New-York tribune., 1919-08-10
For the Touring Motorist
Much Construction Work
On Roads i'm New Jersey
''any Detours' loo, on Important Highways Leading
- oouthern Part of State--Details of Other
Routes

becoming badly worn in places and not
as good as the Chatham Morristown
route. From Chester. on through
Long Valley and over Schooley's
mountain to Hackettstown is all fair
gong. Schooley's Mountain is quite
good the steep turn, which has hereto
iorc been so difficult to get over, has
been repaired and is now in good CON
dltion. From Hackettstown through
Great Meadows and Buttzville to
brldgeville, the surface is very good at
this time, but from Bridgeville on the
east side of the Delaware River
through Manunkachunk and Delaware
TO Portland is very rough, especially
between Bridgeville and Delaware.
1T IS also quite rough, and careful
driving is required between Portland
and the Delaware Water Gap, as there
were some washouts during the last
storm and the trolley runs in the
centre of very narrow road with
many curves
There are two roads to the Water
Gap which lead TO the bridge at Ding
mans. One is via the Hudson County
Boulevard and Newark Avenue, then
over the Belleville Pike through Relic
Vile Montclair, Caldwell, Parsippany
Dover, kenvlle. Nctcong and Andover
Newton to Branchvile. then Layton
Hill to The bridge at DiAgmans. TIE
Layton Hill road was built last year
and is a great improvement, as the old
way was considered dangerous. The
above route is also the trunk line and
the most direct connection between
New York and Lake Hopatcong; it is
hard surfaced; about 95 per cent in
good condition.
Another good route to the Water
Street or Dyckman Street ferry, run
through Englewood and TeanecK to
Hackensack. From Hackensack, take
Essex Street to Paterson, then follow
the Hamburg Pike through Pompton,
Newfoundland and Stockholm to
Franklin Furnace. then north through
Ham burg to Sussex and back to
Branchvile, then through Layton to
Dingmans.
Bad Road 70 Lafayette
The road from Franklin Furnace
through Ogdenburg and Sparta to
Lafayette is in very bad condition, also
the road from Franklin Furnace
through Monroe to Lafayette.
Construction is in progress between
Morristown and Danville, and the road
is entirely closed.
Pompton Turnpike, from Nontcla r
70 Pomnton Lake, is in excellent condi-
tion; also the Valley Road, between
Montcair and Paterson.
The road along the canal, from Boon
ton to MountaiHview, which has been
q popular cross connection between
Paterson and Dover. has become badly
worn, and is now quite rough in parts
Motorists going to Bear Mountain
viii find fair surface on most OF the
main roeds, b. running north from
Englcw ool. through Tenafv. ClosteJ
and SDarkll! to Nyack. then through
Highland Avenue and around Rochland
Lake. through lIaverstraw ard Stony
Point to Bear Mountain.
There is also an excellent hard sur
faced road between Highland Falls and
Central Valley and between Bear Noun
tain and Tuxedo. The road which has
been closed between Central Valley and
Cornwall, on the New York Newburgh
trunk line. is now open. The road is
good now between New York and Tux
edo, via Hackcnsack, Hohohus and Suf-
fern. There is also good road through
Tuxedo, Hartman. Chester and Goshen
to Middletown and over the Blooming
burg Mouptain 10 Wurtzboro.
TIC Snake Hill Road between Goshen
and Port Jervis is considered prefer
able 10 the Guide ckville ano
Navcsink Valley route The road is
entirely closed between Matamoras and
Milford, on the wes. side of the Della
ware River Motorists are continuing
on tic New JERSEY side of the river
from Tristates, crossing a bridge to
Milford.