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County Route 517 (New Jersey)
County Route 517 (CR 517) is a County routes in New Jersey, county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Lamington Road / Oldwick Road (County Route 523 (New Jersey), CR 523) in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, Tewksbury to the New York (state), New York state line in Vernon Township, New Jersey, Vernon where it continues as Orange County Route 26. It passes through mostly rural and exurban communities. Its speed limit varies from as much as to as little as . Route description CR 517 begins at an intersection with Lamington Road / Oldwick Road (County Route 523 (New Jersey), CR 523) in the community of Oldwick, New Jersey, Oldwick in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, Tewksbury, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon County, heading north on two-lane undivided Main Street. The road passes homes and businesses before merging onto Joliet Street. At the intersection with King Street/Church Street, the route becomes Old Turnpike Road and leaves Oldwick to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Department Of Transportation
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, including maintaining and operating the state's highway and public road system, planning and developing transportation policy, and assisting with rail, freight, and intermodal transportation issues. It is headed by the Commissioner of Transportation. The present acting commissioner is Francis K. O'Connor. History prior to 1966 Colonial era East Jersey Assembly Pursuant to the Public Roads Act of 1676, a road was established from Middletown to Piscataway in East Jersey. The East Jersey Public Roads Act of 1682 provided an overview of the New Jersey highways, bridges, landings and ferries. West Jersey Assembly The Public Roads Act of 1681 established a road from Burlington to Salem in West Jersey. The West Jersey Public Roads Act of 1684 established roads between the various towns along the Delaware River. Post Colonial Era In 1891, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Route 523 (New Jersey)
County Route 523 (CR 523) is a County routes in New Jersey, county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from New Jersey Route 29, Route 29 in Stockton, New Jersey, Stockton to U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey, U.S. Route 202 (US 202) in Bedminster Township, New Jersey, Bedminster Township. Route description CR 523 begins at an intersection with New Jersey Route 29, Route 29 (Main Street) in Stockton, New Jersey, Stockton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon County, heading northeast on Stockton–Flemington Road through wooded residential areas. The road leaves Stockton for Delaware Township, New Jersey, Delaware Township and enters a mix of farms and woods with some homes. The route intersects CR 605 before crossing CR 604 in the residential community of Sergeantsville, New Jersey, Sergeantsville. CR 523 passes through more rural areas as it comes to a brief concurrency (road), concurrency with County Route 579 (New Jersey), CR 579. After CR 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Route 182
Route 182 is a state highway in Hackettstown, New Jersey, United States. The highway serves as a connector of Route 57 to U.S. Route 46 (US 46). The southern end of Route 182 is at a three-way intersection, where Route 57 heads westbound towards Phillipsburg. Also present at this intersection is County Route 517 (CR 517), which is signed as Route 24, but not maintained by the state. CR 517 runs concurrent with Route 182 to its north end at US 46, and turns west with US 46 before splitting in downtown Hackettstown. Route 182 was first an alignment of pre-1927 Route 12, but was not maintained by the state. In 1927, there was a renumbering, and it became part of Route S-24, which was a spur of Route 24. Route 24 at the time went along the alignment of Route 57, but when the second renumbering occurred in 1953, there was yet another change. In 1953, Route 24 was realigned onto most of Route S24, except for a short part which was designated Route 57. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Route 57
Route 57 is a state highway located in Warren County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs from an interchange with U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Lopatcong Township to an intersection with Route 182 and County Route 517 (CR 517) in Hackettstown. The route passes through mostly rural areas of farmland and mountains in Warren County. It also passes through Washington, where Route 57 crosses Route 31. The route is designated a scenic byway, the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway, by the state of New Jersey due to the physical environments it passes through as well as from historical sites along the way such as the Morris Canal. The current alignment of Route 57 was designated as a part of pre-1927 Route 12 in 1917. In 1927, Route 24 was designated along this route between the Phillipsburg area and Penwell in Mansfield Township while a spur of Route 24 called Route S24 replaced pre-1927 Route 12 between Penwell and US 46 in Hackettstown. When New Jersey renumber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musconetcong River
The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It flows through the rural mountainous country of northwestern New Jersey. The name derives from the Lenape words ''moschakgeu'' meaning "clear" and ''hannek'' meaning "stream". Part of it is a National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Wild and Scenic River. It rises out of Lake Hopatcong, on the border between the borough of Hopatcong, New Jersey, Hopatcong in Sussex County, New Jersey, Sussex County and the township of Roxbury, New Jersey, Roxbury in Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County. It flows through Lake Musconetcong, then flows southwest, through Hackettstown, New Jersey, Hackettstown, past Stephensburg, New Jersey, Stephensburg and New Hampton, New Jersey, New Hampton, passing south of Washington, New Jersey, Washington then along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Branch Raritan River
The South Branch Raritan River is a tributary of the Raritan River in New Jersey.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. Description The source of the South Branch is the outflow from Budd Lake, a glacial remnant located a few miles northeast of Hackettstown. The river flows out of Morris County, down the middle of Hunterdon County, and along the western edge of Somerset County. At its end, it forms the border between Branchburg and Hillsborough Townships and, upon reaching the border of Bridgewater Township, joins the North Branch Raritan River to form the Raritan River The Raritan River is a river of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its Drainage basin, watershed drains much of the mountainous areas in the North Jersey, northern and Central Jersey, central sections of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay near ..., which generally flows eastward from that point. This area where the branches converge was called "Tucca-Ramma-Hacking" by the Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Route 24
Route 24 is a Controlled-access highway, freeway in New Jersey, United States, that begins at a junction with Interstate 287 (I-287) in Hanover Township, New Jersey, Hanover in Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, passes southeast through Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, and ends at an interchange with Interstate 78 in New Jersey, I-78 in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, Springfield in Union County, New Jersey, Union County. The route was created in 1927 to run from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Phillipsburg to Newark, New Jersey, Newark, replacing U.S. Route 46, pre-1927 Route 12 from Phillipsburg to Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey, Penwell and U.S. Route 46, pre-1927 Route 5 from Morristown, New Jersey, Morristown to Newark. The route was extended west to the new Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge in 1938 but was cut back to U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey, U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in the eastern part of Phillipsburg i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Route 513 (New Jersey)
County Route 513 (CR 513) is a County routes in New Jersey, county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Kingwood Avenue (New Jersey Route 12, Route 12) in Frenchtown, New Jersey, Frenchtown to Lakeside Road (County Route 511 (New Jersey), CR 511) in West Milford, New Jersey, West Milford. South of Frenchtown, the road continues as New Jersey Route 29, Route 29. It is the third longest county route in New Jersey, following County Route 519 (New Jersey), CR 519 and County Route 527 (New Jersey), CR 527. Route description Hunterdon County CR 513 begins at an intersection with New Jersey Route 12, Route 12 in Frenchtown, New Jersey, Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon County, a short distance to the north of the northern terminus of New Jersey Route 29, Route 29. From this point, the road heads north on two-lane undivided Everittstown Road, passing homes. The route continues into Alexandria Township, New Jersey, Alexandria Township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Valley, New Jersey
Long Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) , August 2012. Accessed December 23, 2012. Once known as German Valley from its foundation during the colonial era, the community was renamed in response to |
Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey
Washington Township is a Township (New Jersey), township in southwestern Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 18,197, a decrease of 336 (−1.8%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 18,533, which in turn reflected an increase of 941 (+5.3%) from the 17,592 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. The township is situated in the westernmost part of Morris County bordering both Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon and Warren County, New Jersey, Warren counties. It is located within the Raritan River, Raritan Valley region and is one of six municipalities (five of which are townships) in the state with the name "Washington Township, New Jersey (other), Washington". Washington, New Jersey, Washington Borough, located only away, is surrounded by another municipality that is also called Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairmount, New Jersey
Fairmount is an unincorporated community located along County Route 517 in Tewksbury Township of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The community was first known as Parkersville, named after proprietor James Parker (1725–1797). The southern section of the community is known as Lower Fairmount. History The first European settlers arrived here and named the area Fox Hill, after a local farmer. The Fairmount Presbyterian Church was founded in 1747 as a German Reformed congregation in a log cabin. The current church was built from 1851 to 1852 with Greek Revival and Shingle styles. The Methodist Episcopal Church of Fairmount was built in 1837. The current Fairmount United Methodist Church was built in 1868 with Romanesque Revival and Italianate styles. A mill was built in the early 1800s on the Rockaway Creek. By the 1880s, Fairmount had two churches, two stores, a sawmill, gristmill, schoolhouse, and the largest tannery in the county. Historic district The Fairmount Historic D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
