Editing Rutherford, New Jersey (section)

===Roads and highways===
[[Image:17 and 3 interchange Rutherford.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Intersection of [[New Jersey Route 3|Route 3]] and [[New Jersey Route 17|Route 17]] in Rutherford]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|46.84|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|36.52|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|6.48|mi}} by Bergen County, {{convert|3.36|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|0.48|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Bergen.pdf Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed December 16, 2013.</ref>

[[File:2018-07-20 18 30 59 View north along Interstate 95W (New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur) south of Exit 16W in Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|The [[New Jersey Turnpike|New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]) northbound in Rutherford]]
In the 1920s, the original Route 17 came through downtown Rutherford. Following the [[1927 New Jersey State Highway renumbering]], the new New Jersey Route 2 (later [[New Jersey Route 17|Route 17]]) was built in 1928, skirting the southeast edge of the borough, between the residential area and the [[New Jersey Meadowlands]].

In 1948, a new bypass road along the southwest edge of the borough was built to bring traffic from [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] and points west to the Lincoln Tunnel. The construction of the highway spur Route S3 (now [[New Jersey Route 3|Route 3]]) caused the demolition or relocation of numerous borough homes. In 2013, the Route 3 bridge over the Passaic River was replaced, and further improvements were made to the Rutherford section of the highway. The swing span of the [[Union Avenue Bridge (Passaic River)|Union Avenue Bridge]] over the Passaic was replaced in June 2002 as part of a $9.5 million project.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2002/062802.shtm Union Avenue bridge over Passaic River to open to traffic tonight], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], June 28, 2002. Accessed June 25, 2017. "The $9.5 million federally funded project replaces the old swing span moveable bridge linking Passaic and Rutherford with a new fixed span structure."</ref>

A short portion of the [[New Jersey Turnpike|New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]) passes through the southern section of Rutherford, but the closest interchange is located in neighboring [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]] at exit 16W.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000095W_-.pdf#page=3 Interstate 95 /  New Jersey Turnpike-West Alignment Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated August 2014. Accessed February 2, 2023.</ref>