Chapter 319 of the 1927 public laws defined the new system of routes. Major roads received numbers from 1 to 12 and 21 to 50, as follows:
While the majority of already-acquired routes were included in the new system, four sections of pre-1927 routes were not. The law authorizing the renumbering indicated that these were to remain, and so the State Highway Commission added a suffix of N to distinguish them from the new routes of the same number:
Some amendments were made in 1929, including the elimination of Route 18N (by merging it into Route 1), and the addition of more spurs, as well as Route 29A, but the system stayed mostly intact until the 1953 renumbering.
New |
Routing |
Old |
Route 1 |
Rockleigh - Fort Lee - Ridgefield - North Bergen - Jersey City - Bayonne - Bayonne Bridge |
Route 18N, Ridgefield - North Bergen
L. 1926 c. 140, North Bergen - Jersey City
L. 1926 c. 194, Jersey City - Bayonne Bridge |
Route S1 |
Fort Lee - North Bergen |
Route 2 |
Suffern, New York - Hackensack - North Arlington |
Route 17N, Suffern - North Arlington |
Route 3 |
Greenwood Lake, New York - Paterson - Wallington - Secaucus - North Bergen |
L. 1926 c. 140, Wallington - North Bergen |
Route 4 |
George Washington Bridge - Fort Lee - Paterson - East Orange - Rahway - Perth Amboy - South Amboy - Matawan - Freehold - Lakewood - Toms River - Tuckerton - Absecon - Pleasantville - Seaville - Cape May |
Route 4, Rahway - South Amboy
L. 1925 c. 235, South Amboy - Matawan
Route 7 (Spur), Freehold - Lakewood
Route 4, Lakewood - Absecon
Route 19, Absecon - Seaville
Route 14, Seaville - Cape May |
Route S4 |
Outerbridge Crossing - Perth Amboy |
Route S4A |
Tuckerton - Little Beach |
Route 5 |
Paterson - Hackensack - Ridgefield - Edgewater |
Route 10, Paterson - Edgewater |
Route S5 |
Ridgefield - Fairview |
Route 6 |
George Washington Bridge - Fort Lee - Paterson - Denville - Dover - Hackettstown - Delaware Bridge |
Route 12, Paterson - Hackettstown
Route 5, Denville - Delaware Bridge |
Route 7 |
Paterson - Belleville - Jersey City |
Route 11, Paterson - Belleville
L. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Jersey City |
Route 8 |
Delaware Bridge - Newton |
Route 9 |
Belleville - Verona - Pine Brook Bridge |
L. 1926 c. 124, Belleville - Pine Brook Bridge |
Route 10 |
Jersey City - Newark - Dover |
L. 1926 c. 126, Jersey City - Dover |
Route 11 |
Whitehouse - North Plainfield |
Route 12 |
Frenchtown - Flemington - Somerville |
L. 1926 c. 104, Flemington - Somerville |
Route 21 |
Belleville - Newark |
Route 11, Belleville - Newark |
Route 22 |
Pine Brook Bridge - Springfield - Rahway |
Route 23 |
Verona - Sussex - Port Jervis, New York |
Route 8, Verona - Sussex
L. 1925 c. 158, Sussex - Port Jervis |
Route 24 |
Newark - Springfield - Morristown - Chester - Schooleys Mountain - Stephensburg - Washington - Phillipsburg |
Route 5, Newark - Morristown
L. 1925 c. 230, Morristown - Schooleys Mountain
Route 12, Stephensburg - Phillipsburg |
Route S24 |
Stephensburg - Hackettstown |
Route 12, Stephensburg - Hackettstown |
Springfield - Elizabeth |
Route 25 |
Holland Tunnel - Jersey City - Newark - Elizabeth - Rahway - North Brunswick - Hightstown - Robbinsville - Bordentown - Burlington - Camden - Ben Franklin Bridge |
Route 1 (Extension), Holland Tunnel - Elizabeth
Route 1, North Brunswick - Robbinsville
Route 2, Bordentown - Ben Franklin Bridge |
Route 26 |
Trenton - Adams - New Brunswick |
L. 1926 c. 14, Trenton - New Brunswick |
Route S26 |
Adams - North Brunswick |
Route 27 |
Newark - Elizabeth - Rahway - New Brunswick - Princeton - Trenton |
Route 1, Elizabeth - New Brunswick
Route 13, New Brunswick - Trenton |
Route 28 |
Goethals Bridge - Elizabeth - Plainfield - Middlesex - Somerville - Clinton - Phillipsburg |
Route 9, Elizabeth - Phillipsburg |
Route S28 |
Middlesex - New Brunswick - Matawan |
Route 29 |
Newark - North Plainfield - Ringoes - Lambertville - Trenton |
L. 1924 c. 233, Ringoes - Lambertville |
Route 30 |
Trenton - Ringoes - Flemington - Clinton - Washington - Buttzville |
L. 1924 c. 233, Trenton - Buttzville |
Route 31 |
Princeton - Somerville - Bedminster - Chester - Netcong - Newton - Lafayette - North Church - Hamburg - New Milford, New York |
Route 16, Princeton - Bedminster
L. 1925 c. 225, Bedminster - Newton
Route 8 (Spur), Lafayette - North Church |
Route S31 |
Newton - Branchville - Montague - Milford, Pennsylvania |
L. 1925 c. 225, Newton - Montague |
Route 32 |
Bedminster - Morristown - Morris Plains - Mountain View |
Route 16, Bedminster - Morristown
Route 5, Morristown - Morris Plains |
Route 33 |
Trenton - Robbinsville - Hightstown - Freehold - Asbury Park |
Route 1, Trenton - Hightstown
Route 7, Hightstown - Asbury Park |
Route 34 |
Matawan - Laurelton |
Route 35 |
South Amboy - Keyport - Eatontown - Belmar - Point Pleasant - Lakewood |
Route 4, South Amboy - Eatontown
Route 4, Belmar - Lakewood |
Route 36 |
Keyport - Atlantic Highlands |
L. 1925 c. 224, Keyport - Atlantic Highlands |
Route 37 |
Trenton - White Horse - Allentown - Lakehurst - Toms River - Point Pleasant |
Route 2, Trenton - White Horse
Route 18, Lakehurst - Toms River |
Route 38 |
Camden - Moorestown - Mount Holly - Eastampton |
Route 18, Camden - Mount Holly
L. 1925 c. 222, Mount Holly - Eastampton |
Route 39 |
Yardley Bridge - White Horse - Bordentown - Indian Mills - Da Costa |
Route 2, White Horse - Bordentown
L. 1923 c. 202, Indian Mills - Da Costa |
Route 40 |
Camden - Four Mile - Whitesbog - Lakehurst - Lakewood |
Route 18, Whitesbog - Lakehurst |
Route S40 |
Four Mile - Manahawkin |
Route 41 |
Moorestown - Fairview |
Route S41 |
Tacony-Palmyra Bridge - Palmyra - Moorestown - Evesboro - Berlin |
L. 1923 c. 202, Palmyra - Evesboro |
Route 42 |
Camden - Williamstown - McKee City |
L. 1925 c. 240, Camden - McKee City |
Route 43 |
Camden - Berlin - Egg Harbor City - Absecon |
Route 3, Camden - Absecon |
Route 44 |
Westville - Penns Grove |
Route 17S, Paulsboro - Penns Grove |
Route 45 |
Ben Franklin Bridge - Camden - Mullica Hill - Salem |
Route 6, Ben Franklin Bridge - Salem |
Route 46 |
Mullica Hill - Bridgeton |
Route 6, Mullica Hill - Bridgeton |
Route 47 |
Brooklawn - Millville - Tuckahoe |
Route 20, Brooklawn - Millville |
Route 48 |
Penns Grove - Mays Landing - Pleasantville - Atlantic City |
Route 18S, Penns Grove - Atlantic City |
Route 49 |
Salem - Bridgeton - Millville - South Dennis - Ocean View |
Route 6, Salem - Bridgeton
Route 15, Bridgeton - South Dennis |
Route S49 |
South Dennis - Rio Grande |
Route 15, South Dennis - Rio Grande |
Route 50 |
Egg Harbor City - Mays Landing - Tuckahoe - Seaville |
Route 14, Egg Harbor City - Seaville |