Editing Scotch Plains, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==

===Roads and highways===
[[File:2021-07-20 13 20 01 View east along U.S. Route 22 from the overpass for Union County Route 655 (Park Avenue-New Providence Road) in Scotch Plains Township, Union County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 22]] eastbound at Park Avenue in Scotch Plains]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|89.39|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|75.06|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|11.95|mi}} by Union County and {{convert|2.38|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Union.pdf Union County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

The two major roads that pass through are [[New Jersey Route 28|Route 28]] for a brief stretch in the central part and [[U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 22]] in the north.

The township is accessible from major limited access highways in neighboring communities, such as [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]] in both [[Watchung, New Jersey|Watchung]] and [[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey|Berkeley Heights]], the [[Garden State Parkway]] in [[Clark, New Jersey|Clark]] and [[Interstate 287]] in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison Township]].

===Public transportation===
Scotch Plains is bisected by [[NJ Transit]]'s [[Raritan Valley Line]], formerly the mainline of the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]]. A passenger station is located in [[Fanwood station|Fanwood]]. Another rail line, the [[Lehigh Line (Conrail)|Lehigh Line]], carries freight trains through the southernmost tip of the township.

New Jersey Transit offers service on the [[112 (New Jersey bus)|112]], [[113 (New Jersey bus)|113]], [[114 (New Jersey bus)|114]] and [[117 (New Jersey bus)|117]] routes to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], and service to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on the [[59 (New Jersey bus)|59]], [[65 (New Jersey bus)|65]] and [[66 (New Jersey bus)|66 (Limited)]] routes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212305/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesUnionCountyTo Union County Bus / Rail connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed December 18, 2011.</ref>

[[Newark Liberty International Airport]] is approximately {{convert|14|mi|km}} east of Scotch Plains, most conveniently reached via Route 22, and [[Linden Airport]], a [[general aviation]] facility is in nearby [[Linden, New Jersey]]. Newark Liberty International Airport is also accessible via New Jersey Transit train by transferring from the Raritan Valley Line to the [[Northeast Corridor Line]] at [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]].

Scotch Plains also has access to [[Amtrak]] service, by taking the Raritan Valley Line to Newark Penn Station. This gives Scotch Plains rail access to destinations along the entire east coast.