Editing New Jersey Route 59 (section)

==History==
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|state=NJ
|type=NJ 1926
|county=
|route=22
|location= [[Cranford, New Jersey|Cranford]]&ndash;[[Garwood, New Jersey|Garwood]]
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|formed=1927<ref name="law" />
|deleted=1953<ref name="nj1953" />
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[[File:2018-06-20 15 24 53 View south along New Jersey State Route 59 (Lincoln Avenue) at New Jersey State Route 28 (North Avenue) along the border of Garwood and Cranford Township in Union County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|The intersection of Route 28 and Route 59 on the border of Garwood and Cranford, with overhead signage indicating Route 59's presence on Lincoln Avenue]]
The alignment of Route 59 was designated as part of the proposed State Highway Route 22 in the 1927 renumbering, which was proposed to run from the [[Pine Brook Bridge]] over the [[Passaic River]] at State Highway Route 6 in [[Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey|Fairfield Township]].<ref name=nj1927>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.</ref>  (This intersection is where [[New Jersey Route 159]] currently crosses the bridge.) The route was to continue through parts of [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]] and Union counties, including intersections with [[New Jersey Route 10|State Highway Route 10]] at [[Livingston, New Jersey|Livingston]], [[U.S. Route 22]] (also State Highway Route 29) at [[Mountainside, New Jersey|Mountainside]], State Highway Route 28 at Garwood (where Routes 28 and 59 currently meet), and terminate in the community of [[Rahway, New Jersey|Rahway]] at [[New Jersey Route 27|State Highway Route 27]].<ref name="law">{{Cite journal|title=ROUTE NO. 22. PINE BROOK BRIDGE TO RAHWAY, by way of West Caldwell, Livingston, Millburn, Springfield, in the vicinity of Garwood and to Route No. 27 in Rahway.|year=1927|publisher=New Jersey General Assembly|pages=chapter 319}}</ref><ref name="1927map">{{cite map|title=Map of State Highway Route 22|publisher=New Jersey State Highway Department|year=1927|url=http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/log/1927_22.png|access-date=August 24, 2009}}</ref> Most of this route was not constructed, except a portion from State Highway Route 28 (North Avenue) in Cranford to South Avenue in Garwood. This portion was renumbered as Route 59 in the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering on January 1, 1953 so as not to duplicate U.S. Route 22.<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>