Route 156 is a long
state highway in
New Jersey
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,
United States
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. It is a short connector in
Yardville, a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
which is part of
Hamilton Township,
Mercer County. It is an old two-lane alignment of
U.S. Route 130 (US 130) that was bypassed by a new multi-lane highway a short distance to the east in the 1950s, and designated just before the
1953 renumbering of state highways. The route intersects Route 130 at both termini; it carries local traffic to and from US 130 southbound through Yardville. The route has remained mainly intact since 1953.
Route description
Route 156 begins at a
right-in/right-out
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intersection with US 130 in Hamilton Township, just north of the
Crosswicks Creek
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and the
Bordentown Township,
Burlington County border. The route passes a catering business before crossing Doctors Creek and heads northeast into the community of Yardville. In Yardville, the route parallels US 130 and several residential homes before intersecting Church Street (
County Route 609 or CR 609) in the southern end of the community. After Church Street, the density of homes decrease and the road heads past a church and some businesses until it reaches a
four-way stop
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intersection with South Broad Street (
CR 672).
A short distance after, Route 156 intersects
CR 524 (Yardville-Allentown Road), which runs as the main thoroughfare in Yardville, at a
signalized intersection. After CR 524, the highway continues to the northeast along the Route 130 parallel passing homes and local roads before the route merges back in with the southbound lanes at a different right-in/right out intersection.
There is no access to Route 156 to and from US 130 northbound; access to Route 156 and Yardville is provided through interchanges with each of the three county roads that intersect Route 156. Conversely, the only access to and from US 130 southbound is provided via Route 156.
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History
Route 156 was originally an alignment of State Highway Route 25 (co-designated US 130) in the 1927 state highway renumbering through Yardville. The route was realigned on a bypass around 1952, a year before the 1953 renumbering, in which Route 25 was decommissioned. Route 130 ran on a four-lane bypass to the east, while the alignment in Yardville became Route 156.[1953 renumbering, January 1, 1953] Except for the removal of a ramp from the northern terminus of the route to US 130 northbound between 2008 and 2010, the route has remained virtually unchanged since then.
In 2014, Route 156 had the highest number of crashes among New Jersey state highways with 14.09 crashes per million vehicle miles of travel. Steve Carrellas of the New Jersey chapter of the National Motorists Association
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stated that the design of undivided roads contributes to a high crash rate and that while major highways have more crashes, the high volume they carry lowers its crash rate.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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New Jersey Roads: Route 156
Speed Limits for State Roads: Route 156
156
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Transportation in Mercer County, New Jersey