These pages outline the various county roads in Bergen County, New Jersey, along with the state highways that are completely or partially within the county.
Most Bergen County roads have two-digit numbers. Even numbers generally denote east-west roads, with the numbers increasing as you go north. Odd numbers generally denote north-south roads, with the numbers increasing as you go west. There are a few exceptions to this rule of cardinal direction, such as CR 62. The county has a few three-digit numbers; many of these do not follow the rule of cardinal direction.
At some point, probably in the 1960s, there was an additional designation of primary routes 2 through 21 which overlaid existing numbers and were often signed instead of the root number. These are often signed on the county roads, though the route logs maintained by the state (see below) do not acknowledge this system. These logs use Standard Route Identifiers that generally correspond to the original county highway numbers.
There are also quite a few S routes, with S meaning “spur”; these roads generally intersect their parent at some point (or they used to before the parent became a state highway or 500 route). Spurs follow no rule of cardinal direction.
Inventories are usually from south to north or west to east; exceptions are noted.
Also included here are the various state highways that run in Bergen County. These range from Interstate highways to two-lane state roads that sometimes also bear county markers.
The source for most of these route logs is the NJ Department of Transportation’s Straight Line Diagrams. These are supplemented by auxiliary maps and personal observations.
For the sake of manageability, I have listed on each route log only the following features:
By convention, stuff (town names, road names, etc.) on the left side of the road is in (parentheses), while stuff on the right side is in [square brackets]. This way, if you’re driving down the road in the direction of inventory (usually west to east or south to north), the indications line up with the way you’re facing.
Many thanks to Dan Moraseski (whose highway logs, which are now maintained by Steve Alpert, are a valuable resource) for ideas and inspiration.
County Roads: C-4, C-21 and C-22 | S-25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 and S-29 | 30 and S-30 | 31 and S-31 | 32 and S-32 | 33 and S-33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 and S-37 | 38 | 39 | 40 and S-40 | 41 | 42 | S-43 | 44 | 48 and S-48 | 49 and S-49 | 50 | 51 and S-51 | 53 | 54 | 55 and S-55 | 56 and S-56 | 57 | 59 and S-59 | 60 | 61 and S-61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 68 and S-68 | 69 and S-69 | 70 and S-70 | 71 | 72 | 73 and S-73 | 74 | 75 | 76 and S-76 | 77 | 78 | 79 and S-79 | 80 and S-80 | 81 and S-81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 and S-85 | 87 and S-87 | 89 and S-89 | 90 | S-91 | 92 | 93 and S-93 | 94 and S-94 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 104 and S-104 | 105 | 106 and S-106 (?) | 108 | 109 and S-109 | 110 and S-110 | 111 | 112 | 114 and S-114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 123 | 124 and S-124 | 126 | 127 | 130 | 131 | 134 | 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505 | 507
State Highways: US 1/9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | US 9W | 17 | 21 | US 46 | 63 | 67 | I-80 | 93 | I-95 | 120 | US 202 | 208 | I-287 | Garden State Pkwy (444)
Palisades Interstate Park Commission: Palisades Interstate Pkwy (NJ 445) | Henry Hudson Dr
List of county roads by municipality
A modest renumbering proposal
Revised edition, updated 2016