teterboro station.[1][2]
From here, US 46 enters
History
Before 1916
What is now US 46 west of Netcong was part of the Manunkachunk Trail, an old Lenape trail running from the Great Minisink Trail in Netcong west to Manunkachunk Village, now Belvidere. Another Lenape trail extended from Netcong to what is now Parsippany and
Routes 5, 10 and 12: 1916–1927
Prior to 1927, what is today US 46 was followed by three different routes. The first route was pre-1927 Route 5, which was first legislated in 1916. It began by crossing the Delaware River from Pennsylvania at the community of Delaware. Several undercrossings of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad near Delaware were bypassed with a short new road on the southwest side of the railroad. From there, Route 5 used the existing Delaware Road to north of Belvidere, then the Buttzville-Belvidere Road to Buttzville, the Buttzville Road to Great Meadows, and the Danville Mountain Road to Hackettstown.[10]
From Hackettstown to Denville, Route 5 ran concurrently with pre-1927 Route 12, which was first legislated in 1917.
At Denville, Route 5 turned south, while Route 12 continued east along the Parsippany and Rockaway Turnpike to
Route 6: 1927–1953
Location | Delaware–Fort Lee |
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Existed | 1927–1953 |
The expansion of the highway system followed the opening of the George Washington Bridge.[13]
In the 1927 renumbering, Route 6 was assigned to the route across northern New Jersey, using the old Route 5 from Delaware to Netcong, Route 12 from Hackettstown to Paterson, and a generally new alignment parallel to Route 10 from Paterson to the proposed George Washington Bridge; the old Route 10 alignment between Paterson and Edgewater was to become Route 5. In Paterson, Route 6 was marked along McBride Avenue, Spruce Street and Market Street.[14][15]
Route 6 was redefined in 1929 to use none of the old road east of Paterson (it had formerly been planned to use Market Street west of roughly where
In December 1937, a section of highway was opened from the Passaic River at
By Joint Resolution No. 1, approved April 14, 1941, the New Jersey Legislature designated the highway as the United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Highway in honor of the United Spanish War Veterans.[24]
U.S. Route 46: 1936–present
In 1925, the US 46 designation was first proposed for a route in
The current US 46 was marked in 1936 betweenFollowing this, US 611 was rerouted to cross the river twice in order to use the freeway through the
In 1964, the approach to the George Washington Bridge, shared with US 1-9, was rebuilt into a freeway that became a part of I-95.[34] Since then, many changes have occurred to US 46. A traffic circle served the intersection with Route 23 until the construction of I-80, and a spaghetti interchange was constructed to replace it.[35] The Little Ferry Circle, initially constructed in 1933, was modified in 1985 to allow US 46 to run straight through the circle.[36] In 1998, the Ledgewood Circle at the western terminus of Route 10 was replaced with a signalized T-intersection.[37] In 2007, the NJDOT announced that they would eliminate the Little Ferry Circle by turning it into a straight intersection; work ran through 2014.[36] The Netcong Circle at Route 183 was replaced with a signalized intersection a cost of $13.3 million in 2013. A temporary junction opened in January of that year with the permanent configuration completed the following August.[38][39] In addition, the interchange between US 46 and the western terminus of Route 3 is planned to be reconstructed. This project will reconfigure ramps, bring bridges up to standard, and will provide for three-lane connections between Route 3 and US 46. It was announced in 2003 and is projected to cost over $250 million. Construction on the first contract began in December 2015 with completion by October 2019. Construction on the second contract began in February 2020.[40][41]
In 1988 the Legislature resolved that "The Commissioner of Transportation shall designate that portion of United States Highway Route 46 located between Hope Road and Barkers Mill Road in the township of Independence, Warren County as 'Clifford Jones Avenue'," honoring United States Army Specialist Clifford Jones, Jr., a resident of Independence Township who had been killed in action in 1968 during the Vietnam War.[42]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1][5][6] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Warren | Knowlton Township | 0.00– 0.57 | 0.00– 0.92 | I-80 / Route 94 (Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge) to PA 611 – Columbia, Blairstown, New York City, Delaware Water Gap, Portland, PA | Exit 4B on I-80; access to Columbia via Decatur Street | |
2.86 | 4.60 | Route 163 north | Southern terminus of Route 163; Route 163 is unsigned | |||
Hope, Alpha | ||||||
10.03 | 16.14 | Route 31 south – Trenton, Washington | Northern terminus of Route 31 | |||
overlap | ||||||
21.70 | 34.92 | Route 182 south / CR 517 south (Mountain Avenue) to Route 57 – Phillipsburg | East end of CR 517 overlap | |||
Denville, New York City | Entrance ramp from I-80 west only; exit 26 on I-80 | |||||
30.21– 30.29 | 48.62– 48.75 | Former Netcong Circle | ||||
Roxbury Township | 31.48 | 50.66 | To I-80 – Lake Hopatcong, Landing | Exit 28 on I-80 | ||
33.33 | 53.64 | Route 10 east – Whippany | Western terminus of Route 10 | |||
CR 659 east) – Dover Business Area | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||
38.17 | 61.43 | Route 15 north (West Clinton Street) – Sparta | Southern terminus of Route 15 | |||
Chester | ||||||
Delaware Water Gap | Exit 38 on I-80 | |||||
43.03 | 69.25 | Route 53 (Main Street) – Mount Tabor, Morristown | Interchange | |||
Parsippany-Troy Hills | 46.33 | 74.56 | US 202 / CR 511 (Parsippany Boulevard) – Butler, Whippany | |||
49.21– 49.39 | 79.20– 79.49 | Delaware Water Gap, Paterson, New York City | Exit 47 on I-80 | |||
Montville | 51.54– 51.57 | 82.95– 82.99 | Route 159 east (Bloomfield Avenue) – The Caldwells, Newark | Interchange, no westbound exit; western terminus of Route 159 | ||
Essex | Fairfield Township | 52.54 | 84.55 | Route 159 west (Clinton Road) | Eastern terminus of Route 159 | |
53.10 | 85.46 | Fairfield Road ( CR 615 ) | Westbound exit and entrance | |||
53.92 | 86.78 | CR 625 (Hollywood Avenue) | Interchange | |||
54.48– 54.69 | 87.68– 88.02 | Fairfield Road ( The Caldwells | Interchange | |||
Passaic | Wayne | 55.61 | 89.50 | Willowbrook Boulevard | Interchange | |
55.98– 56.37 | 90.09– 90.72 | Delaware Water Gap, Butler | Interchange; no westbound access to I-80 east | |||
CR 640 (Riverview Drive) – Little Falls, Wayne | Interchange | |||||
57.58 | 92.67 | CR 646 (Union Boulevard) – Totowa, Little Falls | Interchange; southern terminus of Route 62 | |||
CR 639 (Paterson Avenue / McBride Avenue) – Little Falls, Woodland Park | Interchange | |||||
58.73 | 94.52 | Browertown Road ( CR 635) – Woodland Park, Little Falls | Interchange | |||
59.06 | 95.05 | Lower Notch Road | Interchange | |||
59.34 | 95.50 | CR 633 ) | Interchange | |||
59.63 | 95.97 | Clove Road ( | Eastbound exit and entrance | |||
No westbound exit to CR 621 north or eastbound exit to CR 621 south | ||||||
60.24 | 96.95 | Lincoln Tunnel | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of Route 3 | |||
60.91 | 98.03 | Van Houten Avenue ( | Interchange | |||
61.30 | 98.65 | Route 19 north / CR 509 (Broad Street) – Clifton, Paterson | Interchange | |||
61.39 | 98.80 | G.S. Parkway north | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 154 on G.S. Parkway | |||
G.S. Parkway south | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 154 on G.S. Parkway | |||||
61.75 | 99.38 | Paulison Avenue ( CR 702 ) | Interchange | |||
62.36 | 100.36 | Piaget Avenue ( CR 601) – Botany Village | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
63.27 | 101.82 | Route 21 south (Randolph Avenue) – Newark | Interchange; northern terminus of Route 21 | |||
63.58 | 102.32 | G.S. Parkway south | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 156 on G.S. Parkway | |||
63.85 | 102.76 | Route 20 north to I-80 – Paterson | Interchange; southern terminus of Route 20 | |||
Bergen | Elmwood Park | 64.07 | 103.11 | CR 507 (River Drive) – Garfield, Ridgewood | Interchange | |
64.41 | 103.66 | G.S. Parkway north | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 157 on G.S. Parkway | |||
G.S. Parkway south | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 157 on G.S. Parkway | |||||
Interchange | ||||||
CR 61) – Lodi, Rochelle Park | Interchange | |||||
CR 57) to Route 17 | Eastbound exit and entrance | |||||
68.01– 68.11 | 109.45– 109.61 | Route 17 – Newark, Paramus | Interchange | |||
Teterboro | 68.27 | 109.87 | Green Street – Hackensack | Interchange | ||
Little Ferry | 69.52 | 111.88 | CR 503 (Liberty Street) – Hackensack, Moonachie | |||
Ridgefield Park | 70.68 | 113.75 | Western end of freeway section | |||
Teaneck Road ( CR 39 ) | ||||||
70.93– 70.97 | 114.15– 114.22 | I-95 Toll south / N.J. Turnpike south / I-80 west | Exit 68 on I-95 / Turnpike; eastern terminus of I-80 | |||
Palisades Park | 71.65 | 115.31 | Route 93 (Grand Avenue) | |||
71.94– 72.09 | 115.78– 116.02 | US 1-9 south (Broad Avenue) | West end of US 1-9 overlap | |||
72.61 | 116.85 | CR 501 (East Central Boulevard) – Palisades Park | Access via 5th/6th Streets | |||
Eastern end of freeway section | ||||||
Fort Lee | 73.17 | 117.76 | Route 63 south (Bergen Boulevard) | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
73.71 | 118.62 | Main Street ( | Interchange | |||
74.18– 74.33 | 119.38– 119.62 | Western end of freeway section | ||||
72 | US 9W north to Palisades Parkway north – Fort Lee | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit number not signed | ||||
72B | I-95 south to N.J. Turnpike south / I-80 west / Route 4 west | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; southern end of I-95 overlap | ||||
74.49 | 119.88 | 73 | US 9W / Palisades Parkway north – Fort Lee | Signed for US 9W southbound, Palisades Pkwy. northbound; last eastbound exit before toll | ||
74.84 | 120.44 | 74 | Palisades Parkway north | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance from express lanes | ||
Hudson River | 75.34 | 121.25 | George Washington Bridge (eastbound toll; Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass) | |||
New York City | Continuation into New York at the river’s center | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- New Jersey Route 6M
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External links
- US 46 straight line diagram (PDF)
- NJ 1920s Route 5
- NJ 1920s Route 12
- Police Scanner Frequencies for Route 46
- Speed Limits for Route 46
- Endpoints of US 46
- US 46 (Greater New York Roads)