US 202 used to be US 122, and that's what it should be. The hodgepodge road has far too many multiplexes between Maine and NJ. In fact, in NJ alone 202 multiplexes with NJ 23, NJ 31, US 206, and CR 511 - and the latter section is county-maintained! It also used to (very briefly) multiplex with NJ 24, back when that road went west through Morristown toward Chester. South of US 22, US 202 splits off of US 206 and becomes a four-lane expressway and then freeway, and stays a major road through PA down into MD. That's why it should be US 122. Oh, and don't get me started on how US 206 should take the name of the state route that extends it to the south, NJ 54.
You'll see a couple of I-287 references below. I-287 parallels US 202 basically from their southern junction at Exit 17 up to the NY border. For a long time, I-287's northern terminus was at 202 at what is now Exit 47 (former Exit 42, see the I-287 page for why the renumbering took place).


This BGS may barely be on the PA side, but it's unclear. What is clear is that TRUCKS + BUSSES used to have to do something that they clearly don't any more.

Onto the US 202/206 multiplex
US 202 north of US 206
More US 202 photos on the NJ 23 multiplex - first several photos


Again, the appearance of "Penna," just like on I-95. NJ 179 is the old route of US 202, and gets to follow a free bridge into PA while 202 pays a toll. Of course, when that bridge was closed for repairs in summer 2004, that didn't do any good.


The NB BGS is considerably more interesting than the SB BGS, as it invents a little-known US highway. Further on, sign fade that proliferates among many mid-Jersey signal LGS's evidenced at the end of NJ 179 outside Ringoes.

Into PA on US 202
Into NY on US 202
Onto PA 32
Onto NJ 179
Onto NJ 12
Onto NJ 31
Onto NJ 28
Onto US 206 alone
US 202 on Steve Anderson's nycroads.com
Back to NJ Roads
Back to Roads

Left: SB at the Flemington Circle, with nice big but since-replaced shields. NJ 12 begins here, heading westward toward the Uhlerstown (PA)-Frenchtown (NJ) free bridge and the northern end of NJ 29. Photos around the Circle are on the 12 page, linked above.