State Highways of New Jersey


NJ 159 is an early alignment of NJ 6 (now US 46). Originally, NJ 9 was legislated to follow Bloomfield Avenue from Montville down to Montclair. The state took over Bloomfield Avenue down to Clinton Avenue so it would only have to build one bridge over the Passaic River. NJ 9 was never taken over by the state, and so its course is now SR 506. When the state built Pellington Boulevard for Route 46, it utilized a new bridge over the Passaic (and bypassed Bloomfield Avenue for several miles, leaving a disconnect in the old road), and this highway was orphaned.

Mile Street Name Feature
  Road continues eastward as US 46Pellington Blvd
1.36 Eastern terminus of NJ 159, Fairfield Twp, Essex Co
1.36 Clinton Rd US 46Pellington Blvd Signal Pellington BlvdUS 46
1.23 Clinton Rd Ramp from US 46 Signal  
0.78 Oak Rd     CR 614Clinton Rd
0.57 Oak Rd     SPURCR 614Brook St
0.45 Oak Rd   merge Bloomfield AveSR 506
0.32 Bloomfield Ave Fairfield Twp, Essex Co
Passaic River bridge Passaic River
Montville Twp, Morris Co
0.25 Bloomfield Ave Branch Passaic River bridge Branch Passaic River
0.20 Bloomfield Ave Shopping center entrance Signal  
0.05 NJ 159 US 46Pellington Blvd overpass  
0.00 NJ 159 US 46Pellington Blvd merge Pellington BlvdUS 46
0.00 Western terminus of NJ 159, Montville Twp, Morris Co
  Road continues westward as US 46Pellington Blvd

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