New Jersey Route 19

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This article is about the current New Jersey Route 19. For the Route 19 that existed from 1939 to 1948, see New Jersey Route 19 (pre-1948). For the Route 19 that existed before 1927, see U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey.

Route 19

Paterson Peripheral
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT and Passaic County
Length3.04 mi[1] (4.89 km)
Existed1988–present
NHSEntire route[1][2]
Major junctions
South end G.S. Parkway / US 46 / CR 509 in Clifton
North end I-80 / CR 509 in Paterson
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountiesPassaic
Highway system
← Route 18N→ Route 20

Route 19 is a state highway in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Also referred to as the Paterson Peripheral, it runs 3.04 mi (4.89 km) from an intersection with County Route 509 (CR 509, Broad Street) and CR 609 (Colfax Avenue) in Clifton north to another intersection with CR 509 (Main Street) in downtown Paterson. Between U.S. Route 46 (US 46) in Clifton and Interstate 80 (I-80) in Paterson, Route 19 is a freeway. The main purpose of the route is to connect the Garden State Parkway to I-80 and downtown Paterson. The road was originally proposed as the Paterson spur of the Garden State Parkway that was to run north to Wayne. In 1959, it was planned to become part of the Paterson Peripheral, an extension of Route 20 from downtown Paterson. By 1971, the road was completed between the Garden State Parkway and I-80, at which time it received the Route 20 designation; the rest was cancelled in 1978 due to feared community disruption. In 1988, this portion of Route 20 became Route 19 as it did not connect with the other segment of the route. In the 1990s, Route 19 was extended to Main Street in downtown Paterson as part of a project that also completed the interchange with I-80.

Route description

View north along Route 19 and CR 509 just north of US 46 in Clifton

Route 19 begins at the intersection of CR 509 (Broad Street) and CR 609 (Colfax Avenue) in Clifton. From this intersection, it heads north concurrent with CR 509 as a four-lane divided highway, soon interchanging with US 46.[1][3] Past US 46, the road crosses a brook and CR 509 (Broad Street) splits off, with Route 19 interchanging with the Garden State Parkway.[1] Route 19 continues past the Garden State Parkway as a six-lane freeway surrounded by trees, coming to a northbound exit and southbound entrance with CR 509.[1][3]

Route 19 southbound at I-80 interchange in Paterson

Past this interchange, the road heads into Paterson. Here, the route has a southbound exit and northbound entrance with CR 621 (Valley Road) before becoming an eight-lane road and passing to the east of Garret Mountain Reservation. After interchanging with I-80, Route 19 continues north as a five-lane road, with three northbound lanes and two southbound lanes, to an interchange with CR 638 (Grand Street).[1] From here, the route becomes a four-lane divided surface road and heads into urbanized areas of downtown Paterson.[1][3] The route turns east and becomes a county-maintained undivided road at the intersection with Marshall Street and continues to its northern terminus at the intersection of CR 509 (Main Street) and Ward Street.[1]

The entire length of Route 19 is part of the National Highway System.[1][2]

History

Route 19 northbound at CR 621 in Paterson

What is now Route 19 was conceived along with the Garden State Parkway as its Paterson spur,[4] which was to run through Paterson and Haledon to CR 504 in Wayne.[5] When the Parkway was opened through Clifton in 1955, the spur was also opened south of its exit to Broad Street as Exit 155-P.[6] This was incorporated into plans for a new road around Paterson Peripheral. This road, which was to be a six-lane, $58 million freeway, was to extend the Paterson spur north.[5] This would become an extension of Route 20 in 1959.[7] A proposal for the highway was put forward in 1962, extending the road to Route 208 in Hawthorne, but this was shot down. A similar fate befell a plan for an elevated highway along River Street. Work on the road began in 1967.[8] This road was completed between the Garden State Parkway and a temporary interchange at Valley Road on October 20, 1969,[9] and north to Grand Street on March 12, 1975.[10] Upon completion, this road received the Route 20 designation.

The extension to Route 20 through Paterson was thrown into question in 1971 by of the designation of the Great Falls Historic District, a historical district recognizing Paterson’s heritage as an industrial center.[11] In 1978, governor Brendan Byrne signed into law a reworking of the highway's north end, designating it to access Paterson's Inner Loop (now Memorial Drive) via Ward and Oliver Streets, truncating its length.[12] In March 1988, this portion of Route 20 was redesignated Route 19 as it did not connect with the mainline of the route.[13] That same year, a project to complete the interchange with I-80 and extend the route to Main Street in downtown Paterson to ease congestion was begun.[14] This project was completed on October 28, 1992, fulfilling law set 14 years prior.[15] Though the project was disapproved by locals for being dangerous and disruptive,[16] this interchange received the Prize Bridge Award in the category of Grade Separation from the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1996.[11]

Exit list

The entire route is in Passaic County. All exits are unnumbered.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Clifton0.000.00
 CR 509 south (Broad Street)		Southern end of CR 509 concurrency
0.130.21 US 46 – DoverNo northbound access to US 46 west
Southern end of freeway section
0.460.74
 CR 509 north (Broad Street)		Northern end of CR 509 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance
0.500.80
 G.S. Parkway south		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.151.85Broad Street (CR 509) – CliftonNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Paterson1.502.41Main Street (CR 601) / Valley Road (CR 621) – CliftonSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
2.463.96 I-80 – Delaware Water Gap, George Washington Bridge, New YorkSouthbound exit to I-80 west is via Spruce Street
2.714.36Grand Street (CR 638)Northbound exit and southbound entrance
2.844.57Spruce StreetSouthbound exit and entrance
Northern end of freeway section
3.044.89 CR 509 (Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Route 19 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b National Highway System: New Jersey (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. September 30, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Google (2009-06-17). "overview of New Jersey Route 19" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  4. ^ "Plan Completion of Parkway by Summer of 1954; Action Soon on Paterson Spur". The News. 1953-02-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  5. ^ a b Public Hearing for Proposed Extension of Route 20. New Jersey State Highway Department. December 21, 1961.
  6. ^ "Directories at Toll Plazas To Guide Parkway Motorists". The Herald-News. 1955-02-21. p. 53. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  7. ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1959, Chapter 4.
  8. ^ "PERIPHERAL HIGHWAY". The News. 1967-09-08. p. 36. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  9. ^ "Route 20 Link Is Opened". The Morning Call. 1969-10-21. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  10. ^ "THE WESTERLY STRIP OF Route 20". The Record. 1975-03-16. p. 72. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  11. ^ a b "1996 Prize Bridge Award: Grade Separation - Route 19-Interstate 80 Interchange" (PDF). Modern Steel Construction. American Institute of Steel Construction. October 1996.
  12. ^ "Byrne's Pen Trims Rt. 20". The News. 1978-07-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  13. ^ "Soon there will only be 1 Route 20". The Record. 1988-03-09. p. 69. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  14. ^ "Paterson awaits 'dream road' connecting 3 major highways". The Herald-News. 1988-03-03. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  15. ^ "Route 19, October 29, 1992". The Record. 1992-10-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  16. ^ "New Paterson roadway called disruptive, dangerous". The Record. 1992-11-12. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-06-16.

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