Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-01
OUTLINE ROAD
To THE SHORE
State Highway Commission
Gives Best Route to Reach
Coast Resorts

TRENTON. Sept. 1.-The State
Highway Commission today an
nOunced the through route for travel
from Newark TO Asbury Park, At
lantic City and other shore points.
The information will be of interest
20 all North Jersey motorists. Fol-
lowing are the directions:
From Newark to Asbury Park and
Atlantic City follow Route No. 4
from Broad street, Newark, to Eliz-
abeth. Linden, Railway, Perth Am
boy, South Amboy, Keyport. Red
Bank to E~atontown; at Eatontown
follow Broadway through Eaton
town. and Long Branch to Ocean
Boulevard, follow south over Ocean
Boulevard to Asbury Park, from
Asbury Park continue on Roue No.
4 through Ocean Grove, Bradley
Beach, Avon. Spring Lake, Manas-
qual nd Point Pleasant to Laurel
ton. where it is necessary to detour
through Cedar Bridge and Silverton
to Toms River at Route No. 4. Con-
tinue south from Toms River over
Route No. 4 through Forked River,
Barnegat. Manahawken. Tuckerton,
New Gretna, Port Republic, Absecon
TO Atlantic City.
At the same time the commission
also published the route for travel
at this time from Trenton to Asbury
Park which is as follows:
From Trenton to Asbury Park go
out Greenwood avenue to State
Highway No. 1 to Hightstown, from
Hightstown follow State Highway
Route No. 7 to Freehold. ~Jerseyville
and Hamilton to Asbury Park or
from Freehold take road to Adel-
phia and Farmingdale to Asbury
Park.
The new concrete construction be-
tween Adelphia and Farmingdale
will be opened to traffic Saturday,
September 2.
T. j. Wasser, engineer for the
State Highway Commission today
made public the list of detours
which have been arranged for the
convenience of the travelling public
during the time certain routes Of the
State Highway system are in pro-
cess of reconstruction. All the de-
tours have been plainly marked
with to guide the motorists.
Route No. 4. Sec. 5-A, Maple ave-
nue.. Red Bank. Detour over Front
street and Broad street.
Route No. 4. Sec. 6 and 10, be-
tween Eatontown, Long Branch
road, and Allenhurst. Detour Nor
wood avenue, Darlington road, Ro-
seld avenue, Monmouth road, Wall
street, by way of Locust Grove and
South Eatontown, to South street,
Eatontown.
Route No. 4, Sec. II, Avon-by-the-
Sea. No detour. Traffic being
maintained.
Route No. 4, Sec. IA, Laurelton to
Lakewood. Detour from Laurelton
through Burrsville, Cedar Bridge,
and Silverton to Hooper avenue,
Toms River.
Route No. 4. Sec. Is, Lakewood.
Detour over Central avenue, Lake.
wood, New Egypt road and Cross
street to Seven Stars on Route No. 4.
Route No. j, Sec. is, Toms River.
Detour north of Toms River over
Freehold road, Walnut street, and
Hooper avenue TO Toms River.
Route 10. 4. Sec. II, Barneat. No
detour. Traffic being maintained.
Route No. 4, Sec. IS, Tuckerton
No Getour. Traffic being maintained
Route No. 3. Sec. B, Plainfield unde,
construction. Detour from Rout,
No. 9 to Muhlenberg place to Yves
Second street, to Clinton avenue
to West Front street or Route No
Q.
Route No. 8. Secs! 5 and 6 un
der construction between Bount
Brook and Somerville. Detou
from Route No. Q over concrete arcl
bridge, Bound Brook by way of Ra,
itan emu to Main street. to Shun
pike avenue, to Talmadge avenue
thence over the New Brunswick pix
and East Main street to Somervill,
and Route No. 0.
Route o., Sec. 7 under construc
ton, Borough Of Somerville. Traf
fic being maintained.
Route No. 9. Sec. 8 under con
struction between Somerville ant
North Branch. Traffic being main
tanned.
Route No. /, Sec. IS. Highland
Park-Metuchen.
Detour: South bound traffic. From
Route No. 1 at Metuchen ovel
Amboy avenue and Main street te
Germantown thence over Piscat'
away road to Highland Park.
North bound traffic will be main
tanned through construction tc over
head Pennsylvania railroad crossing
to Middlesex avenue, Metuchen.