Editing New Jersey Route 7 (section)

===Southern segment===
[[File:2020-09-25 11 41 55 View west along New Jersey State Route 7 (Newark-Jersey City Turnpike) at the exit for Hudson County Route 508 WEST (TO Interstate 280-New Jersey Turnpike, Harrison, Newark) in Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|Route 7 westbound at the eastern terminus of CR 508 in Kearny]]
The first segment of Route 7 begins at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 1-9 Truck]] and County Route 645 (Charlotte Avenue) in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], heading to the west on a four-lane highway that is signed east&ndash;west.<ref name=SLD /> The route crosses the [[Hackensack River]] on the [[Wittpenn Bridge]] parallel to [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]]' [[Passaic and Harsimus Line]] into [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]]. Route 7 interchanges with County Route 659 (Fish House Road) and widens to a six-lane [[divided highway]]. The route then passes by industrial areas and a Conrail Shared Assets Operations railroad yard before it passes over [[NJ Transit]]'s [[Morris & Essex Lines]] and reaches an interchange with [[County Route 508 (New Jersey)|County Route 508]].<ref name=SLD /><ref name=gm1>{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=route+7+and+wallis+avenue+jersey+city+nj&daddr=route+7+and+route+21+belleville+nj&geocode=&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=40.784148,-74.143724&sspn=0.015272,0.027466&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13 |title=overview of New Jersey Route 7 southern section |access-date=2009-04-01}}</ref> Past this interchange, Route 7 becomes the four-lane, divided Belleville Turnpike, with the eastern end of the [[Newark Turnpike]] running in the division between the two sides of Route 7. It then becomes an undivided two-lane road, heading northwest, narrowing to two lanes before it crosses under [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]] and passes through the [[New Jersey Meadowlands]]. The route crosses under the Eastern Spur of the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]) and then the Western Spur of the turnpike a short distance later before passing over [[Norfolk Southern]]'s [[Boonton Line]].<ref name=SLD /><ref name=gm1 />

[[File:2021-08-25 08 33 31 View northwest along State Route 7 (Belleville Turnpike) from the overpass for the rail line between County Route 508 (Newark-Jersey City Turnpike) and Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike Eastern Spur) in Kearny, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View west along Route 7 in Kearny]]
Route 7 continues northwest, widens, with a painted median, as it passes through two large cemeteries on the border of Hudson County (Kearny) to the south and Bergen County ([[North Arlington, New Jersey|North Arlington]]) to the north, though the route itself is signed north&ndash;south along that border.<ref name="gsvna">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Belleville+Turnpike+and+Schuyler+Avenue,+North+Arlington,+NJ&layer=c&cbll |title=Belleville Turnpike and Schuyler Avenue, North Arlington, NJ |access-date=2008-11-14}}</ref>

After an intersection with Schuyler Avenue (which runs as [[County Route 507 (New Jersey)|County Route 507]] to the south of Route 7 and County Route 130 to the north of Route 7), the road turns NNW, narrowing again to two lanes undivided. In this portion of the route, it had a concurrency with County Route 507 (both Bergen and Hudson counties). It keeps this configuration for about a half mile, as it still runs along the Kearny/North Arlington border. At that point, it meets the southern terminus of [[New Jersey Route 17|Route 17]] (Ridge Road) and the northern terminus of County Route 697 (Kearny Avenue).<ref name=SLD /><ref name=gm1 />

Past this intersection, County Route 507 turns away from Route 7, becoming concurrent with Route 17. by heading north on River Road, while Route 7 continues along Belleville Turnpike for another half mile, Route 7 continues another half mile west, crossing the [[Passaic River]] on a [[lift bridge]], known as the [[Belleville Turnpike Bridge|Belleville Turnpike Bridge or Rutgers Street Bridge]], into [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]], where the local street name changes from Belleville Turnpike to Rutgers Street. The first section of Route 7 ends underneath the [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]] freeway, where it continues as [[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Route 506]].<ref name=SLD /><ref name=gm1 />