New Jersey Route 19
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| Route 19 |
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| Maintained by NJDOT | |||||||||
| Length: | 3.04 mi[1] (4.89 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1967 | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 46 in Clifton |
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| Major junctions: |
GSP in Clifton I-80 in Paterson |
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| North end: |  CR 509 in Paterson |
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Route 19 is a freeway-standard state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs from a complicated interchange with US 46 and the Garden State Parkway in Clifton, past an interchange with I-80, to Main Street (unsigned CR 509) in downtown Paterson, with the Inner Loop Road continuing straight. Its main purpose is to connect the Parkway to I-80 and downtown Paterson. The south end of the road is just south of the US 46 overpass, with Broad Street (CR 509) continuing south.
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[edit] History
What is now Route 19 was once planned as the Paterson spur of the Garden State Parkway. In addition, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) planned an extension of Route 20 around the west side of Paterson, which was to connect to the spur at I-80. The Parkway only built the first bit of the spur, connecting to Broad Street, and NJDOT decided to build the rest and extend the Route 20 designation along it.
The Parkway spur, connecting the Parkway to Broad Street, opened on January 4, 1955 along with the adjacent Parkway section. The exit from the spur to Broad Street (onto which traffic was forced) was numbered exit 155P; this number has since been shifted to the mainline exit for Route 19.
The extension to Route 20 was stopped because of the designation of Great Falls ("Society of Useful Manufacturers") Historic District, a historic resource of national significance in the path of the proposed alignment. Paterson, one of the most vibrant manufacturing centers in the early years of the Industrial Revolution of the mid-1800s, had for many years fallen into decline. The Great Falls historic designation was planned as part of an urban revitalization project.
Another plan would carry the route north from Paterson into Glen Rock, New Jersey, then east toward Oradell, New Jersey and Alpine, New Jersey. From Alpine, there was to be a new Hudson River bridge to Westchester County, New York, with the eastern approach in Yonkers, New York. The proposed route was to link with the Cross County Parkway, which was to be upgraded to an expressway that would permit its use by trucks and buses.
The road was built to I-80. By 1988, the plan to connect the road to Route 20 was canceled, and on January 5, 1988 it was renumbered to Route 19. The unconnected ramps at I-80 were connected to a new road into downtown Paterson.
In 1996, the Interstate 80 - Route 19 interchange was given the Prize Bridge Award in the category of Grade Separation.[2]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile | Roads | Notes |
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Southern terminus of  Route 19 Route 19 southbound continues as County Route 509 southbound |
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| Passaic | City of Clifton | 0.00 0.02 |
 U.S. Route 46 east, County Route 609 (Colfax Avenue) |
At grade intersection with jughandles |
| 0.11 0.13 |
U.S. Route 46 | |||
| 0.34 0.50 |
Garden State Parkway | Southbound exit, northbound entrance | ||
| 1.15 | County Route 509 (Broad Street) |
Northbound exit, southbound entrance | ||
| City of Paterson | 1.80 | Valley Road | Southbound exit, northbound entrance | |
| 2.30 | Interstate 80 | |||
| 2.71 |  County Route 638 (Grand Street) |
Northbound exit, southbound entrance | ||
| 3.04 | County Route 509 (Main Street) |
At-grade intersection | ||
| Northern terminus of Route 19 |
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[edit] References
- "Struggles Beset Jersey Parkway", The New York Times, January 5, 1955, page 84
