County Route 676 (Middlesex County, New Jersey)
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| County Route 676 |
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| N. Riverview Avenue Woodbridge Avenue Duclos Lane Suttons Lane |
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| Length: | 1.55 mi[1] (2.49 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: | Edmund Street in Edison (near  US 1) |
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| Major junctions: |
 CR 514 in Edison/Highland Park NJ 27 in Edison |
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| North end: | Truman Drive South in Edison (near CR 692) |
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County Route 676, abbreviated CR 676, is a county highway in Middlesex County, New Jersey, on the streets of Duclos Lane, North Riverview Avenue, Suttons Lane, and Woodbridge Avenue in Highland Park and Edison Township. It is 1.55 miles long from Edmund Street (near U.S. Route 1) to Truman Drive.
Much of the Duclos Lane section from CR 514 to Route 27 straddles the Edison-Highland Park border. The speed limit is 25 miles per hour.[1] The road has no mile markers or CR 676 signs posted.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] North Riverview Avenue (Mileposts 0.00-0.19)
The Riverview Avenue part of CR 676 is the second shortest part of the route and the farthest south, lasting only 0.19 miles with four small intersections. The four intersections are Edmund Street (CR 676's terminus), Harrigan Street, Foyer Street and Holmes Street. Riverview Avenue's southern terminus at Edmund Street is less than half a mile from Edmund Street's terminus at U.S. Route 1. Its northern terminus is at County Route 514, also known as Woodbridge Avenue.[1]
County Route 676 continues west on Woodbridge Avenue. Riverview Avenue continues north past Woodbridge Avenue for another block to Apple Street.[1] However going south Riverview continues across Route 1 and ends at Kathleen Street with one lone intersection at Leo Street.
[edit] Woodbridge Avenue (Mileposts 0.20-0.24)
After leaving North Riverview Avenue, CR 676 has a short concurrency with CR 514 (Woodbridge Avenue) for 0.06 miles. This one-block concurrency is the only commercial part of CR 676. The concurrency ends at the intersection of Woodbridge Avenue and Duclos Lane, where CR 676 continues north onto Duclos Lane. There is no parking on this area of CR 676 due to no shoulder existing. This continues until Duclos Lane going south and Silver Lake Avenue going east of CR 514.[2][3]
[edit] Duclos Lane (Mileposts 0.25-0.74)
The Duclos Lane part of CR 676 is the second longest part of County Route 676. The border between Edison and Highland Park runs along much of this section. This section also has the second most intersections of the streets that carry the CR 676 designation.[1] The intersection of Duclos Lane and Woodbridge Avenue has no traffic light currently, but Edison mayor Jun Choi and the town plan to add a traffic light to relieve congestion.[4]
Duclos Lane is named after the Duclos family, who lived in residence 66 at the intersection of what is now Route 27 and Adelaide Avenue in the late 19th century.[5] The major intersections on Duclos Lane are Lincoln Highway (the northern terminus of Duclos Lane), Parker Road and Rose Street (the only four-way intersection on Duclos Lane), and Woodbridge Avenue (the southern terminus of Duclos Lane).[1][5]Edison Township Municipal Code prohibits patrons from parking anywhere on Duclos Lane due to traffic issues.[4]
At Lincoln Highway (Route 27), Duclos Lane becomes Suttons Lane, and County Route 676 continues north.[1]
[edit] Suttons Lane (Mileposts 0.75-1.55)
The Suttons Lane part of County Route 676 is the longest section of the route with eleven intersections.[1] Edison Township Municipal Code prohibits patrons from parking anywhere on Suttons Lane from Route 27 and 100 feet after due to no shoulder exists.[4]Starting at the Lincoln Highway intersection, it has a major curve just after the Gaskill Avenue intersection at milepost 0.92. Then the road makes a right turn after the Campbell Avenue junction at milepost 0.98.[1]
After the second curve is a set of speed bumps which continue until just before the Central Avenue intersection. Just after Central Avenue is a set of baseball fields for the Edison Boys Baseball League named Bobby Brownlie Way.[6] North of the fields is a train culvert for the Pennsylvania Railroad. There are two more junctions followed by the southern terminus of County Route 676 at Truman Drive South north of the train culvert.[1]
[edit] History
In the late 19th century, only the Duclos Lane section of what is now CR 676 had been built, but was not paved. (Suttons and Riverview did not exist at the time.)[5]Houses had not existed on the road either; it was all farmland. Houses were first built in the area during the 1920s. Approximately 80 residences were in Highland Park at the time (75 owned, 5 not owned), but all of them were in town and the northernmost residence was on Crowells Lane.[5] The only intersections along Duclos Lane were the Lincoln Highway (present-day Route 27) and Woodbridge Avenue (present-day CR 514), which were then its termini. At the time Duclos Lane was the only connection in Highland Park from between Lincoln Highway and Woodbridge Avenue.[5]
[edit] Intersections
Thirty-one intersections cross County Route 676 from its southern terminus at Edmund Street near U.S. Route 1 in Edison to its northern terminus at Truman Drive South near County Routes 674 and 692. County Route 676 is two lanes wide for its entire length.[1]
| Milepost[1] | Municipality | Street Name[1] | Notes |
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Begin  County Route 676[1] |
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| Riverview Avenue | |||
| 0.00 | Edison | Edmund Street | Southern terminus |
| 0.05 | Harrigan Street | ||
| 0.10 | Foyer Street | ||
| 0.15 | Holmes Street | ||
| 0.19 | Woodbridge Avenue ( County Route 514) |
Begin CR 514/CR 676 concurrency[1] | |
| Woodbridge Avenue | |||
| 0.25 | Edison / Highland Park | Duclos Lane | End CR 514/CR 676 concurrency; Milepost 26.65 on CR 514[1] |
| Duclos Lane | |||
| 0.31 | Edison / Highland Park | Apple Street | On east side of street |
| 0.36 | Latonia Street | On east side of street | |
| 0.38 | Franklin Street | On west side of street | |
| 0.41 | Wisteria Street | On east side of street | |
| 0.45 | Lilac Street | On east side of street | |
| 0.48 | Cherry Street | On west side of street | |
| 0.50 | Blossom Street | On east side of street | |
| 0.55 | Rose Street, Parker Road | Rose Street on east side of street; Parker Road on west side of street | |
| 0.61 | Central Avenue | On west side of street | |
| 0.63 | Edison | Orange Street | On east side of street |
| 0.67 | Duley Avenue | On east side of street | |
| 0.69 | Vale Street | On west side of street | |
| 0.74 | Lincoln Highway ( Route 27) |
Only traffic light on County Route 676[1] | |
| Suttons Lane | |||
| 0.92 | Edison | Gaskill Avenue | On east side of street |
| 0.98 | Campbell Avenue | On west side of street | |
| 1.01 | Eardley Avenue | On east side of street | |
| 1.06 | Carmello Drive | On east side of street | |
| 1.09 | Cornell Drive | On west side of street | |
| 1.13 | Rio Avenue | On east side of street | |
| 1.19 | Barlow Road, Barlow Road West | Barlow Road on east side of street; Barlow Road West on west side of street | |
| 1.24 | Central Avenue | On east side of street | |
| 1.40 | Fairview Avenue | On west side of street | |
| 1.49 | Bartha Avenue | On west side of street | |
| 1.55 | Truman Drive South | Northern terminus | |
| End County Route 676[1] |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r County Route 676 straight line diagram from New Jersey Department of Transportation
- ^ Priority: Improving Transportation Safety and Circulation in Edison
- ^ County Route 514 Straight Line Diagram
- ^ a b c Municipal Code of Edison Township Chapter 10.08- TRAFFIC SCHEDULES
- ^ a b c d e Images of America: Highland Park by Jeanne Kolva and Joanne Piscoitta, published by Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0-7524-1303-1 (Page 14 & Page 15)
- ^ Edison Boys Baseball League
