New Jersey Route 27
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| Route 27 |
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| Length: | 38.35 mi (61.71 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 19?? | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 206 in Princeton Borough |
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| Major junctions: |
 NJ 18 in New Brunswick I-287 Edison GSP in Woodbridge Township NJ 35 in Rahway NJ 439 in Elizabeth NJ 28 in Elizabeth US 22 in Newark |
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| North end: |  NJ 21 in Newark |
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Route 27 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States, running along the original alignment for U.S. Route 1. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 206 in Princeton (where it is called Nassau Street) at Bayard Lane; its northern terminus is at Broad Street/McCarter Highway or Route 21 in Newark. Besides Princeton, NJ 27 has local names in other municipalities as well. In New Brunswick, its is known as (north-south) Albany Street, French Street, and Somerset Street. In Highland Park, NJ 27 is known as Raritan Avenue. In Metuchen, it is known as (north-south) Middlesex Avenue, Lake Avenue, and Essex Avenue. In Edison, it is known as Lincoln Highway. In Rahway, Linden and Roselle, it is known as St. Georges Avenue. In Elizabeth it is known as Rahway Ave and in Newark it is also called Frelinghuysen Ave.
Route 27 crosses the Raritan River via the Albany Street Bridge, which connects Highland Park on the north with New Brunswick on the south
NJ 27 was part of the alignment through New Jersey of the Lincoln Highway, America's first transcontinental highway. Residents in many municipalities (such as Edison) still refer to the highway locally as Lincoln Highway.
