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U.S. Route 46 (US 46) is an east–west U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey, and runs for 75.34 mi (121.25 km). The west end is at an interchange with Interstate 80 (I-80) and Route 94 in Columbia , Warren County , on the Delaware River .
SR 46 runs 42.57 miles (68.51 km) north from the state line to SR 40 in Blackstone. The state highway serves as the main north–south highway of Brunswick County, where it intersects U.S. Route 58 (US 58) in Lawrenceville and both Interstate 85 (I-85) and US 1 near Alberta. All of SR 46 in Brunswick County is a Virginia Byway.
Route 46's history is solidly rooted in New Jersey's history, geography and love affair with the car. The highway encapsulates much of what non-Jerseyans think of the state.
The expansion of the highway system followed the opening of the George Washington Bridge. [3]In the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering Route 6 was assigned to the route across northern New Jersey, using the old Route 5 from Delaware to Netcong, Route 12 from Hackettstown to Paterson, and a generally new alignment parallel to Route 10 from Paterson to the proposed George Washington Bridge.
Description: Map of Virginia State Route 46: Date: 18 July 2014: Source: Own work, data from U.S. Census Bureau: Author: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster)
US 122 at the New York state line near Mahwah: 1926: 1934 Now US 202: US 130: 83.46: 134.32 I-295 / US 40 / Route 49 in Pennsville Township: US 1 / Route 171 in North Brunswick Township: 1927: current US 202: 80.31: 129.25 US 202 on the New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge in Lambertville: US 202 in Mahwah: 1934: current
Map of pre-1927 state highways. Routes 1 to 16 are in dark red, while Routes 17 to 20, unnumbered highways, and extensions defined in 1922 or later are lighter. New Jersey was one of the first U.S. states to adopt a system of numbered state highways .
Seven years and more than $211 million later, the New Jersey Transportation Department's elaborate reconfiguration of the Route 46/Route 3 interchange is, for most intents and purposes, deemed ...