Highways of Bergen County, New Jersey



Bergen County Road 501, part of a state network of secondary roads with numbers in the 500s, begins down in Edison, Middlesex County, and heads east to Perth Amboy and the Outerbridge Crossing. It then emerges again in Bayonne “via a secret multiplex with NY 440” (Dan Moraseski). CR 501 and NJ 440 do run concurrently on both the Outerbridge Crossing and the Bayonne Bridge. The mile markers on both highways in Hudson County and on CR 501 in Bergen County include the New York section of NY 440, which is about 14 miles long. (If Richmond County ever secedes from New York and joins New Jersey, which is unlikely but which is occasionally spoken of by Staten Island politicians, NJDOT is ready.)

CR 501 is mostly overlaid atop the old CR 33. It utilizes sections of both NJ 63 and NJ 93 in Bergen County before heading north to the New York state line at Piermont, paralleling the route of the Northern Railroad. Through Englewood, Grand Avenue (north of Van Nostrand Avenue) and Engle Street are one-way northbound; southbound traffic entering Englewood uses Hudson Street, Dean Street, and Van Nostrand Avenue. Bergen County logs show this route as CR 501A and indicate county maintenance, though NJDOT continues to show municipal maintenance for this road.

The mileage log is from the start of the route in Edison.

Mile Street Name Feature (South to North)
37.29 Entering Fairview Boro, Bergen Co.
37.29 Next 2.33 miles co-signed with NJ 63
37.47 Bergen Blvd Fairview Ave CR 16 {bridge}
37.64 Bergen Blvd Kennedy Dr / shopping center {signal}
37.88 Bergen Blvd Walker St / shopping center {signal}
38.13 Entering Ridgefield Boro
38.29 Bergen Blvd Edgewater Rd CR 50 {signal}
38.53 Bergen Blvd Oakdene Ave {signal}
38.62 Bergen Blvd Washington Ave {signal}
38.89 Bergen Blvd Lafayette Ave / Ray Ave {signal}
39.11 Entering Fort Lee Boro
39.13 Bergen Blvd NJ 5 {overpass}
39.18 Entering Palisades Park Boro
39.52 Bergen Blvd Brinkerhoff Ave {signal}
39.62 Bergen Blvd Central Blvd, [CR 24] {signal}
39.62 CR 503 turns left onto Central Blvd
39.62 Central Blvd Bergen Blvd NJ 63 {signal}
39.90 Central Blvd Route 6 US 1US 9US 46 {underpass}
40.27 Central Blvd Broad Ave {signal}
40.52 Central Blvd Grand Ave NJ 93 {signal}
40.52 CR 501 turns right onto Grand Ave, co-signed with NJ 93
40.97 Entering Leonia Boro
41.05 Grand Ave (Park entrance) [Moore Ave] {signal}
41.31 Grand Ave Unnamed stream {pipe}
41.55 Grand Ave Unnamed stream {pipe}
41.59 Grand Ave Fort Lee Rd CR 12 {signal}
41.82 Grand Ave Unnamed stream {pipe}
42.03 Grand Ave [Christie Heights St] {signal}

The Bergen-Passaic Expressway, now part of the New Jersey Turnpike and now
equipped with concrete noise barriers, crosses Grand Avenue.
42.43 Grand Ave Bergen-Passaic Expwy New Jersey TurnpikeI-95 {underpass}
42.43 Entering Englewood City
42.54 Grand Ave Sheffield Rd {signal}
42.61 Grand Ave Unnamed stream {pipe}

NJ 93 ends 400 feet north of the NJ 4 overpass. CR 501 continues to the north.
42.78 Grand Ave NJ 4 {underpass}
42.86 Grand Ave Van Nostrand Ave, (CR 501A southbound) {signal}
43.18 Grand Ave (Forest Ave CR 64) {signal}
43.74 Grand Ave Englewood Ave {signal}

Northbound on Grand Avenue approaching Palisade Avenue.
43.86 Grand Ave Palisade Ave CR 505 {signal}
43.86 Grand Ave becomes Engle St
44.05 Engle St (Park Pl) {signal}
44.14 Engle St (Demarest St) {signal}
44.43 Engle St Hamilton Ave {signal}
45.05 Engle St Hudson St (CR 68 CR 501A southbound) {signal}
45.10 Entering Tenafly Boro
45.65 CR 501 turns left onto Westervelt Ave
45.89 CR 501 bears right onto Huyler St
46.06 CR 501 merges into Dean Dr
46.14 Dean Dr Clinton Ave [CR 70] {signal}
46.14 CR 501 turns left onto Clinton Ave
46.20 CR 501 turns right onto County Rd
46.27 County Rd Hillside Ave (CR 70) {signal}
46.45 County Rd Highwood Ave {signal}
46.92 County Rd Hudson Ave {signal}
47.09 Entering Cresskill Boro

An old CR 33 marker adorns the town line post.
47.51 County Rd (Union Ave) [Hillside Ave] (CR 6) {signal}
47.80 Entering Demarest Boro
48.05 County Rd Unnamed stream {culvert}
48.14 County Rd Anderson St, [CR 21]
48.42 County Rd Unnamed stream {culvert}
48.70 CR 501 bears right onto Piermont Rd
48.93 Piermont Rd Hardenburgh Ave CR 80 {signal}
48.95 Piermont Rd (County Rd CR 35)
49.50 Entering Closter Boro
49.61 Piermont Rd Old Closter Dock Rd CR 502 {signal}
49.69 Piermont Rd High St CR 102
49.89 Piermont Rd Homans Ave {signal}
49.90 Piermont Rd Unnamed stream {culvert}
50.41 Piermont Rd Unnamed stream {culvert}
50.99 Piermont Rd Unnamed stream {culvert}
50.99 Entering Norwood Boro
51.53 Piermont Rd (Broadway CR 106)
51.81 Entering (Norwood Boro) [Rockleigh Boro]
51.99 Piermont Rd Unnamed stream {culvert}
52.01 Entering Rockleigh Boro
52.61 Piermont Rd (Paris Ave CR 108)
53.07 CR 501 ENDS, Rockleigh Boro


Northbound and southbound views where CR 501 becomes NY 340.
0.00 NY 340 BEGINS, Orangetown Town, Rockland Co.


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