New Jersey Route 29

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Route 29
Daniel Bray Highway
John Fitch Parkway
Central Jersey Expressway Extension
Maintained by NJDOT
Length: 34.76 mi[1] (55.94 km)
Formed: 1927
South end: I-295/I-195 in Hamilton Twp
Major
junctions:		 NJ 129 in Hamilton Twp
US 1 in Trenton
I-95 in Ewing Twp
NJ 179 in Lambertville
US 202 in Delaware Twp
North end: NJ 12/CR 513 in Frenchtown
New Jersey State Highway Routes
< NJ 28 US 30 >
< NJ 163 165 NJ 167 >

Route 29 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs 34.76 miles from an intersection with Interstate 295 in Hamilton Township in Mercer County (where it continues as Interstate 195) to Bridge Street / Race Street in Frenchtown, in Hunterdon County, where the road continues on as CR 513.

The scenic and mostly two-lane highway follows the Delaware River in mostly rural sections of Mercer County and Hunterdon County. The obsolete Delaware & Raritan Canal usually stands between the river and the highway. Most sections of Route 29 are completely shaded due to the tree canopy.

In Trenton, the road is a near-freeway in some sections, including a tunnel that was built along the river near historic houses and a cemetery. Traffic pauses for a signal at Cass Street, next to Mercer County Waterfront Park. The road is again a freeway as it passes the state capitol, but it then narrows into the two-lane road mentioned above. Route 29 also has a spur, Route 129, which connects 29 to U.S. Route 1. Since trucks are forbidden to use the 29 tunnel, 129 can be used as a truck route.

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[edit] History

A map showing the history of numbered routes in Lambertville.
A map showing the history of numbered routes in Lambertville.

Route 29 was originally defined in 1927 to run from Newark to Trenton – as opposed to its current northern terminus in Frenchtown – along what is now U.S. Route 22 and U.S. Route 202. The current alignment from Lambertville to Frenchtown was designated Route 29A. In the 1953 renumbering, Route 29 was removed from the alignment to Newark to avoid concurrencies with the U.S. routes, and Route 29A became part of Route 29.

Route 29B was planned in 1938 as an extension of Route 29A from Frenchtown to Alpha. While the road was never built, much of the alignment north of Milford is served by County Route 519.

In the 1953 renumbering, Route 29 was redefined to continue north from Lambertville on former 29A, and old 29 northeast of Lambertville became part of U.S. Route 202 (which turned west on Route S29 in Lambertville). The section of former 29 between 29A and S29 was assigned the number 165.

Around 2000, the state gave the part of Route 29 between 165 and 179 (formerly US 202) to the city, and 29 was rerouted to use all of 165 and one block of 179. 165, which has never been signed, still exists, though it is fully concurrent with 29.

[edit] Related routes

  • Route 165, which is fully concurrent with Route 29 in Lambertville
  • Route 179, formerly numbered Route S29

[edit] References

  1. ^ New Jersey Route 29 Straight Line Diagram from the New Jersey Department of Transportation

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