The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-07
ROADS OPEN
FOR WINTER

TRENTON-The close of the high
way construction season of 1920 nor
mlts the announcement that all the
main Travelled routes in the State are
IN good condition and will afford facil-
tiles of travel during the coming
winter months, and in fact until the
l92l construction season opens. It is
source of satisfaction to be able to
make this statement of progress in
New Jerseys road building program.
winch is further advanced now than
Z 1t has been at any time in the past.
VI especial interest to all motor
lists, and particularly those who antici-
pate holiday season trips, is the open
ing OF the direct line of travel through
New Jersey for traffic going from New
York to Philadelphia. This is made
possible by the completion of the Lin
coin Highway on Route No. 1 from
Elizabeth to Trenton by way of Rah-
way, Metuchen, New Brunswick and
Hightstown and Route No. IS from
New Brunswick to Trenton by way of
Kingston, Princeton and Lawrence
vile. These two important links of
the new State Highway System are
now open to traffic, thus providing
smooth travelled roads from New
York through Trenton to Camden and
Philadelphia, with the exception of a
short stretch east of Hightstown. The
road between Bordentown and Column
bus has been greatly improved by the
county, thus facilitating the travel in
this section of the State for those
making the ninety miles between the
two large cities of our neighboring
States.
The commission desires to say also
that there are no detours on any of
the State Highway Routes in the
northern parts of the State, and in
fact that there are no bad spots of this
kind anywhere. The close of the pres
ent year finds the work on all the
main routes completed to such an
extent that traffic is now going over
them.
The Black Oak Ridge road, in Pas
sale County, connecting the Pompton
Pike at Wayne with the Hamburg
Pike at Pompton Lakes, is now open
to traffic, partially on new concrete
and partially on the old macadam
surface. Main street, Paterson Plank
road, Hudson County; Paterson Pike,
Hudson County, and Mountain ave-
nue., central section, Union County,
are now all open to traffic.
Turning to South Jersey we find
that the road between Pemberton and
Mt. Holly, in Burlington County, has
been completed and is in fine condi-
ton throughout. This is the connect
ing link between Camp Dix and the
Camden route.
On Route No. 4, which is used for
travel between New York and Atlantic
City, the roads are generally in ex-
cellent condition with the execution of
q short stretch over new fill being
placed at the Mullica River meadows.
The section between Hightstown and
Asbury Park on Route No. has been
thoroughly repaired and is now in
proper shape.
Route Mo- =, between Camden and
Atlantic City. is open for traffic to
Pomona, and from there the best road
to shore city is found by turning north
at Germania to Port Republic and
then over the shore route through
Absecon and Pleasantville.
Route No. s is paved from Camden
to Mullica Hill and south Of the lat
ter place to the Harrisonvillo road.
Traffic by following this route through
Harrisonville to Salem will find good
gravel roads. 1t is also now possible,
to go over a good gravel road from
Rridgeton through Millville, Port
Elizabeth and Dennisville to Cape May
Court House and the .southernmost
points of the State. The year of 1921
thus opens with a good route for
travel to any of the important points
in the State, something which it has
not been possible to report before.
GEORGE L. BURTON,
Chairman, State Highway Commission.