Route 19 is a state highway in Passaic County , New Jersey , United States . Also referred to as the Paterson Peripheral , it runs 3.04 mi (4.89 km) from an intersection with County Route 509 (CR 509, Broad Street) and CR 609 (Colfax Avenue) in Clifton north to another intersection with CR 509 (Main Street) in downtown Paterson . Between U.S. Route 46 (US 46) in Clifton and Interstate 80 (I-80) in Paterson, Route 19 is a freeway . The main purpose of the route is to connect the Garden State Parkway to I-80 and downtown Paterson. The road was originally proposed as the Paterson spur of the Garden State Parkway that was to run north to Wayne . In 1959, it was planned to become part of the Paterson Peripheral, an extension of Route 20 from downtown Paterson. By 1971, the road was completed between the Garden State Parkway and I-80, at which time it received the Route 20 designation; the rest was cancelled in 1978 due to feared community disruption. In 1988, this portion of Route 20 became Route 19 as it did not connect with the other segment of the route. In the 1990s, Route 19 was extended to Main Street in downtown Paterson as part of a project that also completed the interchange with I-80.
19-611: Route 19 begins at the intersection of CR 509 (Broad Street) and CR 609 (Colfax Avenue) in Clifton . From this intersection, it heads north concurrent with CR 509 as a four-lane freeway , soon interchanging with US 46 . Past US 46, the road crosses a brook and CR 509 (Broad Street) splits off, with Route 19 interchanging with the Garden State Parkway . Route 19 continues past the Garden State Parkway as
38-502: A complex intersection in the town of Westfield, seven miles (11 km) west of Elizabeth . State Route 28 (South Avenue) and Union County Route 610 (North Avenue) come from Scotch Plains to the west on either side of the train tracks running along New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line and criss-cross at a traffic circle a few hundred feet from the Westfield Train Station. CR 509 (East Broad Street) branches off in
57-497: A five-lane freeway, with three northbound lanes and two southbound lanes, to an interchange with CR 638 (Grand Street). From here, the route becomes a four-lane arterial road and heads into urbanized areas of downtown Paterson. The route turns east and becomes a county-maintained surface road at the intersection with Marshall Street and continues to its northern terminus at the intersection of CR 509 (Main Street) and Ward Street. What
76-610: A little east of the end of the State Route 124 designation, and crosses several 600-series routes while closely paralleling the Parkway. It intersects CR 510 (South Orange Avenue) at the massive Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre , then moves into Newark for about half a mile, then enters East Orange where it meets CR 508 (Central Avenue). Shortly thereafter, it interchanges with Interstate 280 , providing access to Newark,
95-519: A mile before coming to a dead end). Once through downtown Kenilworth, CR 509 interchanges the Garden State Parkway at Exit 138 before crossing into Union . It dips southeast for a few hundred feet, then turns left onto Salem Road at a five-point intersection with Union County routes 616 (Galloping Hill Road, bound for Roselle Park ) and 619 (Chestnut Street, running between Linden and Irvington in Essex County). Salem Road slowly bends back to
114-468: A northeast direction from Route 28 just after the state highway branches off of the circle and crosses under the tracks before continuing east. From its southern terminus to Elmer Street in Westfield, the road is town maintained. After cutting through downtown Westfield, CR 509 passes Fairview Cemetery on the right before coming to an intersection with CR 577 (Springfield Avenue), which splits off to
133-637: A residential neighborhood. After crossing Woodland Avenue, the road enters Edison and passes between two parts of the Plainfield Country Club . CR 602 breaks off the road at Inman Avenue leaving CR 509 on Old Raritan Road continuing northeast on a locally maintained road. At the Union County line, the CR ;509 designation ends and Raritan Road continues into Scotch Plains . The signed mainline portion of CR 509 begins at
152-467: A six-lane freeway surrounded by trees, coming to a northbound exit and southbound entrance with CR 509. Past this interchange, the road heads into Paterson . Here, the route has a southbound exit and northbound entrance with CR 621 (Valley Road) before becoming an eight-lane freeway and passing to the east of Garret Mountain Reservation . After interchanging with I-80 , Route 19 continues north as
171-558: Is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The highway exists in two segments– one 0.95-mile (1.53 km) unsigned segment exists in northern Middlesex County while the signed mainline extends 25.78 miles (41.49 km) from North Avenue ( Route 28 ) in Westfield to Straight Street ( CR 504 ) in Paterson . For two small stretches – in Clifton at the interchange with Route 19 , and in Paterson as it crosses over
190-587: Is now Route 19 was once planned as the Paterson spur of the Garden State Parkway , which was to run through Paterson and Haledon to CR 504 in Wayne . The planned Paterson spur would become an extension of Route 20 in 1959. This road, which was to be a six-lane, $ 58 million freeway called the Paterson Peripheral, was to run from Clifton north to the existing Route 20 in downtown Paterson. This road
209-575: Is now part of a southern extension of CR 577 . Major intersections The entire route was in Union County . County Route 602 (Middlesex County, New Jersey) The following is a list of county routes in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey . For more information on the county route system in New Jersey as a whole, including its history, see County routes in New Jersey . In addition to those listed below,
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#1732793251551228-738: The Passaic River – CR 509 splits into separate northbound and southbound alignments. CR 509 intersects with the Garden State Parkway at Exit 138 in Kenilworth and again at Exit 148 in Bloomfield . The 0.95 miles (1.53 km) unsigned Middlesex County segment begins at the intersection of Park Avenue ( CR 531 ) and Maple Avenue ( CR 602 ) in South Plainfield . The county route, not signed as CR 509 but rather CR 602, heads northeast on Maple Avenue through
247-558: The Oranges and the Parkway. CR 509 continues north into Bloomfield , where it turns left onto Franklin Street. It crosses back under the Garden State Parkway before moving into Passaic County, through the cities of Clifton and Paterson, where it ends at CR 504 . The two segments of CR 509 were previously connected through southern Union County via Raritan Road, Martine Avenue, West Broad Street, and Route 28. County Route 509 Spur
266-476: The left before banking due north toward Mountainside , Springfield and U.S. Route 22 (US 22). CR 509 turns right onto Springfield Avenue but quickly becomes Kenilworth Boulevard. For less than a mile, the route passes through Cranford , during which time County Route 615 splits off to the right. It crosses into Kenilworth, where it is signed simply as "Boulevard" while traveling nearly due east. (East Broad Street continues straight as Nomahegan Drive for less than
285-523: The north, crossing State Route 82 near Kean University and over the Elizabeth River into Hillside , where it passes Vaux Hall Road and Hillside High School . CR 509 passes under US 22, but has no interchange. Traffic looking to access US 22 must turn right just beyond the overpass at Hillside Avenue, where access is provided near the Newark border. CR 509 turns left onto Hillside Avenue, while
304-464: The road (now Liberty Road) continues to a dead end at St. Peter's Park on the outskirts of Newark. After turning, CR 509 makes another quick turn, this time onto Chestnut Avenue. It passes over Interstate 78 (again with no interchange), to which access is available via Paine Avenue. The route continues as Coit Street, then Grove Street as it moves into Irvington and Essex County. Now in a heavily populated neighborhood, CR 509 crosses Springfield Avenue
323-671: Was a county highway in Union County. The highway extended 2.98 miles (4.80 km) from Broad Street (CR 509) in Westfield to Route 124 in Springfield , via Old Raritan Road, Broad Street, Springfield Avenue, and Meisel Avenue. It passes through or by the Plainfield County Club, Ash Brook Golf Course, Ponderosa Farm Park, Midowaskin Park, Fairview Cemetery, Echo Lake Country Club, and Meisel Avenue Park The road
342-542: Was completed between the Garden State Parkway and Valley Road by 1969 and north to I-80 in 1975. Upon completion, this road received the Route 20 designation. The extension to Route 20 through Paterson was stopped in 1971 because of the designation of the Great Falls Historic District , a historical district recognizing Paterson’s heritage as an industrial center. By the 1990s, this portion of Route 20
361-691: Was redesignated Route 19 as it did not connect with the mainline of the route. In 1992, a project to complete the interchange with I-80 and extend the route to Main Street in downtown Paterson to ease congestion was finished. This interchange received the Prize Bridge Award in the category of Grade Separation from the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1996. The entire route is in Passaic County . County Route 509 (New Jersey) County Route 509 ( CR 509 )
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