Editing Millstone Township, New Jersey (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Emergency services===

====Police====
The township does not have a local police department. Millstone Township is patrolled by the [[New Jersey State Police]].<ref>[https://www.millstonenj.gov/emergency_services.html Emergency Services], Township of Millstone. Accessed April 29, 2020.</ref>

====EMS====
The Millstone Township Fire Department provides EMS with a staffed ambulance, 24/7. The Millstone Township First Aid Squad was closed in 2020.<ref>[https://www.millstonenj.gov/ems.html Millstone Township Volunteer First Aid Squad], Township of Millstone. Accessed April 29, 2020.</ref>

====Fire====
The local fire department consists of 18 career firefighters that provide fire protection, rescue, and are the BLS ambulance provider. Between the hours of 6 am and 6 pm, 6 personnel are on duty. 5 personnel are on duty from 6pm to 6 am, along with volunteer firefighters.<ref>[http://www.millstonefire.com/history.php History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617175143/http://www.millstonefire.com/history.php |date=2012-06-17 }}, Millstone Township Fire Company. Accessed July 31, 2012. "Therefore, in 1979, the fire company, with the support of many township residents, petitioned the municipal government to establish Millstone Fire District # 1, to raise and oversee the expenditure of monies to insure adequate funding for fire protection. In 1999, the Fire District, in response to the growing number of fire calls, and declining number of volunteer firefighters available during week days, decided in conjunction with the fire company, to appoint its first paid firefighters to supplement the fire company's volunteers, the majority of whom worked out of town."</ref> In 2025, the department promoted its first full-time fire chief from within its ranks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Millstone Township Fire Department Holds Swearing In and Promotional Ceremony |url=https://midjersey.news/2025/01/16/millstone-township-fire-department-holds-swearing-in-and-promotional-ceremony/ |access-date=20 February 2025 |work=MidJersey News |date=January 16, 2025}}</ref>

===Transportation===

====Roads and highways====
[[File:2021-06-29 14 34 33 View east along Interstate 195 (Central Jersey Expressway) from the overpass for Monmouth County Route 526 (Trenton-Lakewood Road) in Millstone Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[Interstate 195 (New Jersey)|Interstate 195]] in Millstone Township]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|150.87|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|122.47|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|23.68|mi}} by Monmouth County and {{convert|4.72|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Monmouth.pdf Monmouth County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

[[Interstate 195 (New Jersey)|Interstate 195]] is the main highway serving Millstone Township. It crosses the southern part of the township, connecting to [[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold]] and [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson]] townships. Half of an interchange is located in Millstone (Exit 16 for CR 537) with the other half in Jackson.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000195__-.pdf#page=6 Interstate 195 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed October 18, 2013.</ref>

[[County Route 524 (New Jersey)|CR 524]], [[County Route 526 (New Jersey)|CR 526]], [[County Route 527 (New Jersey)|CR 527]], [[County Route 537 (New Jersey)|CR 537]], and [[County Route 571 (New Jersey)|CR 571]] are the main county highways which pass through Millstone Township. [[County Route 539 (New Jersey)|CR 539]] also passes through the township, but there are no intersections prior to it entering [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville]]/[[Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey|Upper Freehold]] on the south and [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]] on the north. A small portion of [[New Jersey Route 33|Route 33]] passes through the northern tip of the township prior to entering [[Manalapan Township, New Jersey|Manalapan Township]] and [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]].

The [[New Jersey Turnpike]] (also known as [[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]) is accessible in neighboring [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville Township]] (Exit 7A), [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]] (Exit 8) and [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] (Exit 8A).

===Healthcare===
[[File:CentraState Front view 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[CentraState Medical Center]]]]
Millstone Township is served by [[CentraState Healthcare System]]. Located in neighboring [[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold Township]], the 287-bed hospital is a partner of [[Atlantic Health System]] and is affiliated with [[Robert Wood Johnson Medical School|Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School]].<ref>[https://www.centrastate.com/who-we-are/ Who We Are], CentraState Medical Center. Accessed July 9, 2023.</ref> CentraState Healthcare system also provides healthcare through its various family practices in communities across western [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth]] and southern [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]] counties in [[Central Jersey]]. Family practices that are accessible to Millstone include locations in [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]] and [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]].<ref>[https://www.centrastate.com/who-we-are/ Who We Are], CentraState Medical Center. Accessed July 8, 2023.</ref>

The next closest hospitals to the township are the Hamilton Division of [[Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital]] in nearby [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]], [[Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center]] in nearby [[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro Township]], and the Old Bridge Division of [[Raritan Bay Medical Center]] in nearby [[Old Bridge Township, New Jersey|Old Bridge Township]].