page_title: Flemington, New Jersey
section_title: Roads and highways
hierarchical_section_title: Flemington, New Jersey / Transportation / Roads and highways
caption_attribution_description: Aerial image of Flemington Circle, a traffic circle in Flemington, New Jersey
context_page_description: Flemington is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 4,581, reflecting an increase of 381 from the 4,200 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 153 from the 4,047 counted in the 1990 Census. It is the county seat of Hunterdon County. Most of the borough is in the Amwell Valley, but northwest portions of the borough sit on the Hunterdon Plateau.
  Flemington is an independent municipality completely surrounded by Raritan Township and is located near the geographic center of the township.
context_section_description: As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 13.85 miles (22.29 km) of roadways, of which 12.09 miles (19.46 km) were maintained by the municipality, 0.17 miles (0.27 km) by Hunterdon County and 1.59 miles (2.56 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
  Major roads that pass through the borough include U.S. Route 202, New Jersey Route 31 and New Jersey Route 12.
  Flemington Circle is the largest of three traffic circles in the Flemington area and sits just to the southeast of Flemington's historic downtown. U.S. Route 202 and New Jersey Route 31 approach the circle separately from the north and continue south concurrently, and the circle is the eastern terminus of New Jersey Route 12. It is one of only a rapidly diminishing number of New Jersey's once-widespread traffic circles still extant according to its original design. The circle sees significant congestion on weekends because of the new developments and big-box retailers. The circle also sees a higher rate of traffic accidents and violations than any other region of Flemington and Raritan Township. Unlike most circles, traffic on US 202 does not yield on entry; US 202, being a main four-lane divided highway, gets the right of way.
  One other traffic circle exists on Route 12 at Mine Street west of the Flemington Circle; Route 12 traffic has the right of way in it.  The intersection of Route 12 and Main Street west of the Flemington Circle was converted to a roundabout in 2009.
caption: Aerial photo of Flemington Circle, as seen in 1995. A strip mall featuring a HomeGoods and a Jos A. Bank, among other stores, has since been built on the field in the bottom right corner.
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