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===Roads and highways=== {{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|24.34|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|18.26|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|2.85|mi}} by Somerset County and {{convert|3.23|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Ocean.pdf Ocean County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed November 3, 2013.</ref> [[U.S. Route 202]] traverses the borough from east to west.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000202__-.pdf#page=9 U.S. Route 202 Straight Line Diagram], July 2006. [[United States Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 3, 2013.</ref> [[U.S. Route 206]] follows the border with [[Somerville, New Jersey|Somerville]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000206__-.pdf#page=25 U.S. Route 206 Straight Line Diagram], March 2008. [[United States Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 3, 2013.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 28]] has one side of the roadway within the borough as it follows the border with [[Bridgewater Township, New Jersey|Bridgewater Township]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000028__-.pdf Route 28 Straight Line Diagram], April 2008. [[United States Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 3, 2013.</ref> The northern terminus of [[County Route 567 (New Jersey)|County Route 567]] is in Raritan.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000567__-.pdf#page=4 County Route 567 Straight Line Diagram], August 2006. [[United States Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 3, 2013.</ref> U.S. Routes 202 and 206 intersect with NJ Route 28 at the [[Somerville Circle]] on the borders with Bridgewater Township and Somerville, with the eastern half of the circle located in Raritan.<ref>Peterson, Iver. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/12/nyregion/squaring-traffic-circles-with-lights-and-bridges.html "Squaring Traffic Circles With Lights and Bridges"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 12, 1991. Accessed November 3, 2013. "As head of the Bridgewater Police traffic division, he has counted 76 accidents on the half of the Somerville Circle in his township through October this year, as traffic from U.S. Highways 202 and 206 intersects with traffic from State Route 28 coming out of Somerville. The eastern half of the circle, in Raritan Borough, has a similar accident rate."</ref> As part of an ongoing effort to improve traffic safety at the circle, the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] has made a series of changes to the structure of the [[traffic circle]], originally constructed during the 1930s. With the suburbanization of the area, the circle was handling an average of 70,000 vehicles each day. In 1994, an overpass was completed to allow traffic on Route 202 between Flemington and [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]] and [[Interstate 287]] to avoid the circle, though the rate of accidents grew from 195 in 1991 before the project started to 302 for the year after the overpass was open to traffic. After yield signs were added in February 1995, the accident rate increased again, to an annualized rate above 400 per year.<ref>Newman, Andy. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/28/nyregion/road-and-rail-straightening-out-the-perilous-somerville-circle.html "Road And Rail; Straightening Out the Perilous Somerville Circle"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 28, 1996. Accessed November 3, 2013.</ref>
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