Route 171 is a
state highway
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in
New Jersey
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, United States. It runs just under as an extension of
U.S. Route 130 (US 130) past its northern terminus at
US 1 in
North Brunswick Township. The state highway ends along Georges Road near the border of North Brunswick Township and the city of
New Brunswick
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. The route formerly extended into downtown New Brunswick ending at an intersection with
Route 27
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* Burke Developmental Road (Queensland)
* Zeehan Highway (Tasmania)
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, though the route was mostly
unsigned
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inside New Brunswick. The route is a major thoroughfare in North Brunswick. The route originated as an alignment of pre-1927 Route 1 and later of US 130. After US 130 was truncated, the alignment, which had also been designated Route 25M, was later re-designated as Route 171.
Route description
Route 171 begins at an interchange with US 130 and US 1 in North Brunswick (the official beginning being at the ramp from southbound US 1). The route, which continues as a right-of-way for US 130, heads northward along Georges Road as a four-lane road (two lanes in each direction) passing retail and office buildings and an apartment complex. At an intersection with Cranbury Cross Road, Route 171 turns to the northeast. The route heads northward, passing the Brunswick Shopping Center and intersects
County Route 606 (CR 606; Milltown Road). The route continues to the northwest through North Brunswick narrowing to one lane in each direction with a
center turn lane
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. Route 171 passes some retail businesses, the Van Liew Cemetery, and a residential neighborhood. After an intersection with Nassau Street, the road passes Elmwood Cemetery. Around the location where the center turn lane ends, state maintenance of Georges Road ends, therefore terminating the Route 171 designation, however the road continues into the city of New Brunswick.
History
The highway dates back to the alignment of Route 1, assigned in the early 1920s.
The designation remained in place until the
1927 New Jersey State highway renumbering
In 1927, New Jersey's state highways were renumbered. The old system, which had been defined in sequence by the legislature since 1916, was growing badly, as several routes shared the same number, and many unnumbered state highways had been d ...
, when
New Jersey Route 25
Route 25 was a major state highway in New Jersey, United States prior to the 1953 renumbering, running from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Camden to the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City. The number was retired in the renumbering, as the whole road ...
was designated onto the alignment of U.S. Route 130, which was also designated in 1927.
Route 25 was aligned on the entire alignment of Route 171, but by 1930, the route was realigned onto U.S. Route 1.
[State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.] The alignment of U.S. Route 130 remained along the alignment of Route 171 for several years, and by 1940, the northern alignment of Route 171 was designated as Route 25M.
In the 1953 renumbering, Route 25M was redesignated Route 171, when Route 25 was decommissioned.
Prior to the truncation of Route 171 to North Brunswick by 2019, the Route 171 was carried along the county and city-maintained Georges Road, Commercial Avenue (renamed to Paul Robeson Boulevard in 2019
), Suydam Street, Livingston Avenue, and George Street (the final street concurrent with
CR 527) before ending at Albany Street (
Route 27
Route 27, or Highway 27, may refer to:
Australia
* Burke Developmental Road (Queensland)
* Zeehan Highway (Tasmania)
Canada
* Alberta Highway 27
* British Columbia Highway 27
* Manitoba Highway 27
* Prince Edward Island Route 27
* Saskatchew ...
). With a small extension to the US 130 ramp to US 1 north at its southern end, the total length of the original route was .
No signage for Route 171 appeared along the New Brunswick segments of the route though one sign for it appeared at its intersection with Route 27 in July 2016.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Speed Limits for State Roads: Route 171
171
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Transportation in Middlesex County, New Jersey
State highways in the United States shorter than one mile