Editing Princeton, New Jersey (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===

====Roads and highways====
[[File:2023-09-27 13 51 44 View north along U.S. Route 206 and Mercer County Route 533 (State Road) at Mountain Avenue in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Route 206]] in Princeton]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|126.95|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|118.36|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|3.93|mi}} by Mercer County, and {{convert|8.66|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Ocean.pdf Ocean County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102145105/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Ocean.pdf |date=January 2, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed November 2, 2013. Data for the former borough and township were added together.</ref>

Several major roads pass through Princeton.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Mercer.pdf Mercer County Highway Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224045307/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Mercer.pdf |date=February 24, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> [[U.S. Route 206]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000206__-.pdf#page=19 U.S. Route 206 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416234945/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000206__-.pdf#page=19 |date=April 16, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2017. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> and [[New Jersey Route 27|Route 27]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000027__-.pdf Route 27 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307144425/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000027__-.pdf |date=March 7, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2018. Accessed November 2, 2013.</ref> pass through, along with County Routes [[County Route 583 (New Jersey)|583]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000583__-.pdf#page=4 County Route 583 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310040923/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000583__-.pdf#page=4 |date=March 10, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated October 2012. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> [[County Route 526 (New Jersey)|526]]/[[County Route 571 (New Jersey)|571]] (commonly known as Washington Road)<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000571__-.pdf#page=17 County Route 571 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044430/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000571__-.pdf#page=17 |date=July 21, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated October 2012. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> and [[County Route 533 (New Jersey)|533]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000533__-.pdf#page=4 County Route 533 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606073841/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000533__-.pdf#page=4 |date=June 6, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated November 2012. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref>

Other major roads that are accessible outside the municipality include [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]] (in Lawrence Township, West Windsor and South Brunswick), [[Interstate 287]] (in Franklin Township), [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|Interstate 295]] (in Lawrence Township), and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]]/[[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]] (in South Brunswick). The closest Turnpike exits are Interchange 8A in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], Interchange 8 in [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]], and Interchange 7A in [[Robbinsville Township, New Jersey|Robbinsville Township]].

A number of proposed highways around Princeton have been canceled. The [[Somerset Freeway]] (I-95) was to pass just outside the municipality before ending in Hopewell (to the south) and Franklin (to the north). This project was canceled in 1980. [[New Jersey Route 92|Route 92]] was supposed to remedy the lack of limited-access highways to the greater Princeton area. The road would have started at Route 1 near Ridge Road in South Brunswick and ended at Exit 8A of the Turnpike. However, that project was cancelled in 2006.

====Public transportation====
[[File:New Jersey Transit Budd Arrow III 1313 on the Dinky.jpg|thumb|The "Dinky" at the [[Princeton Branch]] platform at Princeton Junction]]
Princeton is roughly equidistant from [[New York City]] and [[Philadelphia]]. Since the 19th century, it has been connected by rail to both of these cities by the [[Princeton Branch]] rail line to the nearby [[Princeton Junction station]] on [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]].<ref Name=PC>''Princeton Companion'', by Alexander Leitch: "Harper, George MacLean"</ref><ref Name=PrUTrains /> The [[Princeton station (NJ Transit)|Princeton train station]] was moved from under Blair Hall to a more southerly location on University Place in 1918,<ref Name=PC /> and was moved further southeast in 2013.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ConstructionAdvisoryTo&AdvisoryId=3264 Princeton Station: Temporary Station Opens Monday, August 26, 2013 as Existing Princeton Station Closes Permanently] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701180111/http://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=ConstructionAdvisoryTo&AdvisoryId=3264 |date=July 1, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed August 29, 2014.</ref> Commuting to New York from Princeton became commonplace after the Second World War.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130103174008/http://www.princetontwp.org/histofpt.html A Brief History of Princeton], Princeton Township, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 3, 2013. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref> While the Amtrak ride time is similar to New York and to Philadelphia, the commuter-train ride to New York—via [[NJ Transit]]'s [[Northeast Corridor Line]]—is generally much faster than the equivalent train ride to Philadelphia, which involves a transfer to [[SEPTA]] trains in [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]. NJ Transit provides shuttle service between the Princeton and Princeton Junction stations; the train is locally called the "Dinky",<ref Name=PrUTrains>[https://www.princeton.edu/pr/visitors/traintravel.shtml Train Travel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113024234/http://www.princeton.edu/pr/visitors/traintravel.shtml |date=January 13, 2016 }}, [[Princeton University]]. Accessed August 29, 2014.</ref> and has also been known as the "PJ&B" (for "Princeton Junction and Back").<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Rosenbaum
  | first = Joel
  | author2 = Tom Gallo
  | title = NJ Transit Rail Operations
  | work = Railpace Newsmagazine
  | year = 1997
  | url = http://www.railpace.com/store/njt_book.htm
  | access-date = October 9, 2011
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111003090513/http://www.railpace.com/store/njt_book.htm
  | archive-date = October 3, 2011
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> Two train cars, or sometimes just one, are used.

NJ Transit provides bus service to [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] on the [[606 (New Jersey bus)|606]] route and local service on route [[605 (New Jersey bus)|605]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212335/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMercerCountyTo Mercer County Bus / Rail connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed November 2, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/sam/148samap.pdf Mercer County Rider Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126071745/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/maps/sam/148samap.pdf |date=November 26, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 27, 2019.</ref>

Coach USA [[Suburban Transit]] operates frequent daily service to midtown NYC on the 100 route, and weekday rush-hour service to downtown NYC on the 600 route.<ref>[https://web.coachusa.com/coachSS/ss.listing.asp?action=Lookup&c1=Princeton&s1=NJ&c2=New+York&s2=NY&resultId=1455&order=&dayFilter=&scheduleChoice=&sitePageName=&nt=1%2Findex%2Easp&cbid=907727458138 Scheduled Services], [[Suburban Transit]]. Accessed November 29, 2019.</ref>

Princeton and Princeton University provide the FreeB and [[Tiger Transit]] local bus services.<ref>[https://www.princetonnj.gov/580/Bus Bus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428181352/https://www.princetonnj.gov/580/Bus |date=April 28, 2022 }}, Municipality of Princeton. Accessed April 28, 2022.</ref>

====Air====
[[File:Princeton Airport.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Princeton Airport (New Jersey)|Princeton Airport]]]]
[[Princeton Airport (New Jersey)|Princeton Airport]] is a public airport located {{convert|3|mi}} north of Downtown Princeton in [[Montgomery Township, New Jersey|Montgomery Township]]. The private [[List of airports in New Jersey|Forrestal Airport]] was located on Princeton University property, {{convert|2|mi}} east of the main campus, from the early 1950s through the early 1990s.

The closest commercial airport is [[Trenton-Mercer Airport]] in [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing Township]], about {{convert|15|mi}} from the center of Princeton, which is served by [[Frontier Airlines]] nonstop to and from 17 cities. Other nearby major airports are [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] and [[Philadelphia International Airport]], located {{convert|39|mi}} and {{convert|52|mi}} away, respectively.

===Healthcare===
[[File:Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center]]]]
[[Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center]] (commonly abbreviated as "PMC") is a regional hospital and healthcare network located in neighboring [[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro Township]]. The hospital serves the greater Princeton region in [[Central Jersey]]. It is owned by the [[Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania|Penn Medicine Health System]] and is the only hospital of such in the state of New Jersey.<ref>[https://www.princetonhcs.org/our-locations/pmc] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704140130/https://www.princetonhcs.org/our-locations/pmc|date=July 4, 2023}}, Penn Medicine: Princeton Medical Center, Our locations. Accessed July 4, 2023.</ref> PMC is a 355-bed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ahd.com/free_profile.php?hcfa_id=2468638df574d54a87ebe88c13d13d2f&ek=8d338847bc6a2e412e651a1ce6701bcf|title=American Hospital Directory - Princeton Medical Center (310010) - Free Profile|website=www.ahd.com|access-date=2023-07-04|archive-date=July 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704140146/https://www.ahd.com/free_profile.php?hcfa_id=2468638df574d54a87ebe88c13d13d2f&ek=8d338847bc6a2e412e651a1ce6701bcf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[non-profit]], [[Tertiary care|tertiary]], and [[Teaching hospital|academic medical center]]. It is a major university hospital of the [[Robert Wood Johnson Medical School]] of [[Rutgers University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rwjms.rutgers.edu/patient-care/affiliated-hospitals.xml|title=Affiliated Hospitals|website=rwjms.rutgers.edu|access-date=2023-07-04|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430032059/http://rwjms.rutgers.edu/patient-care/affiliated-hospitals.xml|url-status=live}}</ref> and has a helipad to handle transport critical patients from and to other hospitals via PennStar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airnav.com/airport/45NJ|title=AirNav: 45NJ - Princeton Medical Center Heliport|website=www.airnav.com|access-date=2023-07-04|archive-date=2020-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315020519/https://www.airnav.com/airport/45NJ|url-status=live}}</ref> The hospital was previously located in Princeton on Witherspoon Street until May 2012, when the new location opened off of [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]] in Plainsboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonhcs.org/default.aspx?p=8485|title=New Hospital Project|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223081003/http://www.princetonhcs.org/default.aspx?p=8485|archive-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref> The new hospital was designed by a joint venture between [[HOK (firm)|HOK]] and [[RMJM|RMJM Hiller]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro Replacement Hospital, Plainsboro, NJ|url=https://syska.com/project/university-medical-center-of-princeton-at-plainsboro-replacement-hospital/|access-date=2023-07-04|website=Syska Hennessy Group|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Penn Medicine – Princeton Medical Center|url=https://www.hok.com/projects/view/penn-medicine-princeton-medical-center/|access-date=2023-07-04|website=HOK|language=en-US|archive-date=July 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704140139/https://www.hok.com/projects/view/penn-medicine-princeton-medical-center/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other nearby regional hospitals and healthcare networks that are accessible to Princeton include the [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] division and the [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]] division of [[Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital|Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH)]], along with [[Saint Peter's University Hospital]], also in New Brunswick. [[Princeton University]]'s [[Frist Campus Center]]{{Ref_label|A|a|none}} was used for the aerial views of the fictional Princeton‑Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, as seen in the television series ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''.<ref name="Holtz">{{cite book |last=Holtz |first=Andrew |title=The Medical Science of House, M.D. |journal=Oncology Times |volume=28 |issue=20 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/medicalscienceof0000holt/page/50 50–52] |publisher=Berkley Trade |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-425-21230-1 |doi=10.1097/01.COT.0000295295.97642.ae |url=https://archive.org/details/medicalscienceof0000holt/page/50 |access-date=July 4, 2023 }}</ref>