1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering

This article is part of the highway renumbering series.
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On January 1, 1953, the New Jersey Highway Department renumbered many of the State Routes. This renumbering was first proposed in 1951 in order to reduce confusion to motorists.^[1] A few rules were followed in deciding what to renumber:^[2]

• No state route and U.S. Route could have the same number; this eliminated 1 (which was also eliminated by other criteria), 22, 30, 40 and 46. While Route 1 was broken into several pieces, the other four were renumbered as Routes 59, 69, 70 and 77, respectively. Route 69 later became Route 31 after frequent theft of road signs due to the sexual connotation of the number.
• Concurrencies were highly discouraged; this included U.S. Routes and meant that U.S. Route numbers would now be referred to directly by NJDOT.
• No State Route could have a lettered prefix or suffix.
• A State Route that ended at a state border was renumbered to match the number assigned by the adjacent state.
• The New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Palisades Interstate Parkway were not to have route numbers.

New numbers assigned semi-arbitrarily included 15 and 20 (13-20 were not assigned in the 1927 renumbering), the sequence from 57 to 93, and 152 to 165 for minor routes (continuing from pre-renumbering 151).

Number	New number(s)	Old number (s)
1	440 TRUCK US 1/9 US 1/US 9 US 9W	N/A
S1	63	N/A
US 1	N/A	local streets 26 S26 25 1 4/6
BUS US 1	N/A	25
TRUCK US 1	N/A	25M 1
S1A	67	N/A
3	20 3 153 (old road in Secaucus)	S3 3
S3	3	N/A
S3 Spur	161	N/A
4	US 9 35 4 US 1/US 9/US 46	4
4A	79 34	N/A
4N	71	N/A
4 Parkway	Garden State Parkway	N/A
S4	440 157	N/A
S4A	87	N/A
S4B	208	N/A
S4C	nothing (later 162)	N/A
S4D	303	N/A
5	5	5
5N	53	N/A
S5	93	N/A
6	US 46	N/A
6A	15	N/A
6M	159	N/A
S6	62	N/A
7	7	7
8	94	N/A
US 9	N/A	4 35 25 1 4/6
TRUCK US 9	N/A	25M 1
US 9W	N/A	1
10	10	10
12	12	12
13	N/A	13E
13E	13	N/A
15	N/A	6A
17	17	17
18	18	S28 18
20	N/A	3
21	21	21
22	59	N/A
US 22	N/A	24 24-28 Link 28 28-29 Link 29
ALT US 22	N/A	local streets 28
23	23	23
24	US 22 24 -- 24	24 S24 local roads 24
S24	24 57 82 439	N/A
24-28 Link	US 22	N/A
25	US 30 US 130 US 1 BUS US 1	N/A
25A	58	N/A
25AD	158	N/A
25B	65	N/A
25M	US 130 171	N/A
25T	TRUCK US 1/9	N/A
S25	413	N/A
25 Section 1	156	N/A
26	US 1 26	26
26A	91	N/A
S26	US 1	N/A
27	US 206 27	27
27-28 Link	28	N/A
28	ALT US 22 US 22 28 439	28 27-28 Link
28A	US 22	N/A
S28	18	N/A
28-29 Link	US 22	N/A
29	29 165 US 202 US 22	29 29A
29A	29	N/A
S29	US 202	N/A
Route 30	Route 69	N/A
US 30	N/A	43 56
31	US 206 94	N/A
31A	64	N/A
S31	US 206	N/A
32	US 202	N/A
33	33	33
33-35 Link	66	N/A
34	70 34	34 4A
35	88 35 US 9	37 35 4
36	36	36
37	US 206 37 35	37
38	38	38
39	US 206 160 (old road)	N/A
S39	68	N/A
40	70	N/A
S40	72	N/A
US 40	N/A	48
41	41 -- 154 41	41 local roads 41 S44A
S41	73	N/A
S41A	73	N/A
S41N	155	N/A
42	42 US 322	42
43	US 30	N/A
44	49 US 130 44 (old roads)	44 (old roads)
S44	US 322	N/A
S44A	41	N/A
45	45 US 130 US 30	45
46	77	N/A
US 46	N/A	6
47	49 47	S49 49 47
48	48 US 40	48
49	49 47 83	44 49 47
S49	47	N/A
50	50	N/A
51	US 322	N/A
52	52	N/A
53	N/A	5N
54	54	54
55	US 40 US 322	?
56	US 30	N/A
S56	87	N/A
57	N/A	S24
58	N/A	25A
59	N/A	22
60	N/A	?
61	N/A	S3 Spur (changed to 161 soon after; may not have been ever signed)
62	N/A	S6
63	N/A	S1
64	N/A	31A
65	N/A	25B
66	N/A	33-35 Link
67	N/A	S1A
68	N/A	S39
69	N/A	local streets 30
70	N/A	40 34
71	N/A	4N
72	N/A	S40
73	N/A	S41A S41
74	N/A	?
75	N/A	?
76	N/A	?
77	N/A	46
79	N/A	4A
82	N/A	S24
83	N/A	49
84	84	84
85	N/A	?
87	N/A	S4A, S56
88	N/A	35
90	N/A	?
91	N/A	26A local streets
92	N/A	?
93	N/A	S5
94	N/A	8 31
100	New Jersey Turnpike	N/A
US 130	N/A	44 45 25 25M local streets
151	151	151
152	N/A	?
153	N/A	3 (old road)
154	N/A	41
155	N/A	S41N
156	N/A	S100
157	N/A	S4
158	N/A	25AD
159	N/A	6M
160	N/A	39 (old road)
161	N/A	S3 Spur (formerly 61)
162	N/A	S4C
165	N/A	29
171	25M	N/A
US 202	N/A	S29 29 31 32 23 local roads
US 206	N/A	39 37 local streets 27 31 S31
208	N/A	S4B
300	New Jersey Turnpike	N/A
303	N/A	S4D
US 322	N/A	S44 51 42 48
413	N/A	S25
439	N/A	28 S24 North Ave Link
440	N/A	S4 1
Garden State Parkway	N/A	4 Parkway
New Jersey Turnpike	N/A	300 100
North Ave Link	439	N/A

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• New Jersey portal
• 1927 New Jersey State Route renumbering

References

1. "Jersey Highways To Be Renumbered". The New York Times. November 21, 1951. p. 24.
2. "New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey". The New York Times. December 16, 1952. Retrieved July 20, 2009.