New Jersey Route 91
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| Route 91 |
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| Length: | 2.26 mi[1] (3.64 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1953 | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 1 in North Brunswick Twp |
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| North end: | Van Dyke Avenue in New Brunswick (continues as  CR 693) |
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Route 91 is a 2.26-mile (3.64 km) state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey, running along Jersey Avenue from U.S. Route 1 in North Brunswick Township to Van Dyke Avenue in New Brunswick. Past Van Dyke Avenue, Jersey Avenue continues northeast as the 1.10-mile (1.77 km) County Route 693 to Route 27 near downtown New Brunswick.
[edit] History
Route 26A was taken over by the state by 1941 as a spur of Route 26. Route 26 ran from Trenton to New Brunswick (now mostly U.S. Route 1), crossing over the Pennsylvania Railroad main line (now Amtrak's Northeast Corridor) in North Brunswick. As Route 26 left the path of the old Trenton and New Brunswick Turnpike to cross the railroad, Route 26A continued on the old turnpike to near the old railroad crossing, splitting onto a new alignment to stay northwest of the railroad, ending at Van Dyke Avenue. The existing Jersey Avenue beyond Van Dyke Avenue was taken over by Middlesex County as County Route 3R20, later renumbered County Route 693.
In the 1953 renumbering, Route 26A became Route 91, as all suffixed routes were renumbered. Route 91 was defined to extend beyond Van Dyke Avenue to Route 27, but that has never been taken over by the state, and Route 91 now officially ends at Van Dyke Avenue.
