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==Transportation== [[File:2021-07-06 14 54 23 View west along the westbound lanes of Interstate 78 (Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway) from the overpass for Drift Road in Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]] westbound in Watchung]] ===Roads and highways=== {{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|44.63|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|33.24|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|9.07|mi}} by Somerset County and {{convert|2.32|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|1.09|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Somerset.pdf Somerset County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed November 11, 2013.</ref> [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]] runs through the northwestern portion of the borough, including interchange 41, entering in the east from [[Warren Township, New Jersey|Warren Township]] and continuing for {{convert|1.4|mi}} to [[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey|Berkeley Heights Township]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000078__-.pdf#page=15 Interstate 78 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], January 2009. Accessed November 11, 2013.</ref> [[U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 22]] passes briefly through the borough's southeast corner, entering from [[North Plainfield, New Jersey|North Plainfield]] in the west and continuing into [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey|Scotch Plains Township]] in Union County.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000022__-.pdf#page=13 U.S. Route 22 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2006. Accessed November 11, 2013.</ref> [[County Route 527 (New Jersey)|County Route 527]] (Mountain Boulevard / Valley Road) stretches {{convert|5.2|mi}} across the length of the borough from Warren Township in the southwest to Berkeley Heights in the northeast.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000527__-.pdf#page=22 County Route 527 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], August 2006. Accessed November 11, 2013.</ref> [[County Route 531 (New Jersey)|County Route 531]] (Somerset Road / Hillcrest Road) runs for {{convert|1.4|mi}} across the borough from North Plainfield in the south to the [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]] interchange in [[Warren Township, New Jersey|Warren Township]] in the north.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000531__-.pdf#page=4 County Route 531 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], June 2007. Accessed November 11, 2013.</ref> Nearby [[NJ Transit]] rail service for Watchung residents with access to [[New York Penn Station]] and [[Newark Penn Station]] is available at the nearby [[Plainfield station|Plainfield]], [[Netherwood station|Netherwood]] and [[Fanwood station (NJ Transit)|Fanwood]] stations. NJ Transit provides bus service on the [[65 (New Jersey bus)|65]], [[114 (New Jersey bus)|114]] to and from the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] and to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]].
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