State Highways of New Jersey


NJ 91 began its life as NJ 26A, an alternate routing for the northern end of NJ 26, the old Trenton-New Brunswick Turnpike. This road, Jersey Avenue, stays completely to the west of the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, which cut across the old turnpike in North Brunswick, a little over a mile south of the New Brunswick city limit. Before upgrades to US 1 resulted in a grade separation between the highway and the rail line, it was often more convenient to avoid crossing the tracks; Jersey Avenue runs into French Street, NJ 27, only a few blocks from the train station in downtown New Brunswick.

That said, Jersey Avenue is no longer designated as a state highway all the way into downtown New Brunswick. State jurisdiction ends at Van Dyke Avenue, and Jersey Avenue continues to downtown as a Middlesex County road.

There is a NJ Transit station called Jersey Avenue on the Northeast Corridor line (the old Pennsylvania Railroad); NJ 91 brings riders to a park-and-ride lot at the station.

Mile Street Name Feature
  Road continues northward as CR 693Jersey Ave
2.26 Northern terminus of NJ 91, New Brunswick City, Middlesex Co
2.03 Jersey Ave Pennsylvania Railroad spur at grade Pennsylvania Railroad spur
1.80 Jersey Ave Mile Run Brook culvert Mile Run Brook
1.26 Jersey Ave New Brunswick City, Middlesex Co
CR 680How Ln Signal How LnCR 680
North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co
0.67 Jersey Ave Huron Rd Signal  
0.42 Jersey Ave Pennsylvania Railroad spur at grade Pennsylvania Railroad spur
0.28 Jersey Ave     Ramp to/from US 1 north
0.00 Jersey Ave Orchard St   Orchard St, to US 1 south
0.00 Southern terminus of NJ 91, North Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co

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