page_title: Alpha, New Jersey
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Alpha, New Jersey / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: View west along Interstate 78 (Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway) between Exit 3 and the Delaware River Bridge in Alpha, Warren County, New Jersey
context_page_description: Alpha is a borough in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,369, reflecting a decline of 113 from the 2,482 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 48 from the 2,530 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Alpha was incorporated as a borough from portions of Pohatcong Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature passed on June 26, 1911, and signed by Governor Woodrow Wilson, based on the results of a referendum held on May 31, 1911. The borough was named for the Alpha Cement Works.
  The borough is one of the easternmost locations within the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
context_section_description: As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 21.40 miles (34.44 km) of roadways, of which 17.38 miles (27.97 km) were maintained by the municipality, 2.78 miles (4.47 km) by Warren County and 1.24 miles (2.00 km) by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
  The main road that goes through is CR 519. Route 122 runs through briefly in the north.
  While Interstate 78 passes through the southern portion of the borough, the closest access point is at US 22 in neighboring Pohatcong.
  The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through Alpha on its way to Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
caption: I-78 westbound through Alpha
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