Everything about New Jersey Route 31 totally explained
Route 31 is a 48.93-mile (78.75 km)
state highway in
New Jersey,
United States, running from
Trenton north via
Flemington,
Clinton and
Washington to
Buttzville in
White Township. The highway's southern terminus is at
U.S. Route 206 (also signed as
U.S. Route 1 Business) in Trenton; its northern terminus is at
U.S. Route 46. Most of the highway is state-maintained; the section within the city limits of Trenton, however, is maintained by
Mercer County.
Most of NJ 31 is a two-lane country road, except for six miles in
Hunterdon County, where it's
concurrent with
U.S. Route 202. In some places, the two lanes became four by eliminating the
shoulders along the side of the road. In recent years, NJ 31 has seen extensive construction projects between Flemington and Clinton, with gradual widening to four lanes.
History
The Trenton-Buttzville route was defined as an unnumbered state highway in 1924, and in the
1927 renumbering it was assigned the
Route 30 number. Except for the bypasses around
Pennington and
Ringoes, the route was taken over in stages from 1927 to 1932, and the Pennington bypass was built ca. 1935.
In 1927, a
Route 31 was also defined, running from
Princeton to the
New York state line. This became parts of
U.S. Route 206 (south of
Newton) and
Route 94 (north of Newton) in the
1953 renumbering; see those articles for details. The section of US 206 north of Newton was also designated
Route S31, this designation was also dropped in the 1953 renumbering.
In the
1953 renumbering, Route 30 was renumbered
Route 69, as the number conflicted with
U.S. Route 30. The bypass of Ringoes, shared with
U.S. Route 202, opened ca. 1965. Due to the
sexual meaning of the number and resulting
sign theft, the number was changed on
May 15,
1967 to
Route 31.
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