Editing New Jersey Route 24 (section)

==History==
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Route&nbsp;24 follows the course of the Great Minisink Trail, and old Lenape trail running from Minisink Village in what is now [[Montague Township, New Jersey|Montague Township]] to [[Navesink, New Jersey|Navesink]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Snyder |first = John |year = 1969 |title = The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606–1968 }}</ref> In 1801, the Morris Turnpike was legislated to run along this trail from [[Newton, New Jersey|Newton]] through Morristown to Elizabeth. In 1806, the '''Washington Turnpike''' was legislated to run from Morristown to Philipsburg. In 1916, both of these routes were incorporated into the [[William Penn Highway]], which diverged from the Morris Turnpike at Springfield to service [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] by the old [[Springfield and Newark Turnpike]], and diverged north to [[Hackettstown, New Jersey|Hackettstown]] via Schooley's Mountain Road and modern-day [[New Jersey Route 57|Route&nbsp;57]]. That same year, the state put a part of [[U.S. Route 46|pre-1927 Route&nbsp;12]] (from Phillipsburg to [[Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey|Penwell]]) and part of [[U.S. Route 46|pre-1927 Route&nbsp;5]] (from [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]] to Newark) on this route.

In the [[1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering|1927 highway renumbering]], Route&nbsp;24 was created to run from Downtown [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] at the [[Northampton Street Bridge]] over the [[Delaware River]] east to [[New Jersey Route 25|Route&nbsp;25]] (now [[U.S. Route 1/9|US&nbsp;1/9]]) in Newark, almost completely superseding the William Penn Highway. The only diversion from that route was a proposed highway from Penwell to [[Long Valley, New Jersey|Long Valley]], closely paralleling the Washington Turnpike.<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 = October 8, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071031111034/http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif |archive-date = October 31, 2007 }}</ref> Two spurs of Route&nbsp;24 numbered Route&nbsp;S24 were created in 1927, both of which were renumbered in the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering|1953 renumbering]]. The western Route&nbsp;S24 replaced the William Penn Highway and ran northeast from Penwell to [[Hackettstown, New Jersey|Hackettstown]], and is now mostly Route&nbsp;57. The eastern Route&nbsp;S24 ran from [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield]] to [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], and is now mostly [[New Jersey Route 82|Route&nbsp;82]].<ref name="nj1927" /><ref name="nj1953">{{Cite book |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> In addition, Route&nbsp;24N was a planning number for the approach to the new Delaware River crossing (the [[Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge]]) in Phillipsburg that opened in 1938.<ref name="nj1938">State of New Jersey, Laws of 1938, Chapter 85.</ref> However, before the bridge opened, Route&nbsp;24N was instead built simply as an extension of Route&nbsp;24. Between 1938 and 1941, this segment was also designated as part of a rerouted [[U.S. Route 22 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;22]]. In the 1953 renumbering, Route&nbsp;24's western terminus was cut back to US&nbsp;22 in eastern Phillipsburg (removing the concurrency in that town) and the incomplete section of Route&nbsp;24 between Penwell and [[Long Valley, New Jersey|Long Valley]] was bridged by signing the route along the former Route&nbsp;S24 and [[County Route 517 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;517]].<ref name="nj1953" /> Around 1970, Route&nbsp;24 west of Hackettstown became part of Route&nbsp;57.<ref name="chevron">{{cite map |publisher = [[Chevron Corporation]] |title = Map of New Jersey |year = 1969 |cartography = [[Gousha|H.M. Gousha]] }}</ref><ref name="esso">{{cite map |publisher = [[Esso]] |title = Map of New Jersey |year = 1970 |cartography = [[General Drafting]] }}</ref>

[[File:2021-08-24 15 34 07 View east along New Jersey State Route 24 from the overpass for Triborough Road in Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey.jpg|left|thumb|Route&nbsp;24 eastbound in Chatham]]
Plans for the Route&nbsp;24 freeway originate in 1950 when a bypass of the many congested towns along the route was planned; this bypass was designated as a freeway in 1952. In 1959, the freeway was planned on its current alignment, running from [[Interstate 287|I-287]] near Morristown to [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|I-78]] in [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield]], with approval in 1960. In 1962, plans were made to extend the Route&nbsp;24 freeway west to US&nbsp;22 in Phillipsburg.<ref>{{cite book |title = Regional Highways: Status Report |publisher = Tri-State Transportation Commission |year = 1962 }}</ref> In the 1970s, this western extension was cut back to [[U.S. Route 206|US&nbsp;206]] in [[Chester Borough, New Jersey|Chester]]. It was put on hold in 1982, largely because its route was planned through protected wetlands and forests.<ref>{{cite book |title = Route 24 Freeway, Administrative Action Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement |publisher = Federal Highway Administration and New Jersey Department of Transportation |year = 1982 }}</ref> In 1970, the Route&nbsp;24 freeway was planned to become part of a western extension of [[Interstate 278|I-278]], which would have run northwest from its current terminus at US&nbsp;1/9 in [[Linden, New Jersey|Linden]] to I-78, which it would have followed west for a mile to the Route&nbsp;24 freeway. However, this proposal was rejected by the [[Federal Highway Administration]].<ref>{{cite book |title = Report on the Status of the Federal-Aid Highway Program |publisher = Committee on Public Works, U.S. Senate |year = 1970 }}</ref>

[[File:NJ 24N (cutout).svg|thumb|right|100px|Route 24N (planned in 1938)]]
Construction on the section of the Route&nbsp;24 freeway between the John F. Kennedy Parkway on the Essex/Morris County border and I-78 began in 1967 and was finished in 1976. With the completion of this section, the former alignment of Route&nbsp;24 between JFK Parkway and the boundary between [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]] and [[Irvington, New Jersey|Irvington]], including frontage roads built alongside a portion of the freeway in the Short Hills area, was designated as [[New Jersey Route 124|Route&nbsp;124]]. The section across [[Chatham Borough, New Jersey|Chatham Borough]] from JFK Parkway to shortly past the still-existing unused [[cloverleaf interchange]] at the [[Florham Park, New Jersey|Florham Park]] borough line, once signed as the Triborough Road, a never-built southern extension of the [[Eisenhower Parkway]], was built in 1973-74 but not opened as it did not provide any connections to existing roads.<ref name=NJDOT1972>{{cite book |title = Master Plan for Transportation |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation |year = 1972 }}</ref> Plans were made to finish the rest of the freeway to I-287; however construction was halted for many years due to legal, environmental and budgetary problems. Construction finally began on this portion of freeway in 1988.<ref name=nyt82188>{{cite news |last = Cantor |first = Carla |title = After 30 Years, a Jammed 2-Lane Country Road Awaits Relief |work = The New York Times |date = August 21, 1988 }}</ref> Route&nbsp;24 was finally completed through to the interchange with I-287 in [[Hanover Township, New Jersey|Hanover]] on November 17, 1992, and at that time the Route&nbsp;24 designation was limited to strictly that freeway.<ref name="sld 2006">{{cite web |url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000024__-.pdf |title = Route 24 Straight Line Diagram |work = Internet Archives WayBack Machine |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation |year = 2006 |access-date = April 4, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060320023319/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000024__-.pdf |archive-date = March 20, 2006 }}</ref>

[[File:2018-07-31 11 26 16 View south along Morris County Route 517 (Schooleys Mountain Road) just south of the Musconetcong River in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Route 24 signed along its former alignment along CR 517 south of Hackettstown]]
Following the completion of the freeway, the former signed route of Route&nbsp;24 between the intersection with [[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;202]] in Morristown and the JFK Parkway became a western extension of Route&nbsp;124.<ref name="statefarm">{{cite map |publisher = [[State Farm Insurance]] |title = State Farm Road Atlas |year = 1983 |author = [[Rand McNally]] }}</ref> The western portion between Route&nbsp;57 and [[New Jersey Route 182|Route&nbsp;182]] in Hackettstown and US&nbsp;202 officially had the Route&nbsp;24 designation removed as the road has always been county-maintained rather than state-maintained. The [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] (NJDOT) has tried to remove signs from this section, but locals protested because of their familiarity with the Route&nbsp;24 designation.<ref name="ragonese">{{cite news |last = Ragonese |first = Lawrence |title = Route 24: Even the Name's an Adventure |work = The Star-Ledger |date = March 25, 2001 }}</ref> Along this route, the road is known as CR&nbsp;517 from the Morris-Warren county line to the Long Valley section of [[Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey|Washington Township]], [[County Route 513 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;513]] from Long Valley to [[Chester Borough, New Jersey|Chester]], and [[County Route 510 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;510]] from Chester to Morristown.<ref name="statefarm"/><ref name=510SLD>{{cite web |publisher = [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] |url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000510__-.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190043/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000510__-.pdf |archive-date = September 30, 2007 |url-status = live |title = County Route 510 straight line diagram |access-date = April 3, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=513SLD>{{cite web |publisher = [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] |url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000513__-.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165454/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000513__-.pdf |archive-date = September 30, 2007 |url-status = live |title = County Route 513 straight line diagram |access-date = April 3, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=517SLD>{{cite web |publisher = [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] |url = http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000517__-.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110622115144/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000517__-.pdf |archive-date = June 22, 2011 |url-status = live |title = County Route 517 straight line diagram |access-date = April 3, 2012 }}</ref> This route is also known as Old Route 24 along with its names and county route numbers.<ref name="ragonese"/><ref name=af>{{cite web |url = http://www.alstedefarms.com/content.php?id=196 |title = Directions to Alstede Farms |publisher = Alstede Farms |access-date = November 24, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=ctnj>{{cite web |url = http://www.chestertownship.org/directions.html |title = Directions – Chester Township NJ |publisher = [[Chester Township, New Jersey]] |access-date = November 24, 2008 }}</ref>