State Highways of New Jersey


NJ 139 is the former US 1/US 9 Business routing between the Pulaski Skyway and the Holland Tunnel. When the Business banner was removed from the road, NJDOT decided to call it 139 because the numeral 3 bears some resemblance to an ampersand (&), and people usually call the main road “1 & 9”.

When the covered roadway was built in the late 1920s, the State Highway Commission also built flanking surface roads. These are also considered part of the state highway system, logged below as NJ 139 Upper.

The legislated east end of NJ 139 is the New York state line under the Hudson River. However, I-78 overlays NJ 139 from Jersey Avenue to the state line, one of the few stretches of Interstate highway with traffic lights.

Mile Street Name Feature
  Road continues eastward as I-78Holland Tunnel
2.52 Holland Tunnel New York City, New York Co
2.52 Eastern terminus of NJ 139, Jersey City, Hudson Co
Hudson River tunnel Hudson River
Jersey City, Hudson Co
1.89 Holland Tunnel Washington Blvd tunnel Washington Blvd
1.79 12 St   barrier Holland Tunnel toll plaza
1.72 14 St | 12 St CR 637Henderson St Signal Henderson StCR 637
1.63 14 St | 12 St CR 635Grove St Signal Grove StCR 635
1.54 14 St | 12 St CR 633Erie St Signal Erie StCR 633
1.45 NJ 139 Port Authority of NY & NJ jurisdiction
Jersey Ave Signal Jersey Ave
I-78New Jersey Turnpike merge New Jersey TurnpikeI-78
NJDOT jurisdiction
1.37 NJ 139 Coles St viaduct Coles St
1.29 NJ 139 Monmouth St viaduct Monmouth St
1.20 NJ 139 I-78 west viaduct I-78 west
1.13 NJ 139 NJ 139 upper level merge NJ 139 upper level
1.05 NJ 139 West Shore Railroad viaduct West Shore Railroad
1.00 NJ 139 Palisade Ave underpass Palisade Ave
0.95 NJ 139 Concord St underpass Concord St
0.88 NJ 139 Baldwin Ave underpass Baldwin Ave
0.77 NJ 139 CR 644Oakland St underpass Oakland StCR 644
0.70 NJ 139 CR 663Central Ave underpass Central AveCR 663
0.52 NJ 139 Summit Ave underpass Summit Ave
0.46 NJ 139 Bevan St underpass Bevan St
0.35 NJ 139 Erie Railroad overpass Erie Railroad
0.30 NJ 139 SR 501John F Kennedy Blvd underpass John F Kennedy BlvdSR 501
0.13 NJ 139 US 1US 9Tonnele Ave overpass Tonnele Ave
0.00 Pulaski Skyway US 1US 9 merge US 1US 9
0.00 Western terminus of NJ 139, Jersey City, Hudson Co
  Road continues southward as US 1US 9Pulaski Skyway

(upper level)

These are the surface roads built when the State Highway Commission built the covered roadway to the Holland Tunnel. The highway is logged by NJDOT as NJ 139U.

Mile Street Name Feature
  Road continues eastward as NJ 139
0.83 Eastern terminus of NJ 139 upper level, Jersey City, Hudson Co
0.83 NJ 139 Upper NJ 139 merge NJ 139
0.77 NJ 139 Upper West Shore Railroad viaduct West Shore Railroad
0.72 NJ 139 Upper Palisade Ave Signal Palisade Ave
0.67 NJ 139 Upper Concord St    
0.58 NJ 139 Upper Baldwin Ave Signal Baldwin Ave
0.49 NJ 139 Upper CR 644Oakland St Signal Oakland StCR 644
0.42 NJ 139 Upper CR 663Central Ave Signal Central AveCR 663
0.24 NJ 139 Upper Summit Ave Signal Summit Ave
0.21 NJ 139 Upper     St Pauls AveCR 646
0.17 NJ 139 Upper Bevan St Signal Bevan St
0.05 NJ 139 Upper Erie Railroad overpass Erie Railroad
0.00 NJ 139 Upper SR 501John F Kennedy Blvd Signal John F Kennedy BlvdSR 501
0.00 Western terminus of NJ 139 upper level, Jersey City, Hudson Co

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