page_title: County Route 527 (New Jersey)
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: County Route 527 (New Jersey) / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along Middlesex County Route 527 (Old Bridge Turnpike) at Kossman Street in East Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey
context_page_description: County Route 527 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 84.86 mi from Main Street in Toms River Township to Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove. It passes through more counties than any other county route in New Jersey. CR 527 is also the second longest 500-series county route in New Jersey after Route 519. It was first given the number 527 in 1954.
  CR 527 passes through Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, and Essex counties on the eastern side of the state. It has two concurrencies with Route 18 in Middlesex County in addition to other minor state highways and county roads. Interchanges with the Garden State Parkway and Interstates 195, 95, 287, 78, and 280 are found along CR 527.
context_section_description: CR 527 begins at a traffic light with New Jersey Route 166 in Toms River. Passing some local roads at the beginning, CR 527 crosses an interchange with the Garden State Parkway at .53 of a mile (0.85 km). More than a mile later, New Jersey Route 37 crosses 527 at a traffic light. Continuing through Toms River Township, CR 571 merges into 527 for about 3/4 of a mile. At 7.57 miles (12.18 km), State Route 70 crosses CR 527. Just past ten miles (16 km), CR 547 crosses in Jackson Township. Further in Jackson Township, CR 527 joins CR 528 for a 3.78-mile-long (6.08 km) concurrency. At the end of the concurrency, CR 527 continues straight while CR 528 leaves to the left and CR 626 (Bennetts Mills Road) leaves to the right.
  At 18.05 miles (29.05 km), CR 526 and CR 527 intersect. Less than a mile later, Interstate 195 interchanges with CR 527. Past this interchange, the route passes east of the Jackson Township Park & Ride, a park and ride facility serving Academy Bus Lines. At 19.61 miles (31.56 km), CR 527 leaves Ocean County and enters Monmouth County. On the Freehold / Millstone / Manalapan township border, County Routes 524 and 537 cross. Past 24 miles (39 km) at Carrs Corner, CR 527 turns to the right heading northeast while an alternate route to 527, CR 527A begins straight ahead. At 26.61 miles (42.82 km), New Jersey Route 33 crosses at a traffic light in Manalapan. CR 527 heads north enters Englishtown. In Englishtown, CR 527 reaches the northern terminus of CR 527A at South Main Street and later forms a 0.07-mile-long (110 m) concurrency with CR 522. At 30.58 miles (49.21 km), CR 527 re-enters Manalapan for a short distance. At 31.50 miles (50.69 km), CR 527 enters Monroe Township which is in Middlesex County. 527 spends a short time in Monroe as it soon enters the township of Old Bridge. At 34.29 miles (55.18 km), CR 520 crosses at a traffic light.
  After passing local roads in Old Bridge, CR 527 forms a brief concurrency with CR 516 as they cross over Route 18. At CR 527 leaves to the left at Old Matawan Road and continues into East Brunswick and South River. Just before 41 miles (66 km), CR 535 crosses 527 at a traffic light. Entering East Brunswick again, Route 18 and CR 527 merge again for about four miles (6 km). In this section, there are exits for Interstate 95 (the New Jersey Turnpike) and U.S. Route 1. CR 527 follows Route 18 into New Brunswick and exits the concurrency with Route 18 and forms one for the entire length of Route 172 through Rutgers University's Douglass Campus. Heading northwest along New Brunswick's George Street, CR 527 then merges into a concurrency with Route 27 on Albany Street. CR 527 turns off Route 27 at Easton Avenue. At Hamilton Street (unsigned CR 514), CR 527 continues past numerous businesses towards the outskirts of New Brunswick.
  At 48 miles (77 km), CR 527 enters Franklin Township, Somerset County and approximately a half-mile later, CR 527 splits into a four-lane highway, known locally as Easton Avenue. The stretch does not last long as it ends at about 50.5 miles (81.3 km). At 51.21 miles (82.41 km), the roads split again and soon reach Interstate 287. At 52.13 miles (83.90 km), CR 527 crosses the town border and enters South Bound Brook. Soon entering regular Bound Brook, the road divides again into a divided highway at 53.35 miles (85.86 km). The divided highway merges again at about 53.8 miles (86.6 km). At 54.3 miles (87.4 km), Route 28 crosses. After the intersection with Route 28, CR 527 enters Bridgewater and crosses with U.S. Route 22. In Watchung, CR 529 leaves to the right. Just past the 61-mile (98 km) mark, the road divides again for a short time. In between this divided stage, CR 531 merges in. 531 leaves as the highways merge again.
  Now in Union County, CR 527 has two partial interchanges with Interstate 78 as it skirts the Watchung Reservation. In the city of Summit, CR 527 and the easternmost section of CR 512 split into one-way pairs through an interchange with Route 24 and a concurrency with Route 124. CR 527 enters Essex County after the concurrency ends. CR
caption: View north along CR 527 at Kossman Street in East Brunswick
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