Editing New Jersey Route 20 (section)

== Route description ==
[[File:2021-08-25 12 22 00 View north along New Jersey State Route 20 (McLean Boulevard) from the overpass for the ramps for Interstate 80 (Bergen-Passaic Expressway) in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|View north along Route 20 just north of I-80 in Paterson]]
Route 20 begins at an interchange with [[U.S. Route 46]] and County Route 630 (Crooks Avenue) just north of the [[Garden State Parkway]] on the border of Clifton and Paterson. The road follows the bend of the [[Passaic River]] directly north of [[Dundee Lake]], heading to the north into Paterson as McLean Boulevard, a four-lane [[controlled-access highway|freeway]].<ref name="sld"/> The route runs in between the Passaic River to the east and two large cemeteries to the west before coming to an interchange with [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]] and Market Street. Past Interstate 80, Route 20 becomes a six-lane [[arterial road]] that heads under [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]]'s New Jersey Subdivision line and through a mix of residential and commercial areas.<ref name="sld"/><ref name=gm>{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=route+46+and+roosevelt+avenue+elmwood+park,+nj&daddr=first+avenue+and+river+street+paterson,+nj&geocode=&hl=en&mra=ls&rtol=1&sll=40.892802,-74.123769&sspn=0.007218,0.013733&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13 |title=overview of New Jersey Route 20 |access-date=2009-03-11}}</ref>

[[File:2018-07-24 16 10 44 View north along New Jersey State Route 20 (McLean Boulevard) at Fair Lawn Avenue in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Route 20 northbound past Fair Lawn Avenue in Paterson]]
The next interchange along the route is for [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] (Broadway), with access to both eastbound Route 4 and westbound Broadway from both directions.<ref name="sld"/> The road continues further north as a four-lane arterial road, heading through more urbanized areas of Paterson. It crosses County Route 651 (East 33rd Street/Morlot Avenue), which crosses the Passaic River to become County Route 78 (Morlot Avenue) in Bergen County.<ref name="sld"/><ref name=gm/>

Route 20 continues to follow the Passaic River as a {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} road through commercial areas, featuring an intersection with County Route 652 (5th Avenue). Past this intersection, the route proceeds through urban areas, turning west and splitting into a [[one-way pair]]. Here, the route becomes county maintained, with the northbound direction following 1st Avenue and the southbound direction following 2nd Avenue before continuing west as [[County Route 504 (New Jersey)|County Route 504]] (River Street).<ref name="sld"/><ref name=gm/>