Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-28
NEARBY ROADS
ARE IMPROVED
Better Conditions Will be
Found in Monmouth and
Southern MiddIeseX

IBy Evening News Correspondent
MATAWAN, July 2S:-Considera-
BILE improvement in road conditions
will be found in this section of Mon
mouth and the southern section OF
Middlesex counties over the coming
weekend. About a week ago the
State Highway Commission installed
O one-way system for motor cars go
ing over the Cliffwood detour, lead
ing from the State Highway Route
No. 4 through Cliffwood to Matawan
and Keyport, thus connecting again
with the paved highway at Keyport.
which has proven very satisfactory.
In the past weeks the cars were
allowed to use any road over the de-
tour they saw fit, n in many in
stances the roads were hardly wide
enough to turn out for other cars.
To do away with this condition and
to enable autoists to travel at great
er speed, the idea of one way roads
was thought out and put into COM
mission. All cars, under the new
system, going to the shore resorts
are made to use the road leading
through Cliffwood proper, which
crosses the New York &c Long
Branch railroad tracks at the Cliff
wood station, while cars going in the
direction of New York and Newark
take another road a mile or more
further north, crossing the tracks
via an overhead bridge.
The State Highway Commission
has men stationed at various points
along the road directing cars in the
in which they are to go. SO
that the one-way system can be car
ried out successfully. Motorists using
the new system will find 1t a con-
siderable improvement over the sys-
tenn in use prior to it's adoption.
The Matawan-Freehold new con
crete road is fast nearing completion
and from the present outlook 1T will
only be a period of few days before
it will be ready for traffic. According
to the contract for this work, the
road must be completed by August
1, as after that time the contractor
must forfeit SIS a day to the county
for each day the road remains closed
to traffic. Considerable delay was
experienced in the construction of
the last section of this road. due to
the washing out Of much newly
poured concrete by the heavy rains
of July IS. This concrete has had
to be replaced, thus delaying the
work on the rest of the road to con-
siderable extent. The general opin-
ion is that the road will be ready
lOI lIdulC WlIIllIl- IL lew ddyo, L |
the road in commission, motorists
VIII find it more than a pleasure to
drive to Lakewood o. Atlantic City.
The new road extends from Matawan
bdrough to Freehold, a distance of
about twelve miles. and is one of the
14est in the county.
Information received today is that
may be allowed on the Key
Amboy road by the third
Week in August or by Labor Day at
me most. The contractor in charge
of this work is rushing it to the ut
most, having two large concrete mix
srB on the job. Although consider
lttle Roadway is being made, the
and Labor Day will have much
Aldo with the completion of the
ro "a by hat time.
Eext spring. according to inform
1t bn given out at the meeting of
bhe Matawan Borough, Council on
Tuesday night, the county will be-
gih the paving of the Matawan-Key-
pdrt road. This road is situated be-
tween the Matawan station of the
New York & Long Branch railroad
and State Highway Route No. 4 at
Rapport, and is about a mile in
The following ye4r the free
uqlueTS pldn 10 pave the MAIN StreeI
Though Matawan borough, thus
making a concrete highway from
the new state bridge at South AM
boy direct to the shore resorts, Lake
wood and Atlantic City. When COM
Monmouth and Middlesex
eohnties will offer to the motorist
some of the finest paved roads in
thf country, and this with the won
deFful scenery in these two counties
make it one of the most pop
ul$r rides in the state.