This is the only US shield you'll see on NJ 35. In Shrewsbury, courtesy Scott Colbert.

NJ 35 southbound
NJ 35 northbound


Original concrete on NJ 35 along the barrier islands.

Oldish white sign, Sunset Ave. WB at NJ 35.


Broad St. is NJ 35 in Shrewsbury. These old street signs are courtesy Scott Colbert.


Main St. in Sayreville, EB at the onramp to the Garden State Parkway - but the sign actually refers to the traffic signal ahead, Washington Rd. The 9 shield may not look quite right, but the NJ 35 shield is undeniably old.


Construction is underway in winter 2004-5 at the Victory Circle, where NJ 35 meets US 9 on the south side of the eponymous bridge, to turn it into a Victory Interchange. US 9 is being reconstructed with some new overpasses, and then the old ones (turned into temporary openings underneath 9) will be removed and the roadways straightened out. Straight isn't only the Garden State Parkway, but also is Main St. Extension in Sayreville.


No, this isn't the NJ 4 page. If you remember that the nearby Garden State Parkway (actual and proposed) was Parkway 4 in the 1940's, you might realize that this bridge in Woodbridge is just a remnant of that era. But you'd be wrong. Since the 1920's, this has been NJ 35. So, SHR 4 is in fact the original 1917 numbering of this route. This is one of the only bridges left from that era in the state; there is another one on Bloomfield Avenue in Montville, which was once US 46, which was once NJ 6, which was originally SHR 12.




Ground-level views of the first cloverleaf interchange in the U.S. (Europe had us beat), in Woodbridge, NJ. It's very close to replacement, dating from 1929, but Cloverleaf Park in the southwest quadrant will hopefully remain. You can see in the second photo that cars entering NJ 35 have a 90-degree right-hand turn rather than a merge; only the striping on US 1-9 saves traffic up there. Underneath the overpass, 35 has an extra half-lane on the right, which isn't quite enough to really travel in, but makes merging more of a New Jersey-style proposition - making two lanes out of one. Follow the 1-9 link below to see some overhead photos of the clo.

To the Garden State Parkway
Onto US 9
Onto US 1-9
Unbuilt NJ 35 freeway on Steve Anderson's nycroads.com
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