State Highways of New Jersey

NJ 26 is the original designation for the state takeover of the Trenton-New Brunswick Turnpike, known as the “Straight Turnpike” because it was constructed in 1804 with no grade greater than 3 percent and an almost perfectly straight path except for the slightest bend in North Brunswick.

The turnpike remained in private hands, often owned by a railroad company, for its entire charter of 99 years before reverting to the public domain in 1903. In 1927, the busy road was legislated as part of the state highway system and given the designation NJ 26. Soon, most of the road became part of US 1, the major east-coast corridor. Today’s NJ 26 begins at Route 1 just north of the Pennsylvania Railroad (which owned the turnpike at the end of its charter), and it has been further truncated in the City of New Brunswick, where the road is maintained by Middlesex County. A small portion of the old turnpike in New Brunswick is legislatively part of NJ 171.

Mile Street Name Feature

Road continues northward as CR 691 Livingston Ave

2.54 Northern terminus of , New Brunswick City | North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co

2.54 Livingston Ave Signal Nassau St

2.10 Livingston Ave Mile Run Brook culvert Mile Run Brook

1.98 Livingston Ave New Brunswick City, Middlesex Co
North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co

1.89 Livingston Ave 14 St Signal Hermann Rd

1.54 Livingston Ave Apartment complex entrance Signal Ridgewood Ave

1.48 Livingston Ave CR 680 How Ln Signal

0.87 Livingston Ave Signal Ramp to/from US 1 south

0.49 Livingston Ave underpass

0.00 Livingston Ave north merge north

0.00 Southern terminus of , North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co

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Mile	Street Name	Feature
	Road continues northward as Livingston Ave
2.54	Northern terminus of , New Brunswick City \| North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co
2.54	Livingston Ave			Nassau St
2.10	Livingston Ave	Mile Run Brook	culvert	Mile Run Brook
1.98	Livingston Ave	New Brunswick City, Middlesex Co North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co
1.89	Livingston Ave	14 St		Hermann Rd
1.54	Livingston Ave	Apartment complex entrance		Ridgewood Ave
1.48	Livingston Ave	How Ln
0.87	Livingston Ave			Ramp to/from south
0.49	Livingston Ave		underpass
0.00	Livingston Ave	north	merge	north
0.00	Southern terminus of , North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co