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Cranbury Brook, also known as Cranberry Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey in the United States.


Course

Cranbury Brook starts at , near the intersection of SR-33, Dugans Grove Road, and Iron Ore Road. It flows westward, crossing Perrineville Road. It receives several tributaries from the area and crosses Union Valley Road and Applegarth Road. It then crosses the
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, and is dammed to form Brainerd Lake. As a lake it crosses Route 130 and South Main Street in the town of Cranbury. It continues flowing west through the Cranbury Preserve and receives the Cedar Brook. It then crosses George Davison Ave and forms another dammed section known as Plainsboro Pond. It then crosses Maple Ave and drains into the Millstone River at .


Accessibility

Cranbury Brook is easily accessed by many road crossings and dammed sections such as Brainerd Lake.


Sister tributaries

*
Beden Brook Beden Brook, also Bedens Brook, Beden's Brook, or Beeden's Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. Course The headwaters of the broo ...
* Bear Brook * Devils Brook * Harrys Brook * Heathcote Brook *Indian Run Brook * Little Bear Brook *Millstone Brook *Peace Brook * Rocky Brook * Royce Brook * Simonson Brook * Six Mile Run * Stony Brook * Ten Mile Run *Van Horn Brook


See also

* List of rivers of New Jersey


References


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USGS Coordinates in Google Maps
{{authority control Rivers of New Jersey Tributaries of the Raritan River Rivers of Middlesex County, New Jersey Rivers of Monmouth County, New Jersey