Editing New Jersey Route 20 (section)

==History==
[[File:2020-09-03 11 58 40 View south along New Jersey State Route 20 (McLean Boulevard) at the exit for Market Street (Paterson) in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|Route 20 southbound at the Market Street exit in Paterson]]
The present-day routing of Route 20 north of Market Street was legislated in 1927 as part of [[New Jersey Route 3|Route 3]], which was to run from the [[New York (state)|New York]] border at [[Greenwood Lake]] to [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]].<ref name=nj1927>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.</ref><ref name="Map">{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|title=1927 New Jersey Road Map|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=2008-10-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031111034/http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|archive-date=2007-10-31}}</ref> In addition, the present day routing south of Route 4 was also legislated as part of that route, which was to run from the [[George Washington Bridge]] to [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]].<ref name=nj1927/> In 1929, the western terminus of Route 3 was moved to Paterson as [[New Jersey Route S4B|Route S4B]] (now [[New Jersey Route 208|Route 208]]) was planned to replace the alignment of Route 3 from Paterson to the New York border.<ref name=nj1929>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1929, Chapter 126.</ref> McLean Boulevard through Paterson was built by the 1930s.<ref name=ruhc>{{cite map|publisher=[[Rutgers University]] Cartography Services|title=Map of Passaic County N.J.|year=1936|url=http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/PASSAIC_COUNTY/PassaicCo1936.gif|access-date=2009-03-28}}</ref> A new highway was to be built connecting the two, bypassing the Paterson Plank Road to the north. In the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]], Route 20 was legislated to follow the former alignment of Route 3 between Paterson and [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]] as Route 3 was moved to the [[New Jersey Route S3|Route S3]] freeway that was built between East Rutherford and Clifton.<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite journal|title=1953 renumbering|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183145/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref> By this point, the Paterson Plank Road was no longer in the state highway system.

Another [[freeway]] routing of Route 20 was planned in 1959.<ref name=nj1959>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1959, Chapter 4.</ref> This road, which was to be a six-lane freeway called the Paterson Peripheral, was to run from Clifton north to the existing Route 20 in downtown Paterson. This road was completed between the Garden State Parkway and Valley Road by 1969 and north to Interstate 80 in 1975.<ref name="sld 2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000019__-.pdf |title=Route 19 Straight Line Diagram|work=Internet Archives WayBack Machine|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=2006|access-date=September 10, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060317104624/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000019__-.pdf|archive-date = March 17, 2006}}</ref><ref name="chevron">{{cite map|publisher=[[Chevron Oil Company]]|title= Map of New Jersey |year=1969|cartography=[[H.M. Gousha]]}}</ref>  Upon completion, this road received the Route 20 designation.<ref name="sld 2006"/> In 1972, the state once again took over maintenance of the Paterson Plank Road from Route 3 to [[New Jersey Route 17|Route 17]] in East Rutherford and made it a part of the route.<ref name=nj1972>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1972, Chapter 209.</ref> As it became clear that these three sections of Route 20 would not be connected, especially after the designation of the [[Old Great Falls Historic District|Great Falls Historic District]], they received three different route designations by the 1990s. The freeway section of Route 20 from the Garden State Parkway to Interstate 80 was designated [[New Jersey Route 19|Route 19]], the section between Route 3 and Route 17 was designated [[New Jersey Route 120|Route 120]], and the Route 20 designation was retained along McLean Boulevard through Paterson.<ref name="statefarm">{{cite map|publisher=[[State Farm Insurance]]|title= State Farm Road Atlas |year=1983|cartography=[[Rand McNally]]}}</ref><ref name="rm">{{cite map|publisher=[[Rand McNally]]|title=United States-Canada-Mexico Road Atlas|year=1996}}</ref> The unfinished section of Route 20 that was to connect McLean Boulevard to Paterson Plank Road was built as a northern extension of the [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]] freeway in 2000.<ref name="route21">{{cite news|title=Route 21's Final Leg Is Opened Officially|last=Gohlke|first=Josh|date=December 27, 2000|publisher=The Bergen Record}}</ref><ref name="route21-2">{{cite news|title=Missing Link Is Finished After 28 Years|last=Page|first=Jeffrey|date=December 21, 2000|publisher=The Bergen Record}}</ref>