Pre-1953

U.S. Route 46 is an east-west U.S. Highway, running 75.34 miles (121.25 km), completely within the state of New Jersey. more...

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With its west end at Columbia on the Delaware River, and its east end in the middle of the George Washington Bridge, its use for through traffic has been superseded by Interstate 80, but it is still a major local and suburban route, with some sections built to or near freeway standards and many other sections arterials with jughandles. The road has been ceremonially named the United Spanish War Veterans Memorial Highway.

Route description

Today, US Route 46 begins at a complex interchange of the southern end of Route 94, Interstate 80, the Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge leading to Pennsylvania Route 611 in Columbia, New Jersey. It begins as a four-lane freeway, but undivides and becomes a two-lane road shortly after the exit to the toll bridge into Pennsylvania. The road then bypasses the town of Belvidere and has a few businesses on it. For a couple miles the road becomes a four-lane divided highway but then returns to being a two lane road.

The road stays rural until it gets through Independence Township and enters Hackettstown. At this point, County Route 517 runs concurrent for about a mile. When County Route 517 turns off to the right along with Route 182, Route 46 then crosses out of Hackettstown into Morris County into Washington Township.

About a mile into Morris County, Route 46 divides and becomes a four lane highway onto a mountain. It then enters Mount Olive Township, and at this point the road undivides but stays four lanes. Businesses line the road as it goes through Budd Lake. It then crosses Interstate 80 again and becomes a two lane road again entering Netcong. At this point it crosses Route 183 (the former stretch of US 206) in a circle. The road then becomes a four lane road and crosses Interstate 80 again entering Roxbury Township / Ledgewood.

Then in a three-way intersection which was formerly a circle, Route 10 begins straight while US 46 turns left. At this point, it alternates between two and three and four lanes and undivided. It then enters Kenvil, Mine Hill Township and then Wharton at its southern tip.

Route 46 then enters downtown Dover and then Rockaway Township and then Rockaway Borough. At this point, businesses line the road. The road also stays undivided with two to four lanes. The route then enters Denville and has a limited interchange with Interstate 80 (where it can only be entered to and from the westbound lane and where 46 east can only be entered from the eastbound lane and to the eastbound lane). As it underpasses Route 80, Route 46 then becomes a divided four lane highway which it stays until it ends.

The road is lined with moderate amounts of businesses as it enters Mountain Lakes, then Parsippany-Troy Hills. In Parsippany, Route 46 has easy access to Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 202. Route 46 does underpass interstate 80 with a limited interchange on the eastern border of Parsippany/Troy Hills. Route 46 then enters Montville Township. Businesses still line the road. Right before the Morris/Essex County line, Route 159 / Bloomfield Avenue splits off to the south-east (the road becomes County Route 506, while Route 159 winds north and crosses and ends at Route 46 in Essex County just a mile later).

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