New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
New Road, Trenton
To Elizabeth, Is
Open to Traffic
Other Highway Routes in
New Jersey Getting Closer
to Completion, State High
way Engineer Reports

w. G. Thompson, State Highway En-
gineer of New Jersey, writes to The
Tribune as follows:
estate Highway Route No. ! is now
open for travel from Elizabeth to
Trenton via st. Georges Avenue to the
Penns ylvania Railroad bridge at Rah-
way, thence over the new highway
opened on December 10 along me main
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad TO
Metuchen. This Improvement is one
of the greatest made by the Highway
Commi ission TO date, eliminating as it
does the fourteen sharp turns. the
main line grade crossing Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad at lselin and a mar
row culvert under-pass of the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad at Mcnlo Park. In
stead, there is now 2, perfectly straight
twenty-foot pavement, hard and
smooth all the way, with 10 curves on
the entire line from Railway 10 lse IN.
Menlo Park and Metnchen.
"At Metuchen ne motorist will pro
ceed straight along MiddleseN Avenue,
crossing the Lehigh Valley tracks at
grade and over the Pennsylvania Rail
road track to the asphalt pavement
leading to New Brunswick thence
over the asphalt pavement from New
Brunswick to Hightstown, thence over
the new concrete pavement completed
by the Highway Commission this sum
mer into Windsor, where a turn to
the right across the railroad will carry
traffic into Edinburgh, Mercerville and
Trenton.
''The above will provide good route
with hard, smooth pavement all the
way from Newark to the Delaware
River at Trenton.
Motorists between the Hudson
River and North Jersey points and
the seashore at Asbury Park and Long
Branch will proceed via Newark. Eliz-
abeth, Railway, Perth Amboy. South
Amboy, Morgan and Keyport to Red
Bank. The pavement on State High
way Route No. 4, under construction
by the State Highway Commission dur
ing the past summer between Newport
and Middletown. will be open to traffic
by December 20, and viii provide a
smooth asphalt and concrete pavement
over the entire route from Newark to
Red Bank, except for approximately
700 feet two miles south of Kevnort
winch Will be maintained in good enr-
tace by the Highway Commission
throughout the winter and COMPLETED
IN the spring.
Due to scarcity of materials and a
great many rainy days during June.
July and August, the State HIGHWAY
commission was unable to COMP e
contracts on State Highway Route No.
5 between Camden and Atlantic Citv.
The pavement is completed. however. 10
Elwood and will be completed early in
the spring to Egg Harbor City, thereby
enabling motorists to Atlantic CITY to
proceed over good pavement to Egg
Harbor City, thence detouring bv way
Of Mays Landing and Pleasantvillc in
order 10 avoid the construction work
which is closing the last gap between
Egg Harbor City and Absecon.
ut is expected the entire highway
from Camden TO Atlantic CITY Will be
open to traffic by July 10, 1920 In the
mean time, and during winter months,
travel, by way of Camden to Atlantic
City, should proceed by way of Route
No. Cor the White Horse Pike to
Hammonton, thence to Buena Vista. to
Mays Landing, to Pleasantville and At
lantic City
NO fault will be found with the
pavement conditions from Camden to
Hammonton. From Hammonton to
Buena Vista the gravel road is in fairly
good condition. From Buena Vista
to Mays Landing it is now quite rough.
due to freezing Of a gravel road badlv
cut up during recent rains From Navs
Landing to Pleasantville road condi-
tions arc very good indeed, about three
miles Of new asphalt pavement having
recently been completed by the county
authorities "