| County Route 653 | ||||||||||
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| County Road, County Avenue | ||||||||||
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| Length: | 3.01 mi[1] (4.84 km) | |||||||||
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| South end: | US 1/9 in Jersey City | |||||||||
| North end: | CR 681 in Secaucus | |||||||||
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County Avenue is the central eastern district of Secaucus in Hudson County, New Jersey. Its northern end is at the intersection of Paterson Plank Road near the Secaucus Municipal Government Center, the Secaucus Plaza central business district and Harmon Meadow Plaza. Its southern end is near Secaucus Junction, a major train station for New Jersey Transit rail operations. Along the thoroughfare are institutional, manufacturing, distribution, and residential buildings. County Avenue runs parallel to the New Jersey Turnpike Eastern Spur, the nearby Alexander Hamilton Service Area only accessible from its southbound lanes. The Hudson County Meadowview Psychiatric Hospital, the United Parcel Service distribution warehouse[2] and the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles[3] are prominent landmarks of County Avenue. Secaucus Road is the main road to intersect with County Avenue travelling west to Harmon Cove or east to Transfer Station.[4]
Along with County Road in Jersey City, County Avenue is part of the 3.01 miles (4.84 km) County Route 653 one of only two roads that join the two municipalities separated by the Croxton Yards and the New Jersey Meadowlands wetlands area that is site of the Metropolitan Bulk Mail Facility. The avenue and the road are joined at the intersection of County Route 655, or New County Road which travels south to become County Route 657, or County Road Extension, which ends at Snake Hill.