New Jersey Route 182

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Route 182 is a 0.96-mile (1.54 km) state highway in Hackettstown, New Jersey, United States, connecting Route 57 with U.S. Route 46 along Mountain Avenue. Its south end is at a three-way intersection, where Route 57 heads west and County Route 517 (signed but not maintained as Route 24) heads south. County Route 517 runs concurrent with Route 182 to its north end at US 46, and turns west with US 46 before splitting in downtown Hackettstown.

[edit] History

Route 182 was originally defined as part of pre-1927 Route 12, but was not taken over by the state, instead remaining county-maintained. In the 1927 renumbering it became part of Route S24. Route 24 was defined to run directly from Schooley's Mountain west to Penwell, where Route S24 would end, but the direct route was not improved, and instead Route 24 was signed to Hackettstown, where it met Route S24 at the current south end of Route 182.

In the 1953 renumbering, Route 24 was defined to use the former Route S24 to Hackettstown and then head south along what had been a temporary alignment. The short piece of former Route S24 north of new Route 24 was assigned the Route 57 designation, and was taken over by the state that year.

On October 9, 1969, the routes were again renumbered. Route 24 was truncated to Hackettstown, with the rest of Route 24 west to Phillipsburg becoming Route 57. The old Route 57 however did not retain its number, as plans were made for a bypass of Hackettstown, continuing Route 57 beyond that intersection to U.S. Route 46 east of Hackettstown. Instead, Route 182 was assigned to the former Route 57.