# 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering

This article is part of the highway renumbering series. :
| Alabama | 1928, 1957 |
| Arkansas | 1926 |
| California | 1964 |
| Colorado | 1953, 1968 |
| Connecticut | 1932, 1963 |
| Florida | 1945 |
| Indiana | 1926 |
| Iowa | 1926, 1969 |
| Louisiana | 1955 |
| Maine | 1933 |
| Massachusetts | 1933 |
| Minnesota | 1934 |
| Missouri | 1926 |
| Montana | 1932 |
| Nebraska | 1926 |
| Nevada | 1976 |
| New Jersey | 1927, 1953 |
| New Mexico | 1988 |
| New York | 1927, 1930 |
| North Carolina | 1934, 1937, 1940, 1961 |
| Ohio | 1923, 1927, 1962 |
| Pennsylvania | 1928, 1961 |
| Puerto Rico | 1953 |
| South Carolina | 1928, 1937 |
| South Dakota | 1927, 1975 |
| Tennessee | 1983 |
| Texas | 1939 |
| Utah | 1962, 1977 |
| Virginia | 1923, 1928, 1933, 1940, 1958 |
| Washington | 1964 |
| Wisconsin | 1926 |
| Wyoming | 1927 |
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In 1927, New Jersey's state highways were renumbered. The old system, which had been defined in sequence by the legislature since 1916, was growing badly, as several routes shared the same number, and many unnumbered state highways had been defined. A partial renumbering was proposed in 1926, but instead a total renumbering was done in 1927.
Some amendments were made in 1929, including the elimination of Route 18N (by merging it into Route 1), and the addition of more spurs, as well as Route 29A, but the system stayed mostly intact until the 1953 renumbering.

## Proposed 1926 Renumbering

A partial renumbering was proposed in 1926 to get rid of the duplicates and assigning numbers to many of the unnumbered routes. The proposed 1926 renumbering would have:
* extended Route 4 over Route 19
* renumbered Route 17N to Route 17
* renumbered Route 18N to Route 18
* renumbered Route 18S to Route 19
* designated Route 21 from Trenton to Buttzville
* renumbered Route 17S to Route 22
* renumbered Route 18 (unsuffixed) to Route 23
* designated Route 24 from Mount Holly to Freehold
* renumbered the Route 20 "from a point on Route No. 3, extending by way of West Berlin, Gibbsboro and Haddonfield, connecting with Haddon Avenue in the Borough of Haddonfield, and continuing to approach the Delaware River Bridge" to Route 25, and extended it from West Berlin to Blue Anchor
* designated Route 26 from Five Points to Hammonton
* designated Route 27 from Camden to Atlantic City
* designated Route 28 from South Amboy to Atlantic Highlands
* designated Route 29 from Morristown to Hackettstown
* designated Route 30 from Far Hills to Tri-State
It was eventually determined that an entire overhaul of the numbering system was necessary.

## Design

Chapter 319 of the 1927 public laws defined the new system of routes. Major roads received numbers from 1 to 12 and 21 to 50, as follows:
* 1-12: northern New Jersey
* 21-28: radiating from Newark
* 29-37: radiating from Trenton
* 38-47: radiating from Camden
* 48-50: southern New Jersey
Spurs were also defined, being assigned a prefix of S. For example, Route S26 was a short spur of Route 26 connecting to Route 25 south of New Brunswick. A second spur of Route 4 was assigned Route S4A, but two separate spurs of Route 24 both received the Route S24 designation.
While the majority of already-acquired routes were included in the new system, four sections of pre-1927 routes were not. The law authorizing the renumbering indicated that these were to remain, and so the State Highway Commission added a suffix of N to distinguish them from the new routes of the same number:
* Route 4N from pre-1927 Route 4, Eatontown to Belmar
* Route 5N from pre-1927 Route 5, Morris Plains to Denville
* Route 8N from pre-1927 Route 8, Sussex to Unionville, New York
* Route 18N from pre-1927 Route 18N, Fort Lee to Alpine

## List of new routes

| New Route | From | Through | To | Old Designation | Modern Designation (Rough) |
| Route 1 | Rockleigh | Fort Lee - Alpine - Cresskill - Englewood - Fort Lee - Palisades Park - Ridgefield - North Bergen - Jersey City - Bayonne | Bayonne Bridge | | CR 501 |
| Route S1 | Fort Lee | Ridgefield - Fairview | North Bergen | | 63 |
| Route 2 | Suffern, New York | Ridgewood - Hackensack - Hasbrouck Heights - Rutherford - Lyndhurst | North Arlington | Route 17N (proposed to be Route 17 in 1926), Suffern - North Arlington | 17 |
| Route 3 | Greenwood Lake, New York | Hewitt - Midvale - Haskell - Pompton - Haledon - Prospect Park - Hawthorne - Paterson - Clifton - Wallington - East Rutherford - Secaucus | North Bergen | L. 1926 c. 140, Wallington - North Bergen | CR 511, 208, 20, 3 |
| Route 4 | George Washington Bridge | Fort Lee - Riverside - Fair Lawn - Paterson - Clifton - Bloomfield - East Orange - Irvington - Roselle - Linden - Rahway - Woodbridge - Perth Amboy - South Amboy - Rose's Corner - Cheesequake - White Brown's Corner - Matawan - Freehold - Lakewood - Toms River - Tuckerton - Absecon - Pleasantville - Somer's Point - Beesley's Point - Seaville | Cape May | Route 4, Rahway - South Amboy L. 1925 c. 235, South Amboy - Matawan Route 7 (Spur), Freehold - Lakewood Route 4, Lakewood - Absecon Route 19 (proposed to be part of Route 4 in 1926), Absecon - Seaville Route 14, Seaville - Cape May | 109, US 9, 166, 79, Garden State Parkway, 4 |
| Route S4 | Outerbridge Crossing | | Perth Amboy | | 440 (South) |
| Route S4A | Tuckerton | | Little Beach | | N/A |
| Route 5 | Paterson | Maywood - Hackensack - Little Ferry - Ridgefield - Fort Lee | Edgewater | Route 10, Paterson - Edgewater | I-80, 5 |
| Route S5 | Little Ferry | | Ridgefield | | Bergen Turnpike |
| Route 6 | George Washington Bridge | Fort Lee - Palisades Park - Ridgefield Park - Little Ferry - Hasbrouck Heights - Paterson - Caldwell Township - Denville - Dover - Netcong - Hackettstown - Buttzville | Darlington's Bridge | Route 12, Paterson - Hackettstown Route 5, Denville - Delaware Bridge | US 46, 159 |
| Route 7 | Paterson | Clifton - Passaic - Nutley - Belleville - Kearny | Jersey City | Route 11, Paterson - Belleville L. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Jersey City | 7 |
| Route 8 | Delaware Bridge | Columbia - Hainesburg - Blairstown | Newton | | 94 |
| Route 9 | Belleville | Bloomfield - Montclair - Verona - Caldwell | Pine Brook Bridge | L. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Pine Brook Bridge | CR 506 |
| Route 10 | Jersey City | Kearny - Harrison - Newark - Hanover - Whippany - Littleton | Dover | L. 1926 c. 126, Jersey City - Dover | 10, I-280 |
| Route 11 | Whitehouse | Pluckemin - Martinsville | North Plainfield | | I-78 |
| Route 12 | Frenchtown | Baptisttown - Croton - Flemington - Voorhees Corner - Three Bridges - Centreville | Somerville-Raritan line | L. 1926 c. 104, Flemington - Somerville | 12, US 202 |
| Route 21 | Belleville | | Newark | Route 11, Belleville - Newark | 21 |
| Route 22 | Pine Brook Bridge | West Caldwell - Livingston - Millburn - Springfield | Rahway | | 59 |
| Route 23 | Verona | Cedar Grove - Pequannock - Bloomingdale - Oak Ridge - Franklin - Sussex - High Point | Port Jervis, New York | Route 8, Verona - Sussex L. 1925 c. 158, Sussex - Port Jervis | 23 |
| Route 24 | Newark | Irvington - Maplewood - Springfield - Morristown - Chester - Long Valley - Stephensburg - Washington | Phillipsburg | Route 5, Newark - Morristown L. 1925 c. 230 (proposed to be Route 29 in 1926), Morristown - Schooleys Mountain Route 12, Stephensburg - Phillipsburg | 82, 124, Old 24, 57 |
| Route S24 | Stephensburg | | Hackettstown | Route 12, Stephensburg - Hackettstown | 57 |
| Route S24 | Springfield | | Elizabeth | | 82 |
| Route 25 | Holland Tunnel | Jersey City - Kearny - Newark - Elizabeth - Rahway - Woodbridge - North Brunswick - Deans - Dayton - Cranbury - Hightstown - Robbinsville - Bordentown - Burlington - Camden | Benjamin Franklin Bridge | Route 1 (Extension), Holland Tunnel - Elizabeth Route 1, North Brunswick - Robbinsville Route 2, Bordentown - Ben Franklin Bridge | US 1, US 130, US 30 |
| Route 26 | Trenton | Adams | New Brunswick | L. 1926 c. 14, Trenton - New Brunswick | 26, US 1 |
| Route S26 | Adams | | North Brunswick | | US 1 |
| Route 27 | Newark | Elizabeth - Rahway - Metuchen - New Brunswick - Princeton | Trenton | Route 1, Elizabeth - New Brunswick Route 13, New Brunswick - Trenton | 27, US 206 |
| 27-28 Link | | Elizabeth | | | Westfield Ave |
| Route 28 | Goethals Bridge | Elizabeth - Cranford - Westfield - Plainfield - Bound Brook - Somerville - Clinton | Phillipsburg | Route 9, Elizabeth - Phillipsburg | 28, US 22, 173, 122 |
| Route S28 | Middlesex | Highland Park - New Brunswick - Weston Mills - Tanners Corner - Old Bridge - Browntown | Matawan | | 18 |
| Route 29 | Newark | Hillside - Union - Springfield - Mountainside - North Plainfield - Bound Brook - Ringoes - Lambertville - Washington's Crossing | Trenton | L. 1924 c. 233 (proposed to be Route 21 in 1926), Ringoes - Lambertville | US 22, US 206, US 202, 179, 29, 129 |
| Route 30 | Trenton | Pennington - Ringoes - Flemington - Clinton - Washington | Buttzville | L. 1924 c. 233 (proposed to be Route 21 in 1926), Trenton - Buttzville | 31 |
| Route 31 | Princeton | Somerville - Bedminster - Chester - Netcong - Newton - Lafayette - Hamburg - Vernon | New Milford, New York | Route 16, Princeton - Bedminster L. 1925 c. 225 (proposed to be Route 30 in 1926), Bedminster - Newton Route 8 (Spur), Lafayette - North Church | US 206, 94 |
| Route S31 | Newton | Branchville - Montague | Milford, Pennsylvania | L. 1925 c. 225 (proposed to be Route 30 in 1926), Newton - Montague | US 206 |
| Route 32 | Bedminster | Bernardsville - Morristown - Morris Plains - Littleton - Boonton | Mountain View | Route 16, Bedminster - Morristown Route 5, Morristown - Morris Plains | US 202 |
| Route 33 | Trenton | Robbinsville - Hightstown - Freehold | Asbury Park | Route 1, Trenton - Hightstown Route 7, Hightstown - Asbury Park | 33 |
| Route 34 | Matawan | Holmdel - Vanderburg - Colt's Neck - Shark River Station - Allenwood | Laurelton | | 34, 70 |
| Route 35 | South Amboy | Keyport - Eatontown - Belmar - Manasquan - Point Pleasant - Laurelton | Lakewood | Route 4, South Amboy - Eatontown Route 4, Belmar - Lakewood | 35, 88 |
| Route 36 | Keyport | Keanesburg - Belford | Atlantic Highlands | L. 1925 c. 224 (proposed to be part of Route 28 in 1926), Keyport - Atlantic Highlands | 36 |
| Route 37 | Trenton | White Horse - Allentown - Lakehurst - Toms River - Seaside Heights | Point Pleasant | Route 2, Trenton - White Horse Route 18, Lakehurst - Toms River | US 206, 37, 35 |
| Route 38 | Camden | Merchantville - Moorestown - Mount Holly | Eastampton | Route 18 (proposed to be Route 23 in 1926), Camden - Mount Holly L. 1925 c. 222 (proposed to be Route 24 in 1926), Mount Holly - Eastampton | 38, 41 |
| Route 39 | Yardley Bridge | Ewing - Bakersville - Mercerville - White Horse - Bordentown - Columbus - Vincentown - Red Lion - Indian Mills - Atsion | Da Costa | Route 2, White Horse - Bordentown L. 1923 c. 202 (proposed to be part of Route 26 in 1926), Indian Mills - Da Costa | I-295, US-206 |
| Route 40 | Camden | Marlton - Red Lion - Four Mile - Whitesbog - Whitings - Lakehurst - | Lakewood | Route 18 (proposed to be Route 23 in 1926), Whitesbog - Lakehurst | 70 |
| Route S40 | Four Mile | | Manahawkin | | 72 |
| Route 41 | Moorestown | Haddonfield | Fairview | | 41, 47 |
| Route S41 | Tacony-Palmyra Bridge | Palmyra - Moorestown - Evesboro - Marlton | Berlin | L. 1923 c. 202 (proposed to be part of Route 26 in 1926), Palmyra - Evesboro | 73 |
| Route 42 | Camden | Mt Ephraim - Chews Landing - Blackwood - Grenloch - Williamstown - Cecil - Weymouth | McKee City | L. 1925 c. 240 (proposed to be Route 27 in 1926), Camden - McKee City | 168, 42, US 322 |
| Route 43 | Camden | Berlin - Hammonton - Egg Harbor City | Absecon | Route 3, Camden - Absecon | US 30 |
| Route 44 | Westville | Paulsboro - Bridgeport | Penns Grove | Route 17S (proposed to be Route 22 in 1926), Paulsboro - Penns Grove | 44, US 130 |
| Route 45 | Camden | Woodbury - Mullica Hill - Woodstown | Salem | Route 6, Ben Franklin Bridge - Salem | Route 45 |
| Route 46 | Mullica Hill | Upper Pittsgrove | Bridgeton | Route 6, Mullica Hill - Bridgeton | 77 |
| Route 47 | Brooklawn | Glassboro - Malaga - Vineland - Millville | Tuckahoe | Route 20, Brooklawn - Millville | 47, 49 |
| Route 48 | Penns Grove | Woodstown - Elmer - Malaga - Mays Landing - Pleasantville | Atlantic City | Route 18S (proposed to be Route 19 in 1926), Penns Grove - Atlantic City | US 40 |
| Route 49 | Salem | Bridgeton - Millville - Port Elizabeth - Dennisville - South Dennis | Ocean View | Route 6, Salem - Bridgeton Route 15, Bridgeton - South Dennis | 49, 47, 83 |
| Route S49 | South Dennis | Goshen | Rio Grande | Route 15, South Dennis - Rio Grande | 47 |
| Route 50 | Egg Harbor City | Mays Landing - Oakville - Tuckahoe | Seaville | Route 14, Egg Harbor City - Seaville | 50 |

## Additions
### 1929 Amendment

Chapter 126 of the 1929 public law amended the 1927 act, removing redundant designations and creating entirely new roads in the New York Metropolitan Area. The amendments included
* Realigning Route 1 onto Route 18N, still left over from the first 1916 system
** Establishing Route S1A, today Route 67, from the remnants of Route 18N not taken over by Route 1 (Lemoine and Palisades Avenues)
* Truncating Route 3 to the Hawthorne-Paterson Line
** Establishing Route S3 (served by modern Route 3), running from Route 3 in East Rutherford to Route 6 in Clifton
* Declaring that Route S4A would be built, "provided, however, the county of Atlantic shall first agree to construct a suitable continuation of said road from Little Beach to the city of Atlantic City". Atlantic County was unable to build most of this extension, hence Route S4A was never built; the portions that were built became designated as Route 87
** Establishing Route S4B, replacing the truncated sections of Route 3 (served today by Route 208)
* Truncating Route 5 to roughly its current length, with an extension to the centre of Ridgefield
** Realigning Route S5 onto the southern portion of Grand Avenue (modern Route 93)
* Realigning Route 6 to a new alignment east of Caldwell Township, bypassing Paterson
** Creating Route S6 (including modern Route 62) along the portions of Union Boulevard formerly used by Route 6
* Truncating Route 7 to Wallington

### Other Additions

| Route | From | To | Legislated | Modern Designation | Notes |
| Route 2N | Lyndhurst | Nutley | 1938 c. 269 | Kingsland and Park Ave | |
| Route S3 Spur | Route S3 | Clifton | 1942 c. 77 Named 1948 c. 221 | 161 | |
| Route 4A | Old Bridge | West Freehold | 1942 | 34, 79 | Replaced realigned section of Route 4 |
| Route S4C | Bennet | Cape May | | 162, Beach Ave, Broadway, Seashore Road | |
| Route S4D | Teaneck | Tappan, NY | 1938 c. 134 | | Designated as Route 303 in 1953 renumbering to connect to NY equivalent; cancelled shortly after |
| Route 6A | Dover | Frankford | 1938 c. 47 | 15 | |
| Route 6M | Montville | Fairfield | 1941 | 159 | Replaced realigned section of Route 6 |
| Route 10N | Paterson | Ridgefield | 1929 | Hackensack Plank Road | Replaced realigned section of Route 5; eliminated by 1930s |
| Route 11N | Passaic | Paterson | 1929 | Main Ave | Replaced truncated section of Route 7 |
| Route 13E | Point Pleasant | Bay Head | 1938 c. 238 | 13 | |
| Route 17 | Suffern, New York | North Arlington | 1942 | 17 | Route 2 renumbered to Route 17 to create one single route from the Great Lakes to the New York City area for WWII caravans |
| Route 18 | Old Bridge | Eatontown | 1939 c. 243 | 18 | New freeway designated. |
| Route 19 | Paterson | Belleville | 1939 c. 200 | Marshall Street, Hazel Street, Paulison Avenue, River Drive (old routing of 21) | Became part of Route 21 in 1948. |
| Route 24-28 Link | Philipsburg | Philipsburg | 1940 | Morris St | When Route 24 was rerouted onto a freeway north of Morris St, the remnants were still state-maintained to link Routes 24 and 28 |
| Route 25A | Newark | Harrison | 1939 c. 198 | I-280 | Renumbered to Route 58 in 1953; in 1997, the designation was dropped in favour of I-280 |
| Route 25AD | Newark | Harrison | | 158 | Locally called the Center Street Bridge; designation removed 1960, bridge demolished in 1979 |
| Route 25B | Newark | Newark | 1939 c. 317 | Port Street, Doremus Ave | Renumbered to Route 65 in 1953; removed from state highway system in 1963 |
| Route 25M | North Brunswick | New Brunswick | 1940 | 171 | A former alignment of US-130 |
| Route S25 | Bristol, PA | Burlington | 1929 c. 57 | 413 | |
| Route 25T | East Ferry | Jersey City | | US 1/9 Truck | Truck route of Route 25, due to ban of trucks on Pulaski Skyway of the time |
| Route 26A | Adams | New Brunswick | 1941 | 91 | |
| Route 28A | | | | | The only evidence of this route is the fact that it was later absorbed into US-22; possibly 24-28 link |
| Route 28-29 Link | North Branch | Bridgewater | 1938 c. 17 | US-22 | US-22 Bypass of Route 28 |
| Route 29A | New Hope | Frenchtown | 1929 c. 241 | 29 | |
| Route 29B | Frenchtown | Philipsburg | 1938 c. 183 | CR 519 | |
| Route S29 | Lambertville | New Hope, PA | 1949 | 179 | |
| Route 31A | Princeton | Hightstown | 1941 c. 105 | Princeton-Hightstown Street, 64 | |
| Route 33-35 Link | Tinton Falls | Neptune Township | | 66 | |
| Route S41A | Berlin | Folsom | 1938 c. 299 | 73 | |
| Route S41N | Wrightsville | Palmyra | 1941 | 155 | |
| Route S43 | Germania | Northfield | 1938 c. 216 | CR 563 | |
| Route S44 | Bridgeport | Bridgeport Ferry | 1938 c. 374 | 324 | |
| Route S44A | Ellisburg | Brooklawn | 1938 c. 374 | CR 551 Spur | Also known locally as Kings Highway |
| Route 44T | Paulsboro | Deptford | 1938 c. 367 | | Designed to form a connection from a Paulsboro-Essington Bridge; never built |
| Route 51 | Bridgeport | Williamstown | 1939 | US-322 | |
| Route 52 | Somers Point | Mays Landing | 1937 | Somers Point Road | |
| Route 54 | Hammonton | Vineland | 1938 c. 43 | 54, Lincoln Avenue | |
| Route 55 | Pleasantville | Atlantic City | 1938 c. 83 | US 40 | Replaced truncated section of Route 48; became part of Route 48 again in 1948 |
| Route 55 | New York | Teaneck | 1948 | | unbuilt northern extension of the New Jersey Turnpike; deleted by 1964 |
| Route 56 | Absecom | Atlantic City | 1938 c. 177 | US 30, Absecon Blvd | |
| Route S56 | Atlantic City | Atlantic City | 1941 | 87, 187 | |
| Route 84 | Sussex | Unionville, NY | 1942 | 284 | Renumbering of 8N; renumbered 284 to avoid confusion with nearby I-84 |
| Route 100 | New Brunswick | Fort Lee | 1938 c. 50 | New Jersey Turnpike | Originally planned to extend to Route 26 |
| Route S100 | Elizabeth (Route 100) | Elizabeth (Route 25) | 1938 c. 50 | 81 | |
| Route 101 | Kearny | Hackensack | 1939 c. 105 | 21, 17 | Never built |
| Route S101 | Hackensack | Montvale | 1951 c. 289 | 444 | |
| Route 151 | Camden | Camden | 1946 c. 115 | S10, S11 Aves, Memorial Ave, Flanders Blvd | Administration given back to Camden after 1969 |
| Route 300 | Delaware Memorial Bridge | New Brunswick | 1947 c. 259 | New Jersey Turnpike | |
| Route 700 | Delaware Memorial Bridge | US 46 in Ridgefield | 1952 | New Jersey Turnpike | |