Skyline Drive (New Jersey)

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Skyline Drive

County Route S-91
County Route 692
Maintained by Passaic and Bergen Counties

Length:

5.76 mi^[1]^[2] (9.27 km)

South end:

I-287 in Oakland

North end:

CR 511 in Ringwood

New Jersey State Highway Routes
< CR S-89			CR S-93 >
< CR 691			CR 693 >

Skyline Drive is a 5.76-mile^[1]^[2] long road in Northern New Jersey, between Interstate 287 in Oakland, Bergen County and County Route 511 in Ringwood, Passaic County, passing through Ringwood State Park in the Ramapo Mountains. It is a major route for those in the Ringwood and Wanaque area to get to Interstate 287. The road is also known as County Route S91 in Bergen County and County Route 692 in Passaic County. County Route S91 continues south for 0.73 miles^[1] from the southern terminus of Skyline Drive on West Oakland Avenue to U.S. Route 202.

The road offers a brief view of the Manhattan skyline, 20 miles away, while heading southbound. The steep and narrow road is often impassable in winter due to ice and snow.

As of April 1, 2001, the New Jersey Department of Transportation imposed a ban on trucks exceeding 10 tons from using Skyline Drive. This ban follows an incident in December 2000, in which three Ringwood residents were killed by a 40-ton dump truck that had lost control on the roadway and fell to its side^[3].