Essex County routes (1953)

Following is the list of municipalities showing county highways in each and their mileage length:



BELLEVILLE — 6.18 miles: Belleville avenue 1.54; Bloomfield avenue 0.05; Bridge street 0.02; Franklin avenue 1.61; Franklin street 0.48; Hoover avenue 0.02; Mill street 0.58; Rutgers street 0.24; Union avenue 1.64.
BLOOMFIELD — 14.09 miles: Bay avenue 0.13; Belleville avenue 1.14; Bloomfield avenue 1.71; Broughton avenue 1.16; Hoover avenue 0.58; East Passaic avenue 1.14; West Passaic avenue 1.01; Watchung avenue 1.14; Broad street 4.20; Franklin street 1.19; Grove street 0.46; High street 0.15; Mt. Hebron road 0.08.
CALDWELL BOROUGH — 3.79 miles: Bloomfield avenue 1.52; Central avenue 0.44; Mountain avenue 0.32; Roseland avenue 0.45; Westville avenue 0.89; Runnymede road 0.17.
CALDWELL TOWNSHIP — 11.30 miles: Bloomfield avenue 0.16; Clinton road 0.08; Fairfield avenue 1.71; Greenbrook road 0.44; Horseneck road 2.52; New Dutch Lane 0.72; Pier Lane 0.58; Plymouth street 0.50; Swamp road 1.89; Two Bridges road 0.59; W. Fairfield-Clinton road 2.11.
CEDAR GROVE — 8.82 miles: Bradford avenue 1.17; Fairview avenue 1.35; Grove avenue 0.76; Lindsley road 1.34; Little Falls road 1.22; Mountain avenue 0.14; Normal avenue 0.26; Ridge road 2.04; Stevens avenue 0.54.
EAST ORANGE — 6.20 miles: Central avenue 1.55; Grove street 1.91; Park avenue 1.81; Sanford street 0.74; South Orange avenue 0.19.
ESSEX FELLS — 1.55 miles: Roseland avenue 0.81; Runnymede road 0.74.
GLEN RIDGE — 2.86 miles: Bay avenue 0.40; Bloomfield avenue 0.68; Belleville avenue 0.48; Ridgewood avenue 1.13; Watchung avenue 0.17.
IRVINGTON — 9.96 miles: Chancellor avenue 1.47; Clinton avenue (West) 0.85; Grove street 1.95; Lyons avenue 1.10; Sanford avenue 0.62; Springfield avenue 1.87; Stuyvesant avenue 2.10.
LIVINGSTON — 21.35 miles: Cedar street 1.68; Hobart Gap road 2.50; Laurel avenue 2.65; Livingston avenue 3.08; Mt. Pleasant avenue 0.20; Northfield road 3.04; Old Short Hills road 0.89; Parsonage Hill road 0.19; Passaic avenue 0.83; South Orange avenue 3.00; Swamp road 1.55; Walnut street 1.74.
MAPLEWOOD — 3.72 miles: Chancellor avenue 0.12; Clinton avenue (west) 0.04; Irvington avenue 0.46; South Orange avenue 0.10; Millburn (Springfield) avenue 0.46; Valley street 1.52; Wyoming avenue 1.02.
MILLBURN — 13.03 miles: Douglas street 0.07; Essex street 1.15; Hobart Gap road 2.95; Old Short Hills road 1.71; Parsonage Hill road 2.62; Passaic avenue 0.42; South Orange avenue 0.92; Springfield (Millburn) avenue 2.28; Wyoming avenue 0.87; Vauxhall road 0.04.
MONTCLAIR — 13.98 miles: Bradford avenue 0.29; Bloomfield avenue 1.71; Elm street 0.59; Grove street 3.32; Mt. Hebron road 0.97; Normal avenue 0.49; Orange road 1.04; Upper Mountain avenue 1.02; Valley road 3.35; Watchung avenue 1.20.
NEWARK — 15.15 miles: Bloomfield avenue 1.71; Bloomfield, East, avenue 0.05; Broadway 2.11; Central avenue 1.46; Chancellor avenue 1.11; Franklin avenue 0.53; Grove street 0.50; Irvington avenue 0.27; Lyons avenue 1.12; Park avenue 1.21; Sandford avenue 1.36; South Orange avenue 2.91; Stuyvesant avenue 0.81.
NORTH CALDWELL — 5.75 miles: Bloomfield avenue 0.22; Central avenue 0.84; Elm road 0.07; Grandview avenue 1.19; Greenbrook road 0.46; Lindsley road 0.21; Mountain avenue 2.76.
NUTLEY — 7.84 miles: Avondale road 0.33; Center street 1.81; East Passaic avenue 0.78; Franklin avenue 1.62; High street 0.95; Kingsland road 0.82; River road 1.23; Union avenue 0.30.
ORANGE — 4.12 miles: Central avenue 1.06; High street 0.79; Park avenue 0.67; Scotland road 1.49; Washington street 0.11.
ROSELAND — 8.02 miles: Eagle Rock avenue 3.51; Harrison avenue 1.29; Laurel avenue 0.36; Livingston avenue 0.97; Roseland avenue 0.35; Swamp road 1.54.
SOUTH ORANGE — 4.92 miles: Irvington avenue 0.59; South Orange avenue 2.40; Valley street 0.66; Wyoming avenue 1.27.
VERONA — 5.19 miles: Bloomfield avenue 1.83; Fairview avenue 1.00; Grove avenue 1.09; Pleasant Valley Way 0.59; Prospect avenue 0.68.
WEST CALDWELL — 8.04 miles: Bloomfield avenue 1.56; Central avenue 0.96; Clinton road 1.20; Mountain avenue 0.20; Runnymede road 0.80; Swamp road 2.74; Westville avenue 0.58.
WEST ORANGE — 19.69 miles: Central avenue 0.12; Eagle Rock avenue 3.12; Gregory avenue 1.67; Laurel avenue 0.37; Main street 1.35; Mt. Pleasant avenue 1.27; Municipal Plaza 0.10; Northfield road 3.67; Park avenue 0.18; Pleasant Valley way 4.20; Prospect avenue 3.33; Washington street 0.30; Wyoming avenue 0.01.


601 Chancellor avenue 2.70 (2.66)
602 Lyons avenue 2.22 (2.23)
603 Springfield avenue 1.87 (1.87) (now enters Newark)
604 Lindsley road 1.55 (1.51)
605 Sanford avenue 0.62 (0.63); Sandford avenue 1.36 (1.33); Sanford street 0.74 (0.78)
606 Parsonage Hill road 2.81 (2.81)
607 Passaic avenue 1.25 (1.26); Walnut street 1.74 (1.90)
608 Hobart Gap road 5.45 (5.36)
609/613/661 Swamp road 7.72 (7.72); Two Bridges road 0.59 (0.61)
610 Mt. Pleasant avenue 0.20 (0.25)
611 Eagle Rock avenue 6.63 (6.63)
614/614S/615 Clinton road 1.28 (1.28); Fairfield avenue 1.71 (~1.8) (now includes part of former US 46)
616 Stevens avenue 0.54 (0.53)
617 Little Falls road 1.22 (1.22)
618 Normal avenue 0.75 (1.29) (now continues west?)
619 Stuyvesant avenue 2.91 (2.89)
620 Upper Mountain avenue 1.02 (1.02)
621 Valley road 3.35 (3.23)
622 West Passaic avenue 1.01 (1.01)
623 Grove street 3.32 (3.31)
624 River road 1.23 (1.24)
625 W. Fairfield-Clinton road 2.11 (2.12)
626 Horseneck road 2.52 (2.53)
627 Plymouth street 0.50 (0.54)
628 Greenbrook road 0.90 (0.75) (continued west from 613?)
629 Pier Lane 0.58 (0.59)
630/527/577 Springfield (Millburn) avenue 2.28 (2.30); Millburn (Springfield) avenue 0.46 (0.47)
630A Vauxhall road 0.04 (0.04)
631 Central avenue 2.24 (2.22); Grandview avenue 1.19 (1.20)
632 Westville avenue 1.47 (1.46)
633 Runnymede road 1.71 (1.69)
634/635 Laurel avenue 3.38 (3.41)
636 Pleasant Valley Way 4.79 (4.88)
637 Fairview avenue 2.35 (2.34)
638 Valley street 2.18 (2.22); Scotland road 1.49 (1.53) (now enters South Orange); High street 0.79 (0.79)
639 Grove avenue 1.85 (1.86)
640 Bradford avenue 1.46 (1.46)
641 Ridge road 2.04 (2.04)
642/643 Mt. Hebron road 1.05 (1.04)
644 Kingsland road 0.82 (0.80)
645 Franklin avenue 3.76 (3.84)
646 Avondale road 0.33 (0.28)
647 Union avenue 1.94 (1.92)
648 Center street 1.81 (1.80)
649/527 Livingston avenue 4.05 (4.06) (now continues south)
650 High street 1.10 (1.10)
651 Hoover avenue 0.60 (0.62)
652/651S East Passaic avenue 1.92 (1.89) (now continues south)
653 Ridgewood avenue 1.13 (1.13) (now continues south)
654 Bay avenue 0.53 (0.54)
655 Watchung avenue 2.51 (2.30) (realigned at east end)
656 Harrison avenue 1.29 (1.31)
657? Broughton avenue 1.16 (1.17)
658 Park avenue 3.87 (3.88)
659 Main street 1.35 (1.38) (now enters Orange)
660/577 Mt. Pleasant avenue 1.27 (1.27)
662 New Dutch Lane 0.72 (0.73)
663/509 Broad street 4.20 (4.21)
665 Irvington avenue 1.32 (1.30); Clinton avenue (west) 0.89 (0.92)
667 Broadway 2.11 (2.12)
668 Elm street 0.59 (0.60)
669 Orange road 1.04 (1.09)
670/509 Franklin street 1.67 (1.66)
671 Washington street 0.41 (0.40)
672 Mill street 0.58 (0.61)
672S Bridge street 0.02 (0.03)
673 Elm road 0.07 (0.28) (now continues west)
677/577 Prospect avenue 4.01 (4.01)
506/506S Bloomfield avenue 11.15 (11.17); Belleville avenue 3.16 (3.15); Rutgers street 0.24 (0.26)
508/508S Northfield road 6.71 (6.53); Central avenue 4.19 (4.19) (now continues east from Sussex Avenue)
509 Grove street 4.82 (4.78) (now continues south from 602 and north from 506S)
510 South Orange avenue 9.52 (10.92) (had a gap through South Mountain Reservation)
527 Old Short Hills road 2.60 (2.71); Cedar street 1.68 (1.68); Roseland avenue 1.61 (1.61); Mountain avenue 3.42 (3.39)
577 Wyoming avenue 3.17 (3.13); Gregory avenue 1.67 (1.69)
527/577 Douglas street 0.07 (0.07); Essex street 1.15 (0.60)?
unknown Bloomfield, East, avenue 0.05; Municipal Plaza 0.10