New Jersey Route 59
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Route 22 (New Jersey) redirects here. For the current highway called Route 22, see U.S. Highway 22.
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| Length: | 0.15 mi[1] (0.24 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1953 | ||||||||
| South end: |  CR 610 in Cranford |
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| North end: |  NJ 28 in Garwood |
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Route 59 is the shortest state highway in New Jersey, United States, consisting entirely of an underpass under the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley Line (former Central Railroad of New Jersey main line) on Lincoln Avenue, half on the border of Garwood and Cranford Township and half entirely in Cranford. The 0.15-mile (790 feet; 0.24 km) route connects North Avenue (Route 28) with South Avenue (County Route 610), and is unsigned.
[edit] History
Route 22 was defined in the 1927 renumbering as a new route. It would begin at Route 6 (now Route 159) just east of the Pine Brook Bridge over the Passaic River in Fairfield and head south through West Caldwell, Livingston (where it would cross Route 10), Millburn and Springfield Township (where it would cross Route 24, as well as Route 29 (now U.S. Route 22) in Springfield or Mountainside), pass near Garwood (where it would cross Route 28) and end at Route 27 in Rahway. The underpass under the railroad was built ca. 1929, where there had formerly been a crossing, but nothing else was done. In the 1953 renumbering, Route 22 became Route 59 to avoid a conflict with U.S. Route 22.
