Editing New Jersey Route 66 (section)

==History==
[[File:2021-08-26 16 34 48 View east along New Jersey State Route 66 (Asbury Avenue) from the overpass for New Jersey State Route 18 on the border of Ocean Township and Neptune Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|Route 66 eastbound at Route 18 in Neptune Township]]
Route 66 was legislated in the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]] to replace what had been Route 33-35 Link and Route 33A.<ref>{{cite news |title=Route 4-N Changed to 71 in Highway Renumbering |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46900912/nj-renumbering-december-12-1952/ |access-date=March 19, 2020 |work=The Daily Record |date=December 12, 1952 |location=[[Long Branch, New Jersey]] |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><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> There is a proposal to widen the two-lane portions of Route 66 between Jumping Brook Road and Wayside Road. The need for this widening is due to the need to handle traffic going to Asbury Park in the summer months as well as an [[Emergency evacuation|evacuation]] route for the coastal regions of Monmouth County, and the poor design of the current roadway, which lacks turning lanes and facilities for bicycles and pedestrians.<ref name=monmouthco>{{cite book |title=Monmouth County Transportation Council's 6th Annual Summit |publisher=[[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]}}</ref> In addition, a proposed outlet mall called the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets was planned along the route in Tinton Falls, with improvements planned to the route in the vicinity of the project including an overpass to the outlet mall.<ref name=app>{{cite news |last=Bowman|first=Bill and Keith Brown|access-date=2009-09-07|title=Outlet Mall Downsizes to Avoid Wetlands|newspaper=[[Asbury Park Press]] |date=November 23, 2005 |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/312837/outlet_mall_downsizes_to_avoid_wetlands/}}</ref> In 2006, Neptune Township refused to cooperate with these plans because the original agreement for the outlet mall project in 2001 was no longer up to date with the current traffic demands.<ref name=coaster>{{cite web|last=Cangiano|first=Andrew|access-date=2009-07-15|title=Neptune Officials Will Not Cooperate with Mall Plans|publisher=[[The Coaster]]|date=January 12, 2006|url=http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/2006/01/12/neptune-officials-will-not-cooperate-with-mall-plans/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724094859/http://thecoaster.net/wordpress/2006/01/12/neptune-officials-will-not-cooperate-with-mall-plans/|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> Despite this opposition, the plans were approved by the borough of Tinton Falls in 2007 and the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets opened in November 2008.<ref name=tintonfalls>{{cite book|title=Amended final site plan - Development application form|publisher=[[Tinton Falls, New Jersey]]|date=April 16, 2009}}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{cite news |last=McGeehan|first=Patrick|access-date=2009-09-07|title=Outlets Face Extra Competition This Year, Analysts Say|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 26, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/long-island/30Routlook.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=jersey%20shore%20premium%20outlets&st=cse}}</ref> As for the widening of Route 66, a meeting was held in August 2009 between members of the 11th state Legislative district and the Commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref name=app2>{{cite news |last=Bowman|first=Bill|access-date=2009-09-07|title=Officials to meet next week on Route 66 widening|newspaper=[[Asbury Park Press]] |date=August 4, 2009 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1818043801.html?FMT=ABS&amp;date=Aug+04,+2009|format=Fee required}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>