Editing Nutley, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==

===Roads and highways===
[[File:2020-09-03 14 34 28 View north along New Jersey State Route 21 (McCarter Highway) at Exit 8 (Nutley, Lyndhurst) in Nutley Township, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View north along [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]] in Nutley]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|67.94|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|57.00|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|7.71|mi}} by [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]], {{convert|2.45|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|0.78|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<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 [[Garden State Parkway]] clips the southwest corner of the township, entering in the south from [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]] before reentering Bloomfield in the north.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000444__-.pdf#page=55 Garden State Parkway Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated August 2014. Accessed December 7, 2022.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 7|Route 7]] runs through the north of Nutley at its border with [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]] to its border with [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]], using segments of Cathedral Avenue, Kingsland Street and Washington Avenue; part of the route on Kingsland Street dips into Clifton and then back into Nutley.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000007__-.pdf#page=4 New Jersey Route 7 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2015. Accessed July 15, 2024.</ref>  [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]] follows the township's eastern border between Clifton and Belleville.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000021__-.pdf#page=3 New Jersey Route 21 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed July 15, 2024.</ref>

===Public transportation===
[[NJ Transit]] provides bus service between the township and the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] on the [[192 (New Jersey bus)|192]] route, to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on the [[13 (New Jersey bus)|13]], [[27 (New Jersey bus)|27]], [[72 (New Jersey bus)|72]] and [[74 (New Jersey bus)|74]] routes, with local service on the [[709 (New Jersey bus)|709]] route.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212304/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo Essex County Bus / Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 28, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf Essex County System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205318/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref>

Until 1966, the [[Newark Branch]] of the [[Erie-Lackawanna Railroad]] served the township with stations at Walnut Street, Highfield Street and at Franklin Avenue.<ref>Chalk, Victoria. [http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/nutley-a-great-destination-even-during-its-earlier-years-1.963924 "Nutley a great destination, even in early years"], ''Nutley Sun'', January 28, 2010. Accessed August 25, 2015. "With a population of about 7,000, it is the principal commuting centre on the Newark branch of the Erie Railroad."</ref><ref>Young, Fred. [http://www.nutleyhistoricalsociety.org/Nutley-NJ-Commuting-by-the-Erie-Railroad.html "Commuting by the Erie in the Old Days"], Nutley Historical Society. Accessed September 16, 2019. "The Walnut Street and Highfield Street stations have been long-ago demolished. The Franklin Avenue station has also been demolished and replaced by an office building."</ref> The Newark Branch tracks are now used for freight only, operated by [[Norfolk Southern]].<ref>[https://evogov.s3.amazonaws.com/media/20/media/1297.pdf ''Master Plan for the Township of Nutley, Essex County, NJ''], Township of Nutley, December 19, 2012. Accessed August 26, 2018. "Freight rail service is provided along the former Erie-Lackawanna (Newark Branch) passenger line. The line is currently owned by and operated by the Norfolk Southern Corporation."</ref>