Talk:New Jersey Route 139

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If anyone's wondering about the whole 1&9 -> 139 thing, here's an email I got from NJDOT some time ago (in or before 1998):

Route 139 was a new number assigned to the upper and lower levels of what
was once Route U.S. 1&9 Business.  It is a short route, which did not comply
with the criteria for a U.S.-numbered business route.  We sought to assign a
three-digit number. Under the U.S. numbering system, odd first digits denote
spurs (even are loops).  There was no other greater rationale than that we
essentially replaced the ampersand in 1&9 with a similar-looking digit *3".
For your information, we continue to carry suffixes of *U* and *L* to
distinguish the upper and lower roadways of the alignment.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by SPUI (talk • contribs)