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County Route 567 (CR 567) is a
county highway A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the County (United States), county highway departm ...
in the
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of
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. The highway extends from Amwell Road ( CR 514) in Hillsborough Township to Union Avenue (
Route 28 Highway 28 may refer to: Australia * Cumberland Highway *Mountain Highway, Mountain Highway (Victoria) * – NT Canada * Alberta Highway 28 * British Columbia Highway 28 * Nova Scotia Trunk 28 * Ontario Highway 28 * Saskatchewan Highway 28 Cz ...
) in Raritan Borough.


Route description

CR 567 begins at an intersection with CR 514 in Hillsborough Township, heading north on two-lane undivided River Road (also known as Neshanic Station Road). The road runs through wooded areas before heading along the east bank of the
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 locat ...
, intersecting CR 667 and passing under
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's Lehigh Line. The route runs near farms as it crosses the river and enters Branchburg Township. At this point, CR 567 intersects CR 667 again and becomes Pleasant Run Road before making a northeast turn onto South Branch Road, with CR 628 continuing northwest along Pleasant Run Road. Residential development increases as the route continues northeast and passes the Neshanic Valley Golf Course. CR 567 begins to run closer to the South Branch Raritan River again as it reaches a junction with CR 620. CR 567 passes north through some farm fields before turning northeast at an intersection with CR 646. A short distance later, the route turns east onto
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, with CR 637 heading west on that road to an intersection with
US 202 U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a spur route of US 2. It follows a northeasterly and southwesterly direction stretching from Delaware in the south to Maine in the north and traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ne ...
. CR 567 enters residential areas and crosses the
North Branch Raritan River The North Branch Raritan River is a tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. The North Branch Raritan River rises in Morris County, in eastern Mendham Borough rising ...
into Bridgewater Township. It parallels 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 ...
to the north as it continues into Raritan and becomes Somerset Avenue. In Raritan, CR 567 turns north onto First Avenue, with CR 626 continuing east on Somerset Avenue. The route crosses under
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’s
Raritan Valley Line The Raritan Valley Line is a commuter rail service operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) which serves passengers in municipalities in Union, Somerset, Middlesex, Essex, and Hunterdon counties in the Raritan Valley region, primarily in centra ...
before reaching the US 202 intersection. Past US 202, CR 567 passes more homes before ending at
Route 28 Highway 28 may refer to: Australia * Cumberland Highway *Mountain Highway, Mountain Highway (Victoria) * – NT Canada * Alberta Highway 28 * British Columbia Highway 28 * Nova Scotia Trunk 28 * Ontario Highway 28 * Saskatchewan Highway 28 Cz ...
.


History

When it was first assigned, CR 567 formerly continued north from its present terminus at Route 28 along Country Club Road to
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in Bridgewater Township. In Neshanic Station, CR 567 was originally routed over the South Branch Raritan River on the Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge (Elm Street Bridge). It traveled west on Elm Street, northwest on Maple Avenue, and north on Pleasant Run Road until rejoining its present alignment. Its current routing in the area was formed when a new bridge was built in 1979 north of Neshanic Station. The old route through Neshanic Station became Somerset County Route 667.NJDOT Somerset County Route 667 Straight Line Diagram
(NJDOT) (
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) File:Lenticular Truss Bridge, Neshanic Station , NJ - area view.jpg, CR 567 was routed on the Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge (Elm Street Bridge) until 1979. File:CR 567 at South Branch Raritan River.jpg, CR 567's bridge over the South Branch Raritan River facing north File:Old York Road Bridge, North Branch Raritan River, NJ.jpg, CR 567 (Old York Road) over the North Branch Raritan River


Major intersections


See also

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References


External links

* *{{HAER , survey=NJ-31 , id=nj0902 , title=Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge, State Route 567, spanning South Branch of Raritan River, Neshanic Station, Somerset County, NJ, photos=19 , color=4 , data=4 , cap=3
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