SB at Parkside Avenue, inside the I-95 loop of Trenton.


The only overheads to be found on NJ 31 are right here at I-78. Rather than sign the U-turn, which is only mildly useful, those last signs should include NJ 173, since an actual route begins right on that overpass. Notice that the old, faded overheads have clearly been rearranged over time. The I-78/US 22 BGS's only had I-78 WEST once upon a time, and that I-78 was probably a button copy shield (see NJ 17 at I-80). The NJ 31 BGS had Clinton added as a destination, with mismatched letters (and in one case with a sign extension!), and it also had the shield replaced from NJ 69. NJ 69 was the number from 1953 up until 69 started being more than just a swirly, yin-yang number and teenagers started learning how to use screwdrivers.


SB, same notes as on the northbound side, with the token comment that Annandale should also read Clinton, since that's what happened to the northbound signs. Click on the fourth photo (if you're not sure, click all of them until one works) to see how the original NJ 69 shield was removed, along with the original Flemington destination, and all-new lettering and shield applied. Of course, all-new is relative, since this happened in 1967. Yes, these signs are at least forty years old.


SB entering Washington and nearing NJ 57. There is an old residential alignment here cut off by the tracks - well, it crossed the tracks at grade, but that was closed many, many years ago.


Another railroad, near US 46, was cut off entirely, but the abutment left standing, similar to what happened on River Road in Middlesex, minus the overpass.

Onto I-78
Onto US 22
Unbuilt NJ 31 freeway on Steve Anderson's nycroads.com
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