Highways of Bergen County, New Jersey
NJ 5 was built between 1918 and 1920 as NJ 10, which connected Paterson with the Edgewater ferry. CR 56, CR 124, and a short strip of NJ 1 (now US 1/9) were all part of this road.
The main purpose of building NJ 5 was to avoid some of the steep grades on previously existing roads like Edgewater Avenue and Fort Lee Road.
NJ 5 became superfluous when the George Washington Bridge was opened and NJ 6 (now US 46) was built. However, once New Jersey builds a road, it generally maintains it forever, so NJ 5, which is still used as a connector between Fort Lee and Edgewater, remains under state control.
Mile |
Street Name |
Feature (West to East) |
0.00 |
BEGINS, Ridgefield Boro |
0.00 |
NJ 5 |
Broad Ave {signal} |
0.19 |
NJ 5 |
Maple Ave |
0.22 |
Entering Palisades Park Boro |
0.48 |
NJ 5 |
Delia Ave {bridge} |
0.60 |
NJ 5 |
Conrail {overpass} |
0.90 |
Entering Fort Lee Boro |
NJ 5 hooks under Bergen Boulevard. This is looking eastbound.
|
0.92 |
NJ 5 |
Bergen Blvd {underpass} |
0.98 |
NJ 5 |
Bergen Blvd connector {signal} |
1.30 |
joins Glen Rd |
1.46 |
Glen Rd |
Brinkerhoff Ave {signal} |
1.56 |
Glen Rd |
Central Blvd {signal} |
1.56 |
turns right onto Central Blvd |
1.56 |
Next 0.02 mile co-signed with |
1.58 |
Central Blvd |
Anderson Ave {signal} |
This unorthodox CR 54 marker (which doesn’t even identify the county) is on NJ 5 westbound just east of Anderson Avenue, outside the brief concurrency with CR 54 (now CR 24). Perhaps there should be a straight-ahead arrow accompanying it?
|
1.71 |
Central Blvd |
(Palisade Ave ) |
1.71 |
bears right onto Palisade Ave |
1.93 |
Palisade Ave |
Bridle Way {signal} |
2.17 |
turns left |
2.17 |
|
[Palisade Ave ] {signal} |
2.37 |
Entering Edgewater Boro |
3.18 |
|
River Rd {signal} |
3.18 |
ENDS, Edgewater Boro |
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