State Highways of New Jersey



NJ 79 is part of an early routing of NJ 4, which became US 9, from Freehold to Matawan.

Originally, as it came north from Lakewood, NJ 4 went into downtown Freehold and then headed to Matawan before making a left turn to Old Bridge. When a new alignment was built for NJ 4 and US 9 to the west, mostly bypassing Freehold Borough, the Freehold-to-Matawan segment became NJ 79, and the stretch from Matawan to Old Bridge became an extension of NJ 34.

Mile Street Name Feature
  Road continues eastward as SR 516Main St
12.13 Northern terminus of NJ 79, Matawan Boro, Monmouth Co
12.13 Main St NJ 34Middlesex Rd Signal Middlesex RdNJ 34
11.84 Main St SR 516New Brunswick Rd Signal Broad StSR 516
11.45 Main St Wilson Ave Signal  
11.41 Main St   Signal Mill Rd
10.93 NJ 79 Matawan Boro, Monmouth Co
Marlboro Twp, Monmouth Co
10.48 NJ 79   Signal Lloyd RdCR 3
10.32 NJ 79 CR 3Tennent Rd Signal  
9.32 NJ 79 Branch Deep Run Brook
culvert Branch Deep Run Brook
8.63 NJ 79 Branch Deep Run Brook
culvert Branch Deep Run Brook
8.28 NJ 79 Branch Deep Run Brook
culvert Branch Deep Run Brook
7.71 NJ 79 Wyncrest Rd Signal  
7.45 NJ 79 Branch Big Brook
culvert Branch Big Brook
6.89 NJ 79 Big Brook
bridge Big Brook
6.82 NJ 79 SR 520Newman Springs Rd Signal Newman Springs RdSR 520
6.17 NJ 79 Big Brook
bridge Big Brook
5.58 NJ 79     Vanderburgh RdCR 4
5.47 NJ 79 School Rd Signal School Rd
5.10 NJ 79 NJ 18 overpass NJ 18
4.64 NJ 79 Ryan Rd Signal Inverness Dr
4.58 NJ 79 Branch Tepehemus Brook
culvert Branch Tepehemus Brook
3.94 NJ 79 Marlboro Twp, Monmouth Co
Tepehemus Brook
culvert Tepehemus Brook
Freehold Twp, Monmouth Co
3.39 Broadway East Freehold Rd Signal East Freehold Rd
3.17 Broadway McGellards Creek
culvert McGellards Creek
2.42 Broadway Freehold Twp, Monmouth Co
Freehold Boro, Monmouth Co
2.05 Broadway   Signal Dutch RdCR 46
1.59 Broadway
Main St

Spring St
Signal Main StSR 537
Center St
1.43 South St SR 537Main St Signal  
1.32 South St Railroad
at grade Railroad
0.74 South St NJ 33BUSINESS Park Ave Signal Park AveNJ 33BUSINESS
0.58 South St Freehold Boro, Monmouth Co
Freehold Twp, Monmouth Co
0.41 South St Euretta Ave Signal Daniels Way
0.20 South St Shopping center entrance Signal  
0.15 South St NJ 33Freehold Bypass underpass Freehold BypassNJ 33
0.00 South St US 9 Signal US 9
0.00 Southern terminus of NJ 79, Freehold Twp, Monmouth Co
  Road continues southward as US 9


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