# County Route 505 (New Jersey)

County Route 505 (CR 505) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 20.64 miles (33.22 kilometers) from Kennedy Boulevard (CR 501) in Union City to the New York state line in Northvale.

## Route description

County Route 505 begins at County Route 501 in Union City, where it travels east and soon after entering Weehawken, it is named Boulevard East. It proceeds northward, traveling parallel to the Hudson River atop the Hudson Palisades. At Anthony M. DeFino Way in West New York it takes a right turn and descends to the waterfront becoming River Road through North Bergen and Edgewater, where it then intersects Route 5. In Fort Lee it intersects with Interstate 95. CR 505 then intersects the Palisades Interstate Parkway, before traveling parallel to it. It then intersects County Route 501, before turning due north from the westward path it had previously followed along. It travels by Morrow Park, shortly before traveling near the Knickerbocker Country Club. It then intersects County Route 70, before continuing north and intersecting County Route 502. From there, it proceeds north, reaching its end at the New York/New Jersey border.

## History

Part of CR 505 was originally intended to New Jersey Route 303.
The 1955 USGS map of the Park Ridge Quadrangle shows CR 505 running south from the New York state line on Spring Valley Road in Montvale, then east on Grand Avenue, and south on Pascack Road through Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake, and Hillsdale, all several miles west of its modern-day alignment.
Bike lanes on River Road were completed on July 24, 2012, in connection with a road re-paving project. They run a half mile from Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen and stretch southward towards Bulls Ferry Road in Weehawken.
There are numerous bridges along Boulevard East crossing over clefts in the cliffs, many approaching 100 years in age. A portion of the road was closed for six months in 2013 to replace one located in North Bergen.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Hudson | Union City | 0.00 | 0.00 | CR 501 (Kennedy Boulevard) | Southern terminus |
| Bergen | Edgewater | 5.70 | 9.17 | Route 5 west | Eastern terminus of Route 5 |
| Bergen | Fort Lee | 7.52 | 12.10 | I-95 north (George Washington Bridge Upper Level) / Route 67 (Lemoine Avenue) | Exit 73 on I-95 |
| Bergen | Englewood Cliffs | 9.50 | 15.29 | Palisades Parkway | Exit 1 on Palisades Parkway |
| Bergen | Englewood Cliffs | 9.62 | 15.48 | US 9W / CR 505 Truck north (Sylvan Avenue) – Fort Lee, Nyack, Bear Mountain, George Washington Bridge | Southern terminus of CR 505 Truck |
| Bergen | Englewood | 11.04 | 17.77 | CR 501 (Engle Street) / CR 505 Truck south (Dean Street) to Route 4 – Tenafly, Cresskill, Leonia, Palisades Park | Northern terminus of CR 505 Truck |
| Bergen | Closter | 17.07 | 27.47 | CR 502 (High Street) – Westwood, Alpine | |
| Bergen | Northvale | 20.64 | 33.22 | NY 303 north | Continuation into New York |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi ||||||

## CR 505 Truck

County Route 505 Truck is a truck route bypassing the steep portion of CR 505 between US 9W in Englewood Cliffs and CR 501 in Englewood. The route follows US 9W south to Fort Lee before heading west along Route 4 to Englewood, where it heads north on CR 501.
Major intersections The entire route is in Bergen County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Englewood Cliffs | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 9W north / CR 505 (Palisade Avenue) to Palisades Parkway – Englewood, Nyack, Bear Mountain | Southern terminus; southern end of US 9W concurrency |
| Fort Lee | 1.54 | 2.48 | Route 67 south | Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; northern terminus of Route 67 |
| Fort Lee | 1.54 | 2.48 | Palisades Parkway north | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via Route 445S |
| Fort Lee | 2.02 | 3.25 | US 9W ends, Route 4 begins | US 9W ends, Route 4 begins |
| Fort Lee | 2.02 | 3.25 | I-95 / N.J. Turnpike south / US 1-9 / US 46 to I-80 west – George Washington Bridge | Interchange; northern terminus of N.J. Turnpike; exits 72-74 on I-95 |
| Englewood | 3.23 | 5.20 | Jones Road | Interchange |
| Englewood | 3.81 | 6.13 | Route 4 west / Route 93 south / CR 501 south (Grand Avenue) – Leonia, Paterson | Interchange; northern end of Route 4 concurrency; southern end of CR 501 concurrency |
| Englewood | 4.65 | 7.48 | CR 501 north (Engle Street) / CR 505 (Palisade Avenue) – Tenafly, Cresskill, Teaneck, Bergenfield | Northern terminus; northern end of CR 501 concurrency |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition |||||