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89-774: Route 94 is a state highway in the northwestern part of New Jersey , United States . It runs 45.9 mi (73.87 km) from the Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge over the Delaware River in Knowlton Township , Warren County , where it connects to PA 611 , northeast to the New York state line in Vernon , Sussex County . At the New York border, NY 94 continues to Newburgh, New York . Route 94

178-528: A concurrency with Route 94 and the two routes continue into Downtown Newton. In the downtown area, the road comes to the Park Place Square, where it meets the intersection of US 206 . At this point, all three routes turn southeast on Park Place, northeast on Main Street, northwest on Spring Street, and run concurrently north on four-lane undivided Water Street for a short distance. CR 519 splits from

267-523: A constant threat west of the tunnel, in Colby Cut. In recognition of this, a detector fence was installed west of Roseville Tunnel in 1950 to change trackside signals to red if rocks fell. The most serious rockslide to ever occur on the line, however, would take place within Armstrong Cut (just west of Johnsonburg) in 1941, closing the line for nearly a month, and causing trains to be rerouted via

356-727: A four lane freeway between Columbia and the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge. Following this, US 46 was rerouted over the first several miles of Route 94 between the Delaware Bridge and Columbia, and Route 94 was cut back to Columbia, near the Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge. Here, US 46 would end and US 611 , would cross the Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge from Pennsylvania and follow the freeway north to

445-484: A named route branch) Trans-Canada route marker is co-signed with a numbered provincial sign, with the provincial route often continuing alone outside the Trans-Canada Highway section. However, in the western provinces, the two parallel Trans-Canada routes are consistently numbered with Trans-Canada route markers; as Highways 1 and 16 respectively. Canada also has a designated National Highway System , but

534-530: A part of I-80. The former alignment of Route 94 between the Delaware Bridge and the Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge became a part of US 46. In 1965, US 611 was routed out of New Jersey (though US 611 shields would remain on that freeway along with I-80 shields until 1972), and Route 94 still ended at that three-way intersection. Once new ramps were completed in that area in 1972 along with US 611 being decommissioned (being replaced with PA 611), Route 94

623-530: A population of at least 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the relevant municipalities. The state highway that cross towns or villages with a population of less than 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the municipality, subject to authorization from ANAS . State highways in India are numbered highways that are laid and maintained by state governments . Mexico 's State Highway System

712-538: A short wrong-way concurrency, crossing the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 's New Jersey Subdivision line before CR 517 turns to the south. Route 94 continues northeast unnamed, briefly becoming a divided highway as it passes the Mountain Creek ski resort and the Mountain Creek Waterpark , passing under a pedestrian bridge between the resort and parking lot. Continuing northeast,

801-617: A three-digit number designation, preceded by D . Provincial roads ( Turkish : İl yolu ) are secondary roads, maintained by respective local governments with the support of the KGM. The roads have a four-digit numbering grouped as two pairs, pairs are separated by a dash. First pair represents the license number of that province . State highways are generally a mixture of primary and secondary roads, although some are freeways (for example, State Route 99 in California, which links many of

890-486: A time of historic infrastructure investment?" and Andover Mayor Tom Walsh is quoted as saying the decision was; "a kick in the teeth to the people who did all the work". Amtrak has placed the New York City-to-Scranton rail line on its proposed 2035 map. A federal study has examined the feasibility of an extension into northeastern Pennsylvania , possibly as far as Scranton , and Amtrak has released

979-539: A turn northeast and heading into Lafayette Township . In Lafayette Township, the route resumes to the east through a mix of rural and industrial areas. The road continues to an intersection with Route 15 , where Route 94 makes a right turn to head southeast along Route 15 in a wrong way concurrency. Upon splitting, Route 15 stays straight and heads southeast as Route 94 turns at a right hand reverse jughandle to head northeast. Route 94 continues through more rural areas with occasional development and enters Sparta , where it

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1068-750: Is 100 km/h, with reductions when one passes through a densely populated area. The highways in New Zealand are all state highways, and the network consists of SH 1 running the length of both main islands, SH 2–5 and 10–58 in the North Island, and SH 6–8 and 60–99 in the South Island. National and provincial highways are numbered approximately north to south. State Highway 1 runs the length of both islands. Local highways ( Korean :  지방도 ; Hanja :  地方道 ; RR :  Jibangdo ; MR :  Chipangdo ) are

1157-490: Is a system of urban and state routes constructed and maintained by each Mexican state. The main purpose of the state networks is to serve as a feeder system to the federal highway system. All states except the Federal District operate a road network. Each state marks these routes with a white shield containing the abbreviated name of the state plus the route number. New Zealand state highways are national highways –

1246-424: Is divided into provinces and territories, each of which maintains its own system of provincial or territorial highways, which form the majority of the country's highway network. There is also the national transcontinental Trans-Canada Highway system, which is marked by distinct signs, but has no uniform numeric designation across the country. In the eastern provinces, for instance, an unnumbered (though sometimes with

1335-623: Is free to choose a different marker, and most states have. States may choose a design theme relevant to its state (such as an outline of the state itself) to distinguish state route markers from interstate, county, or municipal route markers. Lackawanna Cut-Off The Lackawanna Cut-Off (also known as the New Jersey Cut-Off , the Hopatcong-Slateford Cut-Off and the Blairstown Cut-Off )

1424-413: Is known as North Church Road. Here, the road passes near some residential developments before continuing into Hardyston Township . In Hardyston Township, the route runs through the community of North Church. After making a sharp turn to the east, Route 94 enters Hamburg and becomes Vernon Avenue. The route passes a few homes before intersecting with Route 23 in the center of town. From this intersection,

1513-458: Is known to have died of typhoid fever . The Cut-Off's reinforced concrete structures (73 in all), which consumed 266,885 cubic yards (204,048 m ) of concrete and 735 tons of steel, include underpasses , culverts , and the two large viaducts on the western end of the line. Some five million pounds (2,300 t) of dynamite were used to blast the cuts on the line. A total of 14,621,100 cubic yards (11,178,600 m ) of fill material

1602-710: Is mostly a two-lane undivided road that runs through mountain and valley areas of Warren and Sussex counties, serving Columbia , Blairstown , Newton , and Hamburg . The route intersects several roads, including US 46 and I-80 in Knowlton Township, US 206 in Newton, Route 15 in Lafayette Township , and Route 23 in Hamburg. What is now Route 94 was legislated as part of two separate routes in 1927. The portion of road between Route 6 /US 46 near

1691-568: Is not a road class. The Strade Statali , abbreviated SS, is the Italian national network of state highways. The total length for the network is about 25.000 km (15.534 mi). The Italian state highway network are maintained by ANAS . From 1928 until 1946 state highways were maintained by Azienda Autonoma Statale della Strada (AASS). The next level of roads below Strada Statali is Strada Regionale ("regional roads"). The routes of some state highways derive from ancient Roman roads , such as

1780-667: Is now Route 94 was designated as the Vernon Turnpike , which was legislated to run from the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike to the New York state line. It was abandoned by 1828. In the 1927 renumbering of state highways, Route 8 was defined to run along present-day Route 94 from Route 6 (current US 46) at the Delaware Bridge north to Columbia before turning northeast to Route 31 (now US 206 ) in Newton. Past Newton, Route 31 continued northeast to

1869-406: Is vested in the federal states of Germany. Most federal states use the term Landesstraße (marked with 'L'), while for historical reasons Saxony and Bavaria use the term Staatsstraße (marked with 'S'). The appearance of the shields differs from state to state. The term Land-es-straße should not be confused with Landstraße , which describes every road outside built-up areas and

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1958-600: The 94th Infantry Division . After the Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge and the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge were both completed in December 1953, the southern terminus of Route 94 was cut back to an intersection with US 611 in Columbia, which had been rerouted into New Jersey across both bridges, following a freeway between Columbia and the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge that would later become

2047-414: The Delaware Bridge to Newton became Route 8 , while the route north of Newton to the New York border became a part of Route 31 . Prior to 1953, the only portion of Route 31 north of Newton that was a state highway was between North Church and Hamburg. In 1953, Route 94 was designated to replace all of Route 8 as well as Route 31 north of Newton; the number was chosen to match NY 94, and in turn named after

2136-809: The Delaware Water Gap . When it opened on December 24, 1911, the Cut-Off was considered a super-railroad, a state-of-the-art rail line, having been built using large cuts and fills and two large concrete viaducts , allowing what was considered high-speed travel at that time. It was 11 miles (18 km) shorter than the Lackawanna Old Road , the rail line it superseded; it had a much gentler ruling gradient (0.55% vs. 1.1%); and it had 42 fewer curves, with all but one of those remaining permitting passenger train speeds of 70 mph (110 km/h) or more. It also had no railroad crossings at

2225-640: The Pennsylvania side of the river. This bridge is maintained by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission ; the rest of Route 94 is maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation . Immediately after the bridge, the route comes to a complex interchange with the western terminus of US 46 as well as with I-80 a short distance later, near the community of Columbia . In the area of

2314-514: The Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority . A project to restore service on the east end of the Cut-Off to Andover, New Jersey , is to be complete in 2026. Amtrak is studying the possible restoration of passenger service over the route to Scranton, Pennsylvania . The line's origin involves two men who most likely never met: John I. Blair and William Truesdale . Blair built

2403-593: The Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority . Subsequent federal studies conducted on the Cut-Off and the mainline into Pennsylvania found a need to restore passenger service. In 2011, after a nearly three-decade effort to reactivate the line, NJ Transit launched the $ 61 million Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project. The first phase will link Port Morris Junction to Andover, New Jersey ( Andover station ), 7.3 miles (11.7 km) away. By December 2011, about 1 mile (1.6 km) of track had been installed from Port Morris Junction west to Stanhope, New Jersey . Work

2492-626: The Strada statale 7 Via Appia , which broadly follows the route of the Roman road of the same name . Other examples are the Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia ( Via Aurelia ) and the Strada statale 4 Via Salaria ( Via Salaria ). Since the reforms following the birth of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the State took charge of the construction and maintenance of a primary network of roads for connections between

2581-471: The " Old Road " after the New Jersey Cut-Off opened) had numerous curves that restricted trains to 50 mph (80 km/h). The bigger operational problem, however, was caused by the two tunnels on the line: Manunka Chunk Tunnel, a 975-foot (297 m) twin-bore tunnel whose eastern approach occasionally flooded with heavy rains; and the 2,969-foot (905 m) single-bore Oxford Tunnel, which

2670-552: The 28.45-mile (46 km) line evenly, the seven sections should have been just over four miles each, but that would have placed the Pequest Fill entirely within Section 3 and the two viaducts within Section 7.) The amount of work per mile varied; the largest share apparently went to David W. Flickwir, whose Section 3 included Roseville Tunnel and the eastern half of the Pequest Fill. DL&W chief engineer George G. Ray oversaw

2759-562: The CNJ abandoned operations in Pennsylvania, causing through freights to be run daily between Elizabeth, New Jersey , and Scranton, using the Cut-Off and the CNJ's High Bridge Branch . (This arrangement with the CNJ would end on April 1, 1976, with the creation of Conrail ). As such, when Penn Central closed its Maybrook, New York Yard in 1970, and its ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Poughkeepsie Bridge burned on May 8, 1974,

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2848-470: The Cut-Off in 1958 in anticipation of the Erie merger. The westbound track was removed, leaving a four-mile (6.4 km) passing siding at Greendell and shorter sidings at Port Morris and Slateford. After the merger, most freight traffic shifted to the Erie's mainline through Port Jervis, New York . With the cessation of passenger service in 1970, the Cut-Off became relatively quiet for several years. In 1972,

2937-415: The Cut-Off required fewer engines to pull eastbound freights up to the summit at Port Morris. For westbound freights, the challenge was keeping trains from going too fast. Initially, no speed limit existed on the Cut-Off, with engineers (both freight and passenger) being expected to exercise "good judgment". By the 1920s, however, most freights were restricted to 50 mph (80 km/h) or less, depending on

3026-508: The Cut-Off was completed. These workers were viewed with suspicion by the local populace in Warren and Sussex counties, with the town of Blairstown going as far as hiring a watchman at $ 40 per month for the duration of the project. Supervisory personnel and skilled laborers stayed in local hotels, boarding houses, or local farmhouses, usually at exorbitant rates ($ 1–2 per day) during the years of construction. With several thousand men working on

3115-403: The Cut-Off, making its last run on January 6, 1970. The only station on the Cut-Off at which mainline passenger trains would stop was Blairstown. Blairstown was also the first stop on westbound trains where passengers were permitted to disembark (i.e. westbound passengers boarding and detraining east of Blairstown were required to use suburban train service instead). This explains why Blairstown

3204-459: The Cut-Off. Over the years, Blairstown handled the most local freight. The Johnsonburg creamery, built in anticipation of the opening of the line, served local dairy farmers for years. Another creamery, an ice house , and a stock yard were built at Greendell. The final local shipment was shipped in 1978 by Conrail: cattle feed for a customer in Johnsonburg that was delivered to Greendell, as

3293-937: The DL&;W's Warren Railroad , chartered in 1851 and completed in 1862, to provide a connection between the mainlines of the DL&W in Pennsylvania and the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) in New Jersey. But when the Lackawanna-CNJ merger fell through and the Lackawanna merged with the Morris & Essex Railroad in New Jersey instead, the Warren Railroad became part of a circuitous patchwork of rail lines connecting two unanticipated merger partners. The 39-mile (63 km) route (later known as

3382-655: The DL&W's 1960 merger with the Erie Railroad to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad and the EL's conveyance into Conrail in 1976. Conrail ceased operation of the Cut-Off in January 1979, removed the track in 1984, and sold the right-of-way to private developers. In 2001, the state of New Jersey acquired the right-of-way within its borders; the short section in Pennsylvania was eventually conveyed to

3471-415: The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge. The freeway portion that US 611 followed became a part of I-80 in 1959. When US 611 was removed from New Jersey in 1965, Route 94 was extended to the state line on the Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge. By 1969, the unsigned portions of Route 94 north of Newton were signed. In 1973, this whole area was realigned into a complex interchange as the New Jersey portion of Interstate 80

3560-583: The NJ Transit Board of Directors on April 13, 2022, and a Notice to Proceed on the project was announced by NJ Transit on September 8, 2022. Commuter operations are expected to begin no earlier than 2026. In January of 2024, Amtrak unexpectedly dismissed future plans for a stop at Roseville Station in Andover, NJ. No reason for this was given publicly. Congressman Josh Gottheimer was quoted as saying; "Why would Amtrak limit transportation options at

3649-437: The New York state line (current US 206 north of here was Route S31 ). In the original version of the renumbering bill, Route 31 was to reach the state line via Sussex , incorporating pre-1927 Route 8 (now Route 284 ) from Sussex to the New York state line. However, in the final version, Route 31 ran via Hamburg , using the same alignment as a planned spur of pre-1927 Route 8 from Lafayette Township to North Church . Route 8

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3738-489: The Old Road needed to be replaced, it really wasn't until after 1905 that the railroad was in a position to take up the project in earnest. This led Truesdale to authorize teams of surveyors to map out potential replacement routes westward from Port Morris, New Jersey , to the Delaware River for what would be the railroad's largest project up until that time. During 1905–06, 14 routes were surveyed (labeled with letters of

3827-412: The Old Road shifted to the Cut-Off, effectively downgrading the older line to secondary status. The Cut-Off was built to permit unrestricted speeds for passenger trains of 70 mph (110 km/h) (heavier rail that was installed later allowed speeds to increase to 80 mph (130 km/h)). Sidings were built at Slateford, Hainesburg, Johnsonburg, Greendell, Roseville, and Port Morris; about 25% of

3916-552: The Old Road. The north side of Armstrong Cut was trimmed back to prevent further rockslides. The Cut-Off was a scenic highlight for passenger trains. Early in the 20th century, the DL&W's woman in white, Phoebe Snow , was featured in a poster that touted the new line and the Pequest Fill . At that time, and into the early diesel era (late 1940s), the Lackawanna Limited was the railroad's premier train. It

4005-469: The US 46/I-80 interchange, the directions of Route 94 split, carrying two lanes in each direction. Signage for Route 94 begins at the interchange with I-80. From here, the route becomes a two-lane undivided road that continues northeast through a mix of woods and farms with some development, passing under the abandoned Lackawanna Cut-Off . After passing through the community of Hainesburg , the road turns more to

4094-413: The alphabet), including several that would have required long tunnels. On September 1, 1906, a route without tunnels was chosen. This New Road (Route "M") would run from the crest of the watershed at Lake Hopatcong at Port Morris Junction to 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Delaware Water Gap on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River at Slateford Junction . At 28.45 miles (45.9 km),

4183-644: The cities of the Central Valley , Route 128 in Massachusetts, or parts of Route 101 in New Hampshire). Each state has its own system for numbering and its own marker. The default marker is a white circle containing a black sans serif number (often inscribed in a black square or slightly rounded square), according to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). However each state

4272-581: The clock during the summer of 1911 when construction fell behind schedule. Stations were built in Greendell , Johnsonburg and Blairstown ; the Greendell area was already being served by the nearby Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad in Tranquility. Interlocking towers were built at Port Morris Junction and Greendell , New Jersey, and Slateford Junction in Pennsylvania. The final cost of

4361-478: The community of Marksboro before heading east again. After the intersection with Ramsey Road ( CR 661 ), Route 94 makes a sharp turn to the north-northeast. The route continues into Sussex County at Fredon Township , heading through rural areas. The road turns more to the northeast as a two-lane road before heading east again and entering Newton . Here, Route 94 becomes High Street and passes several homes, intersecting with West End Avenue ( CR 519 ). CR 519 forms

4450-571: The east and enters Blairstown . Route 94 turns northeast before reaching the community of Blairstown, where the road continues east past some development before intersecting with Stillwater Road ( CR 521 ). It forms a short wrong-way concurrency with that route, along which it crosses the Paulins Kill and CR 521 splits from Route 94 by heading south on Hope Road. A short distance later, Route 94 enters Frelinghuysen Township , passing through more rural surroundings. The road turns northeast through

4539-495: The end of the 1980s, and in some states, some less important National Routes were downgraded to State Routes. Each state has or had its own numbering scheme, but do not duplicate National Route numbers in the same state, or nearby routes in another state. As with the National Routes and National Highways, State Routes are being phased out in most states and territories in favour of alphanumeric routes. However, despite

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4628-508: The fact that Victoria has fully adopted alphanumeric routes in regional areas, state route numbers are still used extensively within the city of Melbourne as a part of its Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme . Brazil is another country that is divided into states and has state highways. For example, the longest highway in the state of São Paulo , the Rodovia Raposo Tavares , is designated as SP-270 and SP-295 . Canada

4717-600: The freeway in 1970 for it to become an Interstate highway as it was planned to serve a proposed national recreation area along the Delaware River that would have been built in conjunction with the controversial Tocks Island Dam project . This proposed Interstate, which was to run from I-80 in Hope Township to I-84 in Port Jervis and continue northeast along US 209 , was denied funding. After reviewing

4806-539: The grades over the Pocono Mountains and EL's early-1960s severing of the Boonton Branch near Paterson, New Jersey . Conrail ran its final through freights via the Cut-Off on November 16, 1978, and used it to move a light engine from Croxton Yard to Scranton two days later. In early January 1979, the line was placed out of service and Port Morris Tower closed. Routine maintenance on the line ceased, and

4895-412: The line would be about 11 mi (18 km) shorter than the 39.6-mile (63.7 km) Old Road. The new route would have only 15 curves – 42 fewer curves than the Old Road, the equivalent of more than four complete circles of curvature – which increased speeds and decreased running time – more so for freight, but for passenger trains as well. The ruling grade

4984-506: The line. Nevertheless, Conrail removed the tracks on the Cut-Off in 1984, and in the following year sold the right-of-way to two land developers: Jerry Turco and Burton Goldmeier. In 2001, the State of New Jersey acquired the right-of-way through eminent domain for $ 21 million. The short section in Pennsylvania was conveyed to the Monroe County Railroad Authority , which joined with Lackawanna County to become

5073-541: The main cities; in 1865 the Lanza law introduced the classification of roads between national, provincial and municipal (see Annex F, art.10) and the Royal Decree of 17 November 1865, n. 2633 listed the first 38 national roads. Italian state highways are identified by a number and a name. In road signs and maps the number is preceded by the acronym SS, an acronym for strada statale ("state road"). The nomenclature of

5162-482: The next important roads under the National highways . The number has two, three, or four digits. Highways with two-digit numbers routes are called State-funded local highways. State roads ( Turkish : Devlet yolu ) are primary roads, mostly under the responsibility of General Directorate of Highways (KGM) except in metropolitan city centers where the responsibility falls into the local government. The roads have

5251-468: The original plans for the Cut-Off, and in fact much of the cut above the tunnel had already been blasted when in October 1909 unstable anticline rock was encountered, leading to a decision to abandon the cut and to blast what would become a 1,040-foot (320 m) tunnel instead. Contractor David W. Flickwir , whose section included Roseville Tunnel and the eastern half of the Pequest Fill, worked around

5340-556: The original reason for using the "Erie side" suddenly no longer existed. As a result, the EL looked to upgrade the "Scranton side", and by 1974 nearly all EL freights had been re-routed to the Scranton Division via the Cut-Off. After Conrail took over, existing labor contracts kept EL's freight schedule largely unchanged. The railroad replaced many rotted ties , returning it to better physical condition. But Conrail eventually shifted all freight traffic to other routes, citing

5429-632: The other. In some countries such as New Zealand , the word "state" is used in its sense of a sovereign state or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities. Australia 's important urban and inter-regional routes not covered by the National Highway or National Route systems are marked under the State Route system. They can be recognised by blue shield markers. They were practically adopted in all states by

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5518-470: The priority of the train and the type of locomotive and rail cars. By 1943, 131-pound-per-yard (65 kg/m) rail had been installed on the Cut-Off, which permitted fast freights to run at 60 mph (97 km/h) through the Erie Lackawanna years. After Conrail took over operations in 1976, the speed limit was decreased to 50 mph. Local freights served customers at all three stations on

5607-551: The project for over three years, the area all along the Cut-Off, and as far west as Portland, Pennsylvania, benefitted financially. As many as 30 workers may have lost their lives building the Cut-Off. Most of their names remain unknown because they were registered with their contractor by number only. In 1910, for example, five workers were killed in a single blasting mishap near Port Morris, one of several deadly accidents that involved dynamite. Other workers died in machinery or cable car accidents, or landslides. At least one worker

5696-510: The project was $ 11,065,512 in 1911. Adjusted for inflation, this sum would be $ 361,842,242 today . But to build such a project today would cost far more; one 1987 estimate put the modern pricetag at $ 1 billion or more. The first revenue train to operate on the Cut-Off under the new timetable that went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on December 24, 1911, was No. 15, a westbound passenger train that passed through Port Morris Junction at about 3:36 a.m. Most long-distance trains that traversed

5785-474: The project, although given the size and remote location of the project, Assistant Chief Engineer F.L. Wheaton was assigned the task of overseeing the construction in person. To accommodate the labor gangs, deserted farmhouses were converted to barracks, with tent camps providing additional shelter. These workers, many of whom came from Italy and other foreign countries or other parts of the U.S., were recruited and would move on to other projects after their work on

5874-457: The proposal again in 1972, the New Jersey Department of Transportation determined that the freeway would cost $ 96 million. It was eventually canceled due to environmental concerns and financial constraints. State highway Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for

5963-411: The road by turning north on Mill Street, while US 206 and Route 94 continue north as a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane , where a shopping district lines the road as it leaves Newton for Hampton Township . The road narrows back to two lanes as it heads into areas of farmland. Route 94 splits from US 206 by making a right turn to continue east. The road passes a mobile home park before making

6052-456: The route comes to an intersection with Vernon Road ( CR 515 ), which it runs concurrently with on Vernon-Warwick Road. The two routes continue north, with CR 515 splitting from Route 94 by turning north on Prices Switch Road a short distance after crossing the Appalachian Trail . From here, Route 94 continues through more countryside before reaching the New York state line, where the road continues into that state as NY 94 . Through Vernon, what

6141-429: The route contained additional sidings. With upwards of 50 trains a day, towermen often ordered freight trains to take a siding or even be rerouted over the Old Road. As traffic decreased, Hainesburg, Johnsonburg and Roseville sidings were altered or removed. The remaining sidings remained in use until 1979. Roseville Tunnel posed occasional problems, especially during the winter with snow and ice buildup. Rockslides were

6230-420: The route makes a turn to the northeast before leaving the town and heading back into Hardyston Township. The road passes rural developed areas before entering Vernon . At this point, the surroundings become more wooded and mountainous as the road passes near residential areas and reaches the community of McAfee . In McAfee, McAfee-Glenwood Road ( CR 517 ) intersects with Route 94 and the two routes head east for

6319-415: The route north of Hamburg was state-maintained. Originally, Route 94 began at the now razed Delaware Bridge, where US 46 would cross into Pennsylvania. Route 94 would wind right and north-east a few to Columbia, where it joined its current route. In December 1953, both the Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge and Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge opened. That year a section of Old Mine Road was rebuilt and aligned as

6408-491: The siding at Johnsonburg no longer existed. There were two accidents on the Cut-Off: There were three other accidents that did not occur on the Cut-Off itself but indirectly involved it: The DL&W was one of the most profitable corporations in the U.S. when it built the Cut-Off. That profitability declined sharply after World War II , leading to the 1960 merger with the Erie Railroad . DL&W single-tracked

6497-609: The signal system was shut off. Scranton-Slateford freights continued running until 1980, when coal deliveries to the Metropolitan Edison power plant in Portland, Pennsylvania , shifted from the Scranton Division to the former Bangor & Portland Railway . Efforts to preserve the Cut-Off began shortly after Conrail ended service on it in 1979. An Amtrak inspection train ran on November 13 of that year, and counties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania made attempts to acquire

6586-640: The state highways managed by ANAS generally follows the SS n scheme, where n is a number ranging from 1 ( Aurelia ) up to 700 (of the Royal Palace of Caserta ) depending on the date of establishment of the state highway. Newly built ANAS roads, not yet classified, are identified by the acronym NSA, an acronym for nuova strada ANAS ("new ANAS road"). State highways can be technically defined as main extra-urban roads (type B road) or as secondary extra-urban roads (type C road). State highways that cross towns with

6675-468: The system is completely unsigned, aside from the Trans-Canada routes. This makes Canada unique in that national highway designations are generally secondary to subnational routes. In Germany , state roads ( Landesstraßen or Staatsstraßen ) are a road class which is ranking below the federal road network ( Bundesstraßen ). The responsibility for road planning, construction and maintenance

6764-491: The time of its construction. All but one of the line's 73 structures were built of reinforced concrete , a pioneering use of the material. The construction of the roadbed required the movement of millions of tons of fill material using techniques similar to those used on the Panama Canal . Operated through a subsidiary , Lackawanna Railroad of New Jersey, the Cut-Off remained in continual operation for 68 years, through

6853-530: The word "state" in this sense means "government" or "public" (as in state housing and state schools ), not a division of a country. New Zealand's state highway system is a nationwide network of roads covering the North Island and the South Island . As of 2006, just under 100 roads have a "State Highway" designation. The NZ Transport Agency administers them. The speed limit for most state highways

6942-661: Was a rail line built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W). Constructed from 1908 to 1911, the line was part of a 396-mile (637 km) main line between Hoboken, New Jersey , and Buffalo, New York . It ran west for 28.45 miles (45.79 km) from Port Morris Junction in Port Morris, New Jersey , near the south end of Lake Hopatcong about 45 miles (72 km) west-northwest of New York City , to Slateford Junction in Slateford, Pennsylvania near

7031-474: Was also modernized and renamed the Phoebe Snow , helping breathe freshness back into a passenger train program that had seen only modest improvements since the 1930s. The Phoebe Snow would run for 11 years as a DL&W train and then as an Erie Lackawanna train from 1963 until November 1966. The Lake Cities , ironically a former Erie Railroad train, became the last regularly scheduled passenger train on

7120-407: Was at its maximum height 110 feet (34 m) tall and was 3.12 miles (5.0 km) long, requiring 6,625,648 cubic yards (5,065,671 m ) of fill. Armstrong Cut was 100 feet (30 m) deep and 1 mile (1.6 km) long, mostly through solid rock. The line's deepest cut was Colby Cut (immediately west of what would become Roseville Tunnel ) at 130 feet (40 m) deep. The tunnel was not in

7209-648: Was completed. In 1964, a Route 94 freeway was proposed to run from I-80 in Netcong north to the planned Route 23 freeway in Hamburg, following US 206 north to Newton and current Route 94 to Hamburg. In the late 1960s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation planned for the Route 94 freeway to run from I-80/US 46 in Columbia northeast to the New York state line near Wawayanda State Park . The New Jersey Department of Transportation hoped to get funding for

7298-470: Was cut in half from 1.1% to 0.55%. The new line would also be built without railroad crossings to avoid collisions with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles. Uncertain national economic conditions in 1907 delayed the official start of construction until August 1, 1908. The project was divided into seven sections, one for each contracting company. Sections 3–6 were 5 miles (8 km) each; Sections 1–2 and 7 were of varying lengths. (Theoretically, to divide

7387-475: Was delayed by various environmental and land-use issues, all of which have been resolved. As of 2022, about 4.25 miles (6.84 km) of rail, in three unconnected sections, has been laid between Port Morris and Lake Lackawanna , and most of the right-of-way between Port Morris Junction and the lake had been cleared of trees and debris. Work on the Roseville Tunnel, a two-year project, was approved by

7476-589: Was double-tracked in 1869 and reduced to gauntlet track in 1901. As more and more traffic moved over the line, Oxford Tunnel became the Lackawanna Railroad's worst bottleneck. Truesdale became DL&W president on March 2, 1899 with a mandate to upgrade the entire 900-mile (1,450 km) railroad. Early on, the railroad focused on increasing freight capacity by using larger locomotives and cars, as well as strengthening bridges to handle these larger loads. Although Truesdale recognized early on that

7565-478: Was eventually taken over by the state. On the other hand, by 1949, only one section of Route 31 north of the Route S31 split had been taken between North Church to Hamburg. In the 1953 renumbering , Route 8 was renumbered to Route 94, which was extended northeast past Newton along former Route 31 to the New York state line, matching NY 94 across the border. It was initially only marked south of Hamburg, as none of

7654-490: Was extended to the state line on the Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge. Through the 1960s and 1970s, a freeway was proposed for the Route 94 corridor. This freeway, proposed to be a part of the Interstate Highway System , was never built. Route 94 begins at the two-lane undivided Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge over the Delaware River in Knowlton Township , Warren County , where it connects to PA 611 on

7743-821: Was later joined by the Pocono Express , the Owl , and the Twilight . While the Lackawanna only operated mainline passenger trains between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York, passengers could transfer to and from other railroads at Buffalo. For example, the Nickel Plate offered through sleeper service to St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, via the Lackawanna. In 1949, the Lackawanna began modernizing its mainline passenger coaches. The railroad had already begun replacing steam engines with diesels in 1946, starting with mainline passenger trains. The Lackawanna Limited

7832-524: Was required for the project, more than could be obtained from the project's cuts. This forced the DL&W to purchase 760 acres (310 ha) of farmland for borrow pits . Depending on the fill size, material was dumped from trains that backed out onto track on wooden trestles or suspended on cables between steel towers. During construction, several foreign governments sent representatives on inspection tours to study these new techniques. The Pequest Fill extended west of Andover to Huntsville, New Jersey . It

7921-444: Was the first stop listed on the destination board at the boarding gate at Hoboken for trains travelling via Scranton. In later years, Blairstown had a somewhat unusual facet of operation: any trains arriving after the station agent went home for the night would automatically activate the station platform lights as the train entered the signal block. This practice was abandoned after passenger service ended. Besides cutting travel time,

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