County Route 501 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Length: | 53.07 mi[1] (85.41 km) | |||
Southern section | ||||
Length: | 10.12 mi[1] (16.29 km) | |||
South end: | CR 529 in South Plainfield | |||
Major junctions: |
I-287 in Edison Route 27 in Metuchen US 1 in Edison G.S. Pkwy. / US 9 in Woodbridge |
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North end: | Route 440/NY 440 in Perth Amboy | |||
Northern section | ||||
Length: | 30.12 mi[1] (48.47 km) | |||
South end: | Route 440/NY 440 in Bayonne | |||
Major junctions: |
Route 139 in Jersey City Route 495 in Union City US 1-9 / US 46 in Palisades Park Route 4 in Englewood |
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North end: | NY 340 in Rockleigh | |||
Highway system | ||||
County routes in New Jersey
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County Route 501 is a county highway in New Jersey in two sections spanning Middlesex, Hudson and Bergen Counties. The southern section runs from South Plainfield to Perth Amboy, the northern section runs from Bayonne to Rockleigh, and the two sections are connected by New York State Route 440 across Staten Island.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation lists CR 501 as a single highway with a length of 53.07 miles (85.41 km), which includes both sections as well as the connection along NY-440.
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The Southern terminus of County Route 501 is at CR 529 in South Plainfield. From there, the route heads east to Metuchen, where it has a short concurrency with Route 27. It then continues east, crossing the Garden State Parkway between Exits 127 and 129 in Woodbridge, following concurrencies with Route 184 and Route 440 to the southern section's eastern terminus at the Outerbridge Crossing.
The northern section of CR 501 starts at the Route 440/Bayonne Bridge junction in Bayonne, making its way north to Route 63 in North Bergen. The highway crosses Route 139 to the Holland Tunnel and Route 495 to the Lincoln Tunnel.
At its junction with Route 63 in North Bergen, CR 501 begins a concurrency with Route 63 into Bergen County, while John F. Kennedy Boulevard loops around the northern end and heads south to Guttenberg, West New York and Weehawken.
Major points on CR 501/Kennedy Boulevard include Marist High School, New Jersey City University, Saint Peter's College, Journal Square, Union City High School, and four County parks: Stephen R. Gregg (Bayonne) Park and Mercer Park in Bayonne, Lincoln Park in Jersey City and James J. Braddock (North Hudson) Park in North Bergen.
Immediately northeast of Journal Square, CR 501/Kennedy Boulevard crosses over Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) railroad tracks on an open-spandrel concrete arch bridge completed in 1926. The bridge is a pared-down version of a more ambitious elevated plaza scheme proposed by consulting engineer Abraham Burton Cohen. Cohen's office constructed a model using slot cars to demonstrate traffic flow through the plaza.[2]
Prior to being renamed in honor of John F. Kennedy in the 1960s, the street was known as Hudson Boulevard. While there was discussion of building a county long road as early as the 1870s,[3] parts of Hudson County Boulevard were officially opened in 1896.[4][5][6] By 1913 it was completed, and considered to be fine for "motoring",[7] and included Boulevard East. Taken as a single road, the circuitous route of west and east sections of the entire boulevard runs from the southern tip of the county at Bergen Point to its northern border with Bergen County and south again to the Hoboken city line.[8]
The Boulevard was named the fifth most dangerous road for pedestrians in New Jersey, and the most dangerous road in Hudson County for pedestrians in a February 2011 report by the non-profit Tri-State Transportation Campaign. The road was the location of six pedestrian fatalities between 2007 and 2009, which account for a little more than a fifth of Hudson County's 29 pedestrian deaths in the three-year period.[9] County officials have expressed interest in building a pedestrian bridge that crosses Kennedy Boulevard at 32nd Street, at the Union City-North Bergen border at least since 2001.[10] The two cities contracted a company to build the bridge for just over $4 million in November 2010.[11]
In Bergen County, CR 501 leaves its concurrency with Route 63 in Palisades Park, using Central Boluevard to connect to the US 1/9/46 concurrency and Route 93. It is then concurrent with Route 93 until it reaches that route's northern terminus at Route 4 in Englewood. CR 501 continues north from this junction through Rockleigh, crossing the New York State Line and becoming New York State Route 340.
County | Location | Mile[1] | Destinations | Notes |
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Middlesex |
South Plainfield | 0.00 | CR 529 (Stelton Road) | Southern terminus |
Edison | 2.03 | I-287 | I-287 exit 3 | |
Metuchen | 3.36 | Route 27 north (Middlesex Avenue) | West end of NJ 27 overlap | |
3.61 | Route 27 south (Lake Avenue) | East end of NJ 27 overlap | ||
3.81 | CR 531 (Main Street) | |||
Edison | 4.68 | US 1 | Interchange | |
5.70 | CR 514 (Woodbridge Avenue) | |||
Woodbridge Township | 6.99 | Route 184 | West end of NJ 184 overlap | |
7.10 | G.S. Pkwy. | GSP exit 129 | ||
7.33 | US 9 | Interchange | ||
Perth Amboy | 8.22 | Route 184 east / Route 440 south | Interchange, east end of NJ 184 overlap, west end of NJ 440 overlap | |
8.38 | Route 35 | Interchange | ||
8.65 | CR 653 (Amboy Avenue) to Route 440 north | Northbound exit is via NJ 35 exit | ||
9.23 | CR 611 (State Street) – Perth Amboy | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
10.12 | NY 440 north | Outerbridge Crossing over Arthur Kill, northern terminus of first segment | ||
Hudson |
Bayonne | 22.95 | NY 440 south | Bayonne Bridge over Kill van Kull, southern terminus of second segment |
23.71 | Avenue A | Southbound exit and entrance | ||
23.73 | Route 440 north | Interchange, north end of NJ 440 overlap | ||
27.12 | Route 440 | Interchange, access via West 63rd Street | ||
Jersey City | 31.15 | Route 139 (State Highway) | Western terminus of NJ 139 upper level | |
North Bergen | 34.03 | Route 495 | Interchange | |
Union City | 34.35-34.39 | CR 505 north (37th Street/38th Street) | ||
North Bergen | 37.21 | Route 63 | South end of NJ 63 overlap | |
Bergen |
Fort Lee | 39.13 | Route 5 | Access provided by way of Bergen Boulevard |
Palisades Park | 39.62 | Route 63 north | North end of NJ 63 overlap | |
39.90 | US 1-9 / US 46 | Interchange, access provided by 5th Street/6th Street | ||
40.52 | Route 93 south | South end of NJ 93 overlap | ||
Englewood | 42.78 | Route 4 | Interchange | |
42.86 | Van Nostrand Avenue | Northern terminus of NJ 93 | ||
43.86 | CR 505 (Palisades Avenue) | |||
Closter | 49.61 | CR 502 (Old Closter Dock Road) | ||
Rockleigh | 53.07 | NY 340 north | New York border, northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |