Mile Run (New Jersey)

Mile Run is a tributary of the Raritan River in New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the United States.

Its name is derived from the distance early surveyors estimated it was on the historic King's Highway, New Jersey Route 27, Route 27, from the Raritan River crossing. Other streams, such as the Six Mile Run (New Jersey), Six Mile Run and the Nine Mile Run (New Jersey), Nine Mile Run are named similarly.

Course

Mile Run drains an area in the suburbs of New Brunswick. Its source is at , near the intersection of How Lane (CR-680) and Jersey Avenue (SR-91). It crosses Jersey Avenue and flows through a residential development near Livingston Avenue (SR-26). It then crosses some railroad tracks and crosses Jersey Ave. It crosses French Street (SR-27) one mile from the Raritan River, giving it its name. It flows between residential areas and crosses Hamilton Street. It joins a tributary from the south and crosses Easton Ave and Landing Lane before draining into the Raritan River at .

Mile Run forms part of the boundary between Somerset County, New Jersey, Somerset and Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex Counties.

Accessibility

Mile Run flows through a heavily developed area, making it easily accessible.

Animal life

Mile Run has stress on it because of the city surrounding it, possibly harming the aquatic life.

See also

*List of rivers of New Jersey

References

External links

USGS Coordinates in Google Maps

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Rivers of Middlesex County, New Jersey
Rivers of Somerset County, New Jersey
Rivers of New Jersey
Tributaries of the Raritan River
New Brunswick, New Jersey