New Jersey Route 18

Route 18
Route information
Maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
Length:	40.16 mi[1] (64.63 km)
Existed:	1953 – present
History:	Designated in 1927 as Route S28
Major junctions
South end:	Route 138 in Wall Township
	Route 33 in Neptune Township Route 66 in Neptune Township / Ocean Township Route 36 in Eatontown G.S. Pkwy. in Tinton Falls Route 34 in Colts Neck Township Route 79 in Marlboro Township US 9 in Old Bridge Township I-95 / NJ Turnpike in East Brunswick US 1 in New Brunswick Route 27 in New Brunswick
North end:	Hoes Lane in Piscataway Township
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate and US ← Route 17 Route 18N →

Route 18 is a 40.16 miles (64.63 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It begins at an intersection with Route 138 in Wall Township and ends when the road disseminates into Hoes Lane in Piscataway. Much of the route is a limited-access freeway, including the entire portion in Monmouth County and the northern end through New Brunswick and Piscataway. The remainder of the route is a multi-lane divided highway. Route 18 was formerly designated as Route S28, a prefixed spur of State Highway Route 28 through Middlesex and Monmouth Counties. The designation, assigned in the 1927 renumbering, remained until a second renumbering in 1953. At that point, Route 18 designated onto the alignment.

The route originally ended at New Jersey Route 27 at the border between Highland Park and New Brunswick, but was extended northward to County Route 622. It was further extended in 2004, and currently ends at Hoes Lane in Piscataway. However, construction is planned to extend the route to Interstate 287 in Piscataway. The route southward of Exit 6A in Wall was also originally intended to extend to the Brielle Circle and terminate at Route 34, Route 35, and Route 70 but there are no plans to do so currently. The freeway through New Brunswick was constructed during the 1980s over the Delaware and Raritan Canal location.

Route description

Monmouth County

Route 18's southern terminus

Route 18 begins at a partial-cloverleaf interchange with New Jersey Route 138 in Wall Township. At the southern end of the interchange, the right-of-way for the southern extension is visible along with the former on-ramp from Route 138 to Route 18 northbound. The highway heads northward, crossing under Route 138 as a four-lane freeway. Route 18 interchanges with Route 138 westbound and Monmouth Boulevard, a local road in New Bedford. Route 18 then crosses under Monmouth Boulevard and crosses under County Route 18 (Belmar Boulevard) in the community of Glendola. The route continues through Glendola, and Brighton Avenue (southbound Interchanges 7A and 7B),.The freeway continues south of the Shark River Golf Course, through Neptune, paralleling Brighton Avenue, and interchanges with Route 33, and County Route 17 at Exit 8. Although signed as Exit 8 northbound, the interchange is divided into Exits 8A and 8B heaing southbound.^[2]

Route 18 at the interchange with County Route 537 in Colts Neck Township (Exit 22B)

Route 18 crosses into Ocean Township, crossing under County Route 17 (West Bangs Avenue), and there are exits for Route 66 and Asbury Avenue, Route 66, Deal Road in Ocean Township, West Park Avenue in Ocean Township, and enters Eatontown. A massive interchange near the Naval Weapons Station Earle is then encountered with exits for Industrial Way West, County Route 547 (Wyckoff Road), New Jersey Route 36, Hope Road, the Garden State Parkway, the Tinton Falls interchange (Exit 105), and County Route 38 (Wayside Road). Route 18 continues northwestward into Colts Neck The freeway continues to the northwest through wooded land for several miles, crossing over Normandy Road and to the south of the Pebble Creek Golf Club. Exits include New Jersey Route 34, County Route 537 (Colts Neck Road), New Jersey Route 79 (South Main Street), County Route 520, and County Route 3 (Tennent Road), while passing through Freehold and Marlboro.

Middlesex County

Route 18 southbound at Rues Lane in East Brunswick

After entering Middlesex County, Route 18 continues north as a freeway, crossing through residential portions of Old Bridge Township. After crossing under Texas Road, and interchanging with U.S. Route 9 (Exit 30), the freeway ends, and becomes an arterial boulevard through Old Bridge. The route crosses Spring Valley Road, Foxborough Road, Ferry Road, Maple Street, and Southwood Drive. It then passes under County Route 516 and County Route 527 (Old Bridge-Matawan Road), but has no northbound interchange to connect with them; motorists have to travel through a residential area to access these roads. On the southbound side, motorists can use a cloverleaf or Englishtown Road. Route 18 then enters East Brunswick, then interchanging with Middlesex County Route 615, which also connects to County Route 527. Route 18 then continues through the heavily developed commercial corridor of East Brunswick, intersecting with Hillsdale Road, County Route 617 (Rues Lane), the Brunswick Square Mall access point, and Race Track Road. After the interchanges with County Routes 535 (Cranbury Road).,^[2] and County Route 606 (Milltown Road), Route 18 intersects West Ferris Street, West Prospect Street, Tices Lane, and then meets County Route 527 (the Old Bridge Turnpike) at Edgeboro Road. An intersection and partial interchange with Eggers Street and JFK Blvd. is followed by crossing over the New Jersey Turnpike before the Turnpike Exit 9 ramps. The road then intersects Tower Center Boulevard before crossing into New Brunswick at Lawrence Brook.

Route 18 southbound at the intersection with Tabernacle Way in New Brunswick looking at the entire freeway

The U.S. Route 1 interchange is followed by an intersection at Paulus Boulevard before separating into a local/express configuration and paralleling the Raritan River, passing the former New Brunswick city docks. Local exits include New Jersey Route 172 (the southern terminus of George Street), the Rutgers University boathouse and Elmer B. Boyd Park, Commercial Avenue, New Street, and New Jersey Route 27 (Albany Street), after which the express and local lanes merge back together and cross under the New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line viaduct. The freeway continues with exits for George Street, Rutgers (for access to the College Avenue Campus) and Easton Avenue before exiting New Brunswick on the John A. Lynch, Sr. Memorial Bridge over the Raritan River.^[2] Route 18 then interchanges with County Route 622 (River Road), Campus Road (Rutgers' Busch Campus and stadium), Metlars Lane (Rutgers' Livingston Campus and Louis Brown Athletic Center), where the route curves to the west before ending near Buckingham Drive. The roadway continues as Hoes Lane.^[2]

History and future

Designation and southern freeway construction

Route S28 (1927-1953)

Route S-28 stamp on the side of Route 18 over Westons Mill Pond

The alignment of Route 18 through Middlesex County from Middlesex to Highland Park was first designated in the 1926 designing of a new highway system as State Highway Route S-29, a prefixed spur of New Jersey Route 29 (U.S. Route 22) through Middlesex County, following Washington Avenue in Middlesex and the River Road in Piscataway until terminating at State Highway Route 27 near the Albany Street Bridge in Highland Park.^[3] By the time the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering had been implemented and in law, the route was re-designated as State Highway Route S-28, a prefixed spur of State Highway Route 28 in Middlesex, following Raritan Avenue and River Road through Piscataway and Highland Park, joining State Highway Route 27 on a concurrency into New Brunswick, and onto George Street in New Brunswick southward. After New Brunswick, Route S-28 continued southward through East Brunswick, Old Bridge and Browntown before terminating at State Highway Route 4 (U.S. Route 9) in Matawan.^[4] The route was designated as an east–west highway, contrary to Route 18 currently, which is north–south. It was signed east–west for a while even after it became Route 18.^[5] Although Route S-28 was used for the alignment for nearly three decades, the second state highway renumbering in 1953 eliminated the designation, and Route 18 was designated in place.^[6]

During the 1950s, as the New Jersey State Highway Department was drawing out plans for an extensive freeway system, freeways were proposed for Route 18 and nearby Route 35. Route 18's freeway was to begin in Eatontown and head westward to Old Bridge along the former alignment of State Highway Route 18 prior to the 1953 renumbering, while Route 35 was to head northward from Seaside Heights to Long Branch. Both plans were endorsed by the Tri-State Transportation Committee in 1962, and the acquisition for the right-of-ways began almost immediately. The freeways combined were to cost $50 million (1962 USD) and be 30 miles (48 km) in total.^[7] Both freeways were designed to handle 30,000-50,000 vehicles daily.^[8] Construction began in 1966 with a 6.7 miles (10.8 km) segment between current-day Exit 6 in Wall Township and Exit 11 in Ocean Township. This section opened between 1967 and 1972, but in that time, two portions of the Route 35 Freeway had been cancelled. The portion from Seaside Heights to Shrewsbury was cancelled and the Eatontown and Long Branch portion was terminated. As a result, the portion of the Route 35 freeway that was opened was signed as part of 18 instead. Now, the Route 18 Freeway was to be a 48 miles (77 km) freeway from Brielle to Bound Brook. Although Route 18's right-of-way had been mostly acquired, new environmental regulations interfered with construction taking place. After several impact studies, the freeway was completed from Exit 15 to Exit 30 in 1979, and the portion from Exits 11-12 in 1987. The final gap, between Exits 12 and 15, was finished with the large interchange in Eatontown in 1991.^[9]

Freeway around New Brunswick

Old 1960 photo of Route 18 sign on Route 27 through New Brunswick. Route 18 is no longer signed east–west

The proposals for a freeway bypassing New Brunswick began in 1962, when the New Jersey State Highway Department made plans to construct a new freeway through New Brunswick (from U.S. Route 1) to U.S. Route 22 in Bound Brook. The price tag for construction was $44 million (1962 USD) and was to head for 8.3 miles (13.4 km), accessing the Somerset Freeway, Interstate 287 and Route 28 before terminating at US 22.^[7] The extension to Bound Brook, however, was canceled in the 1970s because of tight funding.^[10] Construction of a new four-lane bridge across the Raritan River (now the John A. Lynch Memorial Bridge) began in the 1960s, but in 1970, when the environment impact laws came out, construction froze with only three massive piers standing out of the river. Outside of the bridge, there was significant controversy over the abandoned Delaware and Raritan Canal heading through New Brunswick. The new freeway was to supplant the former canal and its thirteenth lock in New Brunswick, abandoned in 1932.^[11] The environmentalists and the historic preservationists opposed the freeway extension because of the fears of losing the canal, while companies like Johnson and Johnson supported the new highway for redeveloping New Brunswick.^[12] In 1977, the newly-formed New Jersey Department of Transportation received a federal grant to construct the Route 18 Freeway from New Street in New Brunswick, across the Raritan and terminating at Middlesex County Route 514 Spur in Piscataway.^[13] This 2.3 miles (3.7 km) portion was completed in 1983 at a cost of $40 million (1983 USD), with a finished bridge and freeway through New Brunswick.^[14]

In 2005, construction began on a revamped Route 18 Freeway through New Brunswick. The rebuild includes local and express lanes from New Jersey Route 172 (George Street) to the interchange with New Jersey Route 27 (Albany Street). Conti Enterprises was hired for the project, which was announced complete in August 2009 at a ceremony by governor Jon S. Corzine and Stephen Dilts, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.,^[15] though construction on minor work continues as of December 2009. During the construction, the New Street interchange and bridge were demolished and replaced. The area of the Paulus Boulevard intersection was upgraded for accessibility, and a bus stop was installed, but the roadway southbound is still three lanes at the traffic light. In adjacent Elmer Boyd Park a new entranceway and amphitheatre were added.^[16]

Extension through Piscataway and to Brielle

Route 35 northbound approaching the intersection with the southern terminus of Route 34 and the eastern terminus of Route 70 in Wall Township, which was the Brielle Circle until 2001, when it was replaced with an at-grade intersection with jughandles. This was to be Route 18's southern terminus

In 2001, the New Jersey Department of Transportation approved construction of extending the Route 18 Freeway northward from Middlesex County Route 622 (River Road, former CR 514 Spur) in Piscataway to a new arterial on the existing Hoes Lane in the Rutgers University campuses. Construction, designated as Section 2A, giving a partial cloverleaf interchange to County Route 622, a trumpet interchange to Frelinghuysen Avenue (the access to Busch Campus) and a partial cloverleaf to County Route 609 (Metlars Lane) and Davidson Road. The state acquired 12 homes along the existing Metlars Lane and 30 acres (120,000 m²) of land from Rutgers to build the extension. The project cost the state $85 million (2004 USD).^[17] The Department of Transportation are in the final design stage of the extension to Interstate 287 in Piscataway, by upgrading Hoes Lane's arterial boulevard and its 20 intersections to standards, eliminating and upgrading several traffic lights. At the intersection with Centennial Avenue, Route 18 will turn off Hoes and follow Centennial to Possumtown Road, where it will terminate at Interstate 287 (interchange 8).^[18] Construction is now estimated to begin in 2012.^[19]

The stub end at Exit 6A for Route 138 has been under scrutiny and that the stubs to extend the freeway its final five miles (8 km) from Route 138 to the Brielle Circle were still standing. Some of the right-of-way acquired in the 1960s for the Route 35 Freeway were transformed into a multi-use trail for bicycles and other vehicles to link the Wall Township Municipal Complext to the existing Edgar Felix Bikeway that runs from Manasquan to Allaire State Park.^[20] In 2001, the Brielle Circle was replaced with a new four-approach interchange between Route 35, Route 34 and Route 70, but the project included no hint of the Route 18 Extension.^[21] NJDOT is in planning to create a Park & Ride at the southern terminus of the current Route 18 freeway. It will be placed along the four lane right of way just south of Route 138. Residents are in opposition to this proposal for fear of loitering and vandalism that may accompany the parking lot.^[22]

New exit ramp, Old Bridge Township

Construction was slated for the interchange with County Routes 516 and 527 in Old Bridge as there is no way to access either of them without driving through a residential area off Route 18 (Marlboro Road, Ferris Street, Sadowski & Marsad Drive). The traffic flow along CR 516 (Old Bridge into Matawan) and 527 (Old Bridge into Englishtown; Monmouth County/Manalapan; Monmouth County) has increased significantly in the past ten years which called for the exit ramp off Rt 18. The Old Bridge Improvements include adding inside shoulders and widening County Routes 516 and 527. A signalized ramp is to be added for access to County Routes 516 and 527. Subsequently, County Route 516's intersection with Old Matawan Road is to be relocated. The project would cost over $28 million and was slated to begin in 2009 and to end in 2010. As of the end of 2009 the large project was put on hold because of the lack of funds and the economic situation. Demolition was completed in 2009 on Marlboro Road taking down several residential houses and along Old Matawan Road and CR 516 taking down an old gas station in preparing for the project. There is no new date released by NJDOT when construction will begin.^[23]

Major intersections

County[1]	Location[1]	Mile[1]	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Monmouth	Wall Township	5.14	6A	Route 138 east – Belmar	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		5.14	6B	Route 138 west to Route 34 / I-195 / G.S. Pkwy. – Point Pleasant	Includes a northbound exit that serves as a U-turn for traffic on NJ 138 east
		5.72	6C	Monmouth Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		6.82	7	Brighton Avenue, Marconi Road – Shark River Hills, Glendola	Signed as exits 7A (east) and 7B (west) southbound
	Neptune Township	8.28	8	Route 33 – Neptune Township, Freehold Borough	Signed as exits 8A (east) and 8B (west) southbound
		9.84	10	Route 66 – Asbury Park, Freehold Borough	Signed as exits 10A (east) and 10B (west)
	Ocean Township
		11.37	11	Deal Road – Wayside	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; signed as exits 11A (east) and 11B (west)
		12.07	12	West Park Avenue – Oakhurst, Wayside	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exits 12A (east) and 12B (west)
	Eatontown	13.46	13A	CR 547 south to G.S. Pkwy. – Wayside	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		13.82	13B	Route 36 east – Eatontown, Long Branch
		13.92	13A	CR 51 (Hope Road)	No northbound exit
	Tinton Falls
		14.40	15A	G.S. Pkwy. south	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		14.51	15A	CR 38 north (Wayside Road)
		14.51	15B	CR 38 south (Wayside Road)	Southbound exit only
	Colts Neck Township	19.02	19	Route 34 – Matawan, Point Pleasant	Signed as exits 19A (north) and 19B (south)
		22.31	22	CR 537 – Colts Neck, Freehold Township	Signed as exits 22A (east) and 22B (west)
	Marlboro Township	25.20	25	Route 79 – Matawan, Freehold Township	Signed as exits 25A (north) and 25B (south)
		28.40	29	CR 520 ( CR 3) – Morganville, Red Bank, Tennent
Middlesex	Old Bridge Township	30.35	30	US 9 north – The Amboys, New York	Northbound exit and entrance
		30.35	30	US 9 south – Freehold Township	Southbound exit and entrance
		Freeway ends northbound
		31.08		Spring Valley Road
		31.33		Foxborough Drive, Marlboro Road
		31.75		Ferry Road – Browntown
		32.80		Maple Street
		33.58		Southwood Drive
		34.41		CR 516 east / CR 527 south – Matawan, Englishtown	South end of CR 527 overlap; interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	East Brunswick	34.90		CR 527 north / CR 615 (Main Street) – The Amboys, Spotswood	North end of CR 527 overlap; interchange
		35.12		Hillsdale Road
		35.57		CR 617 (Rues Lane)
		35.89		Brunswick Square Mall
		36.21		Race Track Road
		36.68		Arthur Street
		36.95		CR 613 – Spotswood	Interchange; no northbound exit
		37.14		CR 535 (Cranbury Road) – South River, Cranbury	Interchange
		37.33		CR 606 (Milltown Road) – South River, Milltown	Interchange
		37.88		West Ferris Street
		38.26		CR 677 south (West Prospect Street)
		38.38		Tices Lane
		38.89		CR 527 south (Old Bridge Turnpike) / Edgeboro Road – South River	South end of CR 527 overlap
		39.29		Eggers Street
		39.55		Kennedy Boulevard	Interchange
		39.94		I-95 / NJ Turnpike	New Jersey Turnpike Exit 9
		39.98		Naricon Place
		40.22		Tower Center Boulevard	Northbound exit and entrance only
	New Brunswick	40.61		US 1 – Newark, Trenton	Interchange
		40.90		Paulus Boulevard
		Freeway ends southbound Local and express lanes separate northbound, merge southbound
		41.41		Route 172 ( CR 527 north) / George Street – Douglass Campus	North end of CR 527 overlap; no southbound exit
		41.75		Commercial Avenue
		41.96		New Street
		42.29		Route 27 (Albany Street) – Highland Park, Princeton	no northbound entrance
		Local and express lanes separate southbound, merge northbound
		42.89		George Street – Rutgers University	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		43.20		To Route 27 south / George Street – Rutgers University, New Brunswick	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		43.50		To CR 527 (Easton Avenue) / George Street / College Avenue – South Bound Brook
	Piscataway Township	43.86		CR 622 (River Road) – Highland Park, Piscataway	Interchange
		44.28		Campus Road – Busch Campus, High Point Solutions Stadium	Interchange
		44.70		CR 609 north / Davidson Road – Livingston Campus, Louis Brown Athletic Center	Interchange
		45.30		Hoes Lane	Northern terminus of NJ 18, roadway continues as Hoes Lane
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• New Jersey portal

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Route 18 straight line diagram". New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2009. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000018__-.pdf. Retrieved 13 December 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Bing Maps/Microsoft Incorporated (2009). Overview map of Route 18 (Map). Cartography by Navteq Inc.. http://www.maps.bing.com/maps/?FORM=Z9LH8#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. Retrieved 13 December 2009. 
3. ^ ROUTE NO. S-29. Following Washington avenue in the borough of Middlesex and the River road in township of Piscataway and borough of Highland Park from Route No. 29 in borough of Middlesex to Route No. 27 in borough of Highland Park.
4. ^ ROUTE NO. S-28. Beginning at Route No. 28 in Borough of Middlesex, thence via Raritan Avenue and River Road to Route No. 27 Highland Park, thence via Route No. 27 to New Brunswick, thence via Weston's Mills, Tanners Corner, Old Bridge and Browntown to Route No. 4 in Matawan. L. 1927, c. 319.
5. ^ A photo taken in March 1960 (larger TIFF) from [1]
6. ^ 1953 renumbering, New Jersey Department of Highways, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering, retrieved July 31, 2009 
7. ^ ^{a b} Regional Highways: Status Report. Tri-State Transportation Commission. 1962. 
8. ^ Location of State Route 18: Engineering Report,. New Jersey State Highway Department. 1965. 
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12. ^ "Old Raritan Canal Is Focus of a Classic Dispute". The New York Times (New York, New York: TimeWarner). April 16, 1977. 
13. ^ Waggoner, Walter H. (May 9, 1977). "Two Long-Disputed Projects To Begin". The New York Times (New York, New York: TimeWarner). 
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15. ^ Hester Sr., Tom (August 19, 2009). "Reconstruction of Route 18 in New Brunswick completed". Newsroom Jersey (New Jersey: Newsroom Jersey). http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/reconstruction-of-route-18-in-new-brunswick-completed. Retrieved 13 December 2009. 
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17. ^ Greenblatt, Sarah. "Rutgers OK's Extension for Route 18". The Home News Tribune (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Gannett Newspapers). 
18. ^ New Jersey Deprtment of Transportation (2009). Route 18 Extension: Section 3A Project Map (Map). Cartography by New Jersey Department of Transportation. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/studies/rt18_i287connect/pdf/route183Amap.pdf. Retrieved 13 December 2009. 
19. ^ Racz, Gene (January 25, 2010). "State to buy Middlesex County park parcels for final piece of Route 18, I-287 connection". The Home News Tribune (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Gannett Newspapers). http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100125/NEWS/1250326/State+to+buy+Middlesex+County+park+parcels+for+final+piece+of+Route+18++I-287+connection%3C/. Retrieved 25 January 2010. 
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External links

• 1964 plans for roads in the New York City area, including Route 18 and Route 35
• Monmouth County Functional Classification Map (also shows the proposed extension of Route 18)
• New Jersey Roadtrips - New Jersey 18 Photos