Editing Glen Ridge, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2018-07-18 16 00 33 View west along Essex County Route 506 (Bloomfield Avenue) just west of Freeman Parkway-Highland Avenue in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View west along [[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Route 506]] in Glen Ridge]]

===Roads and highways===
{{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|23.29|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|18.19|mi}} were maintained by the municipality and {{convert|5.10|mi}} by Essex County.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Essex.pdf Essex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

The primary roads directly serving Glen Ridge include [[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Route 506]] (Bloomfield Avenue)<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000506__-.pdf#page=3 County Route 506 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2012. Accessed February 16, 2023.</ref> and [[County Route 509 (New Jersey)|County Route 509]]. Major highways near the borough include the [[New Jersey Turnpike]], [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]], [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|Interstate 280]], the [[Garden State Parkway]], [[U.S. Route 46]], [[New Jersey Route 3|Route 3]] and [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Essex.pdf Essex County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 16, 2023.</ref>

===Public transportation===
Glen Ridge is a little over {{Convert|2|mi|adj=on}} long, north to south, via Ridgewood Avenue, making it accessible for residents by walking or biking.<ref name=NYT1972/>

[[NJ Transit]] provides bus service to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on the [[11 (New Jersey bus)|11]], [[28 (New Jersey bus)|28]] and [[29 (New Jersey bus)|29]] via Bloomfield Avenue.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100322195452/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo Essex County Bus / Rail Connections]}}, [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 22, 2010. Accessed March 1, 2012.</ref>

Commuters can also take trains from the [[Glen Ridge station]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=50 Geln Ridge station], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 14, 2013.</ref> (formerly named Ridgewood Avenue station), where NJ Transit provides service to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] and to [[Hoboken Terminal]] via the [[Montclair-Boonton Line]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN Montclair-Boonton Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201025511/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN |date=December 1, 2010 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 14, 2013.</ref> There are many other train stations near Glen Ridge.

The town has a jitney service which provides transportation to and from the Glen Ridge Station for commuters. This service has a fee and is only available between certain hours in the day.<ref>[http://www.glenridgenj.org/jitney.htm Jitney Bus Service], Borough of Glen Ridge. Accessed November 4, 2019.</ref> The [[Freeman Parkway Bridge]], constructed in 1926, is a [[deck arch bridge]] that crosses over Toney's Brook and the Montclair-Boonton Line.