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Bound Brook Station
Bound Brook is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Bound Brook, New Jersey. The station building on the north side of the tracks is now a restaurant; the other station building on the south side is now privately owned. A pedestrian tunnel connects the south and north sides of the tracks. The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line, the railroad's main freight line into the New York City area – built and formerly owned by the Lehigh Valley Railroad until merged into Conrail – is a few yards south of the south platform and is used by around 25 freight trains a day. The Lehigh Valley Railroad used a separate station to the south. History The station at 350 East Main Street was opened on August 10, 1913 as a replacement station. This was a part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey Elevation Project from Elizabeth to Somerville (grade crossing removal). The station on the north side of the tracks replaced the original station (circa 1847-18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Route 527 (New Jersey)
County Route 527 (CR 527) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Main Street ( Route 166 and CR 549) in Toms River Township to Pompton Avenue ( Route 23) in Cedar Grove. It passes through more counties (six) than any other county route in New Jersey. CR 527 is also the second longest 500-series county route in New Jersey after Route 519. The county route traverses through the northernmost stretches of the Pine Barrens, much of the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions (the route provides access to Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, Watchung Reservation, and South Mountain Reservation), and the First and Second Watchung Mountains. It passes through Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, and Essex counties on the eastern side of the state. It has a 2.48 mile concurrency with Route 18 in Middlesex County in addition to other minor state highways and county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |